You can make a private message inside the description so only the GM can see it.

In reply to John Tashiro (msg # 79):

That's a good point.

I'm good with either solo or group, whichever is easiest.

In reply to John Tashiro (msg # 79):

... does that work in the description page?  I think that's only supported in actual game threads.  The "Insert a Private Line" clickbox doesn't appear as one of the options on the description page.

I just tried it, and it doesn't seem to work.

What you could do is write a pm about your background in the Ooc. You do a test post, with all the info you only want the GM to see. Then you copy and paste it into your description?
This message was last edited by the player at 17:30, Thu 12 May 2022.

Okay, you're right. I did a test in one of my own games, and it works, it's just that only the GM can see it.

YUp! Can confirm it works for me. Thanks all. You are a great group! :)

World question. What is the ball park population of this city/town?

In reply to Blain Carter (msg # 87):

Good question! The Dust bowl is one of the biggest 'cities' left in the country. Population of about 5k residents but there is a lot of travel in and out that increases that number during certain seasons.

There are also a bunch of smaller settlements surrounding it and people come into town frequently to work/trade/ do crime/etc.
This message was last edited by the GM at 18:02, Thu 12 May 2022.

I am bumping the updated team up list:

Waiting on responses to PMs. When all parties have answered in a team up i'll start their thread.

• John- Team with Blaine
• Esperanza- possibly with Lucy and Sarah?
• Sarah - Possibly with Lucy and Esperanza?
• Lucy - solo, possibly with Esperanza and Sarah?
• Blaine - Team with John

This message was last edited by the GM at 18:08, Thu 12 May 2022.

I updated my description with my NPCs.

Thank you. That sharpens my mental picture of the place a lot

Are sports even still I thing. One of my NPC's I have listed as a Tennis Player but it feels odd that would even still be a thing. That said tennis is a small number required sport so it might still work.

In Old Man Logan, kids still played video games (albeit they were a luxury item, but still), so I'm sure sports are a thing. just not like...widely organized I would assume. Very local stuff.

Yes sports are a thing. Just no leagues so they are a local distraction for the communities that can afford them. The dustbowl can, if just barely.

A suggestion? If you don't want people reading other groups private threads, you can set different people into different groups in the GM screen, then assign threads to those groups. That way, only people who you want to read certain threads will have access to them.

Is it really a big deal we can see other people's stories? I would like to read them. It's like reading the other comics in the Dustbowl series.

Lucy, Tyler might know you from whatever Stands for school in the dust bowel. He is older though his best friend is an athletic girl.

It would have a start point to build a connection if we want to.

Though he wouldn't be considered and athletic build. Though also in shape if a little skinny.
This message was last edited by the player at 22:07, Thu 12 May 2022.

In reply to Tyler Jensen (msg # 97):

Ummm...  not likely.  :)  Lucy is a new-ish arrival in the Dustbowl, she definitely wouldn't have gone to school here.

Though that thought does prompt me to wonder - is public schooling still a thing, in our post-apocalypse?

My thought process would be keeping a population under control is easier if you indoctrinate the children to belive it's best. Not all villains probably would but the more successful ones I think would. It's also an useful way of keeping an eye on family's and having a good place to grab a hostage.

In reply to Tyler Jensen (msg # 100):

Ah, but then those little hands cant go to work in the factories. Which make all the parts for the tech needed. Which then only the richest members of society enjoy.

Those both do sound like properly dystopian options!  Just curious which way we're going, if there are going to be like, truant cops hassling Lucy all the time?  :)

I'm thinking of expanding my backstory a bit. I'm thinking it's already suggested by my NPC's my family are kinda already part of kingpins minions maybe his grandfather is more a minor tech Lt type thing. Making his story more like the silver spoon kid not liking the events he is seeing. Would explain him kinda interacting with the rare sports person and the like.