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Subject: Re: Re: An FRP game on the net. - (nf)
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Date: Fri, 4-Nov-83 20:03:45 EST
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fortune!berry    Nov  4 16:46:00 1983

RE: Netwide FRP games

I, too, would be interested in playing in a netwide FRP game similar to
"Sanctuary" in philosophy.  Ie. Everybody is acting separately but can
effect all the other participants if the right actions are take.  I would
even be interested in at least helping to arbitrate such a game ("arbitrate"
frees us from the restrictions of which game we choose.)

Such a game is, by the way, possible.  I once had a roommate who regularly
carried on two games by mail, one of which he was a player and one of which
he was the DM.  It continued for several years that I know of and consisted
primarily of sending letters back and forth, about 1 per week, describing
what had happended to the other individual's character, asking questions of
the sort "What would you do if a cleric accosted you for money?  what about
a mage? what about a beggar?  a demon?  a vampire?  a cute chick?"  And then
a response to the other individual's questions about the personality of
their character, and a basic description of the actions desired during the
next week.  This scheme seemed to work quite well, since if the GM asks
enough questions he can learn what the character is generally like and at
the same time, keep the player in the dark about what is really going to
happen.


Nioc alias Balinor alias "who is that b---- anyway?"


	David W. Berry
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