Re: [DL] DL via email....

["Alex and Heidi Johnson" <heidij31@chartermi.net>]

I am playing a PBeM HOE game, and it works similar to what you described for
Cthulu.  The Marshall ran a combat to try it out, and found that telling us
the number of cards we get and having us post our actions seemed to work
best.  It is just getting started, but has been fun so far.

Alex
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Shoffner" <shoffner@usit.net>
To: <deadlands@gamerz.net>
Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2002 3:14 PM
Subject: [DL] DL via email....


> Sounds like a couple of you guys play DL via email, so I wanted to pick
your
> brains a little....
>
> How do you do email posts & whatnot?  Daily? Weekly?  Time limit & anyone
> who doesn't post by then is "hesitating" & out of the action?
>
> HOw do you handle dice rolls & card dealing?  Character creation?
>
> Does anyone out there do a website, have folks email their moves in, then
> update the story on the website?  (I think I've seen this done
> once....Once!)
>
> Reason why I'm asking is my current group of players is being gutted.  As
of
> mid February, I'll be down to one player, one marshal.  So, I'm seriously
> considering opening up a RPbemail for DL.  I've done this once with
Cthulhu,
> but not sure if it would work for DL-- my means of running the Cthulhu
used
> in DL, that is.
>
> First off, previous experience was with a bunch of friends that moved to
the
> far reaches of the Earth.  DL would be total strangers.
>
> Second, my way of doing the email posting is I'd do a segment of the
> storyline, give everyone a week to decide on what they wished to do during
a
> clump of story time, then next week, post the results, etc.  When the
group
> wound up in "Combat Mode," I'd bump this up to every day so that the
combat
> would go faster.  Instead of doing a "Okay, next segment, what do you do?"
> 'I shoot it.' "I shoot it.' 'Likewise.'  I would give a general
description
> of the action, then folks would reply with several options, like, "Okay,
if
> the bad guy runs towards me, I shoot him, if he drops the gun, I tell him
to
> put his hands over his head, if his skin splits open to reveal a gross
> looking critter with eight arms, I run like hell." (Hey, it Cthulhu....)
>
> Third, I did all the dice rolling.  I thought that would be fair to
> everyone.
>
> So, my thoughts in running DL would be to do a similar week posting of
story
> time with everyone ringing in as to what they wish to accomplish, switch
to
> daily combat postings when needed, & me handling all card dealing & dice
> rolling.  Would something like that fly?  ALso, have no clue as to having
> strangers roll up characters.  Yeah, I guess let them use whatever they
roll
> up or have handy, but what I'm trying to eliminate is the munchkin type
> player that has all stats at D12 or D10, never misses a dice roll, &
always
> gets dealt five cards--RJ, four Aces, & one King.  I don't mean to say I
> don't trust total strangers to be honest with dice rolls & cards, but just
> having one person in the group ruins it for everyone.
>
> At any rate, what do you guys suggest?  Oh, & as for doing the website
> thing, I've never done that & don't intend to.  I have other things to do
> than to sit here & mess with html coding....
>
>
> So, what is the whole point of all this?  Well, since I've lost my
playgroup
> (& all of them do not wish to do RPBeM again), I might chance doing one
with
> some folks from this listserv.  Please note that I said MIGHT!!!! Don't
> start sending me email wanting to play--I'm in the planning stage right
now.
> If I do, I will also tend to be a strict on the requirements; ie: if you
> can't follow simple directions when asking to play, I won't even consider
> you.
>
> Jeff S
>
>
>
> To unsubscribe, send a message to esquire@gamerz.net with
> unsubscribe deadlands
> as the BODY of the message.  The SUBJECT is ignored.
>