I thought Alda Chur was great reading and it sounded like a good setting - though I had some problems getting through the character generation process. The resources were a little scattered, especially since I was working up something special with Christopher and the normal templates did not always apply. But I joined up because the group sounded like they were having such a good time!
Rob
On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 4:17 PM, Pomeroi <pomeroi_at_Cm1taepIB8EtNl0DW9R9QANttoaZ4arA92vsk9XdPS6pd3FCYLECkfYouwKf9p3gap5wlk0qsJA.yahoo.invalid> wrote:
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> On 28.04.2011 23:13, Rob Thornton wrote:
> > I have participated in two PBEMs in toto: One aborted Heroquest PBEM
> (Play
> > By E-Mail) and started to participate in another that is on hiatus.
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> Yes, Alda Chur is on hiatus. This was one of the VERY good examples as
> far as it went :-( I was with it from the beginning.
> This campaign was one of the extremely positive examples I was talking
> about in my last post. Where else do you have players thinking and
> actually GMing side-plots? We all play chars of the same village,
> knowing each other, having personal AND common backgrounds. That was
> great. We all hope Chris will overcome the hurdles responsible for the
> hiatus, and continue the game. Rob, too sad you just joined the game
> when it stalled.
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> > Unfortunately, I don't know what makes a PBEM work, but I do know that
> PBEMs
> > can be tough to execute and play for at least two reasons:
> >
> > 1. It is hard for all concerned to develop and maintain a level of trust
> > when all the participants live far away from each other and don't have
> much
> > of an initial rapport. Without that trust, miscommunication is more
> likely
> > to occur and it can endanger the whole endeavor. A gaming session is
> > face-to-face and communication tends to be smoother--tends, right? :)
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> Smoother, right, but we had no miscommunication, and trust was immense,
> especially in our ChildQuest part, Chris' great invention, this "dual
> campaign". It went very well as long as it went (about a year). The
> reason for being on hold has nothing to do with lack of players or GM
> dedication. Even reading the transcript is a lot of fun!
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> > 2. It is difficult to maintain momentum when Real Life is always
> encroaching
> > on your time and it is easy to put off that email, unlike a gaming
> session
> > where your buddies won't allow you to Durulz out. (hey, using "welsh"
> isn't
> > allowed anymore, right?)
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> In Alda Chur we are a BIG group and a player missing for a foreseeable
> time (personal reasons, work, health problems...) did not hinder the
> game much. On a missing post from a player, his character was carried
> through by the others. Holidays common to more or less all players were
> skipped. No problem. Though I DO have active gaming groups at the table
> (Glorantha and Shadowrun), I still hope the Alda Chur PBEM to continue!!
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> Pomeroi
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