Traveller's Cafe 4: Brainstorming, Discussion, Tea, Advice

[Olthenia]

Ahoy there, NS~

Are there any good turn-based RPs going on these days?

[Nuridia]

Ahoy there, NS~

Are there any good turn-based RPs going on these days?

What's turn based?

[Talchyon]

I understand. The current RP I put up rn has way more options, but so far no fish have bitten. I can understand tho, my manager skills haven’t been the best and they tended to die quickly, which is why I waited so long to put a new one up.

I know of such periods. I forget how I got past them.

I think you just keep trying. The more involved you are, the better you write. The better you write, and the more you organize your thoughts, the better quality RP you have. Some of it's content and originality. Some of it's getting people who aren't busy and like your suggestion.

One thing that would be very interesting fantasy wise would be a fantasy cross-over with the modern world. What if the Elves now were in charge of Finland? What if mages were confined to research and technological development? I don't know, but it's one that doesn't get done much.

[Nuridia]

I know of such periods. I forget how I got past them.

I think you just keep trying. The more involved you are, the better you write. The better you write, and the more you organize your thoughts, the better quality RP you have. Some of it's content and originality. Some of it's getting people who aren't busy and like your suggestion.

One thing that would be very interesting fantasy wise would be a fantasy cross-over with the modern world. What if the Elves now were in charge of Finland? What if mages were confined to research and technological development? I don't know, but it's one that doesn't get done much.

I do like urban fantasy, but I also wanna do something a tiny bit more fantasy. I got an idea...jumanji-esque but with fantasy. A group of modern friends are playing a fantasy RP game, their game starts coming to life and they actually become their characters. Characters from the game come into the modern world, characters from the modern world get sucked into the game, and now they have to stop it before it becomes permanent.

[G-Tech Corporation]

Ahoy there, NS~

Are there any good turn-based RPs going on these days?

I have a turned based RP running, if you count resolving a civilization’s actions over the course of a year

That said, of course, good is rather subjective. So far I can really only lay a claim to “got off of the ground”.

[Pax Nerdvana]

I think you just keep trying. The more involved you are, the better you write. The better you write, and the more you organize your thoughts, the better quality RP you have. Some of it's content and originality. Some of it's getting people who aren't busy and like your suggestion.

One thing that would be very interesting fantasy wise would be a fantasy cross-over with the modern world. What if the Elves now were in charge of Finland? What if mages were confined to research and technological development? I don't know, but it's one that doesn't get done much.

I do like urban fantasy, but I also wanna do something a tiny bit more fantasy. I got an idea...jumanji-esque but with fantasy. A group of modern friends are playing a fantasy RP game, their game starts coming to life and they actually become their characters. Characters from the game come into the modern world, characters from the modern world get sucked into the game, and now they have to stop it before it becomes permanent.

You have my attention.

[Talchyon]

I think you just keep trying. The more involved you are, the better you write. The better you write, and the more you organize your thoughts, the better quality RP you have. Some of it's content and originality. Some of it's getting people who aren't busy and like your suggestion.

One thing that would be very interesting fantasy wise would be a fantasy cross-over with the modern world. What if the Elves now were in charge of Finland? What if mages were confined to research and technological development? I don't know, but it's one that doesn't get done much.

I do like urban fantasy, but I also wanna do something a tiny bit more fantasy. I got an idea...jumanji-esque but with fantasy. A group of modern friends are playing a fantasy RP game, their game starts coming to life and they actually become their characters. Characters from the game come into the modern world, characters from the modern world get sucked into the game, and now they have to stop it before it becomes permanent.

That sounds a lot more interesting than a generic fantasy RP. I'd say if you still have no takers on your mage RP, save that one for later and than work on this game-fantasy.

[Nuridia]

I do like urban fantasy, but I also wanna do something a tiny bit more fantasy. I got an idea...jumanji-esque but with fantasy. A group of modern friends are playing a fantasy RP game, their game starts coming to life and they actually become their characters. Characters from the game come into the modern world, characters from the modern world get sucked into the game, and now they have to stop it before it becomes permanent.

That sounds a lot more interesting than a generic fantasy RP. I'd say if you still have no takers on your mage RP, save that one for later and than work on this game-fantasy.

Thanks, I appreciate that.

[Pax Nerdvana]

Recently, I've had this idea bouncing around in my head. The basic premise is that you're a member of a top secret Air Force program called the Blue Skies Project. The Project's job is to cover up, and deal with extraterrestrial incursions. You, and a small team are sent to investigate a possible ET sighting in the New Mexico desert. This was partly inspired by the X-Files. Is anyone interested?

[Nuridia]

Recently, I've had this idea bouncing around in my head. The basic premise is that you're a member of a top secret Air Force program called the Blue Skies Project. The Project's job is to cover up, and deal with extraterrestrial incursions. You, and a small team are sent to investigate a possible ET sighting in the New Mexico desert. This was partly inspired by the X-Files. Is anyone interested?

Aliens are cool af, but I have zero experience with military RPs...army isn't really my thing but it's a super cool concept.

[Pax Nerdvana]

Recently, I've had this idea bouncing around in my head. The basic premise is that you're a member of a top secret Air Force program called the Blue Skies Project. The Project's job is to cover up, and deal with extraterrestrial incursions. You, and a small team are sent to investigate a possible ET sighting in the New Mexico desert. This was partly inspired by the X-Files. Is anyone interested?

Aliens are cool af, but I have zero experience with military RPs...army isn't really my thing but it's a super cool concept.

I was thinking more like scientists who are working with the Air Force, not actual military.

[Talchyon]

That sounds a lot more interesting than a generic fantasy RP. I'd say if you still have no takers on your mage RP, save that one for later and than work on this game-fantasy.

Thanks, I appreciate that.

Hey, I saw that you have your new RP up. Wow, that was quick. Good luck on running that one as well.

[Nuridia]

Thanks, I appreciate that.

Hey, I saw that you have your new RP up. Wow, that was quick. Good luck on running that one as well.

Thanks I can think of a lot of stuff on the fly.

[Harbertia]

Despite a setback I got the RP UP.

The Setback involved loosing a lot of my work which was on a document that was not saved. This Star Wars RP is the one that most interested me in getting started, and the Star Wars Earth RP is still in the works- but slowly.... as we try to refine some detail. At the moment it appears as if it too will be a character RP but it's looking more like it'll be a faction one... or both.

Brusia will be the Co-Op of the Ruusan Era RP (set 1000 years BBY).

As for the SWE RP Danceria has been the most involved in getting it going with Plzen having contributed an alteration that has made the RP more open for character diversity.

If either of you want to help get the SWE RP rolling quicker the World Building/Interest thread is up and I'll also accept aid here on this thread.

Though I'm not sure how that RP's quality will be compared to the Ruusan RP. I have a character in mind for the Ruusan RP but for Star Wars Earth RP I actually don't- again I made the error of starting an RP where I was more interested in seeing what happens then being involved in what happens. A failing on my part that I relapse into when unfocused- as happened after having a major lapse of memory.

What do ya'll think; should SWE be a Faction RP, Character RP, or both? A situation where a player may control a faction but other players can have character that are in that faction? In this case- Nations like China or Imperial Territory. ... it's an odd setting SWE.

[Ausinia]

Hey, got a question.
Am I allowed to make a turn-based RP for my region only? Or would that be wrong?

[Harbertia]

Hey, got a question.
Am I allowed to make a turn-based RP for my region only? Or would that be wrong?

It's permitted. The format for the title of said RP is;

RP Name [REGION NAME only] (OOC)

[Great Wendor]

Hey, got a question.
Am I allowed to make a turn-based RP for my region only? Or would that be wrong?

It's permitted. The format for the title of said RP is;

RP Name [REGION NAME only] (OOC)

Thank you!

[Dayganistan]

I was tossing around some ideas about doing a police RP again. It would be set in Las Vegas and follow agents of the US Air Force Office of Special investigations. So if you've ever seen the TV show NCIS, basically that but for the US Air Force instead of the Navy and Marine Corps. Why Las Vegas? Because it's home to a major US Air Force base where they conduct large scale training exercises, so there's lots of Air Force personnel around and lots of trouble they can get into in Vegas.

I have a feeling I wouldn't need a huge amount of players and characters either, maybe 10 or so characters at the most so it should be easy to run and keep everyone involved if it stays at that sort of scale rather than trying to cast a wide net and get as many people as possible involved. I'm just not sure if the whole police procedural thing is something people are really looking for RP wise. And my perpetual feeling of assuming my RP ideas can never take off because I'm not super well known in the community.

[G-Tech Corporation]

It's permitted. The format for the title of said RP is;

RP Name [REGION NAME only] (OOC)

Thank you!

Actually, I should clarify. Region only RP is allowed, but should, as a rule of thumb, be done on RMBs or offsite forums. We allow the odd exceptions because site admins don’t really want to have to crack down on it, but it is a case of “if this gets out of hand, we won’t be able to have nice things”. P2TM, as a subforum, is categorically not for what you could call delineated RP.

[Zarzadon]

RP INTEREST AND FEEDBACK REQUEST

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Please provide as much detail as possible.
RP's Overarching Concept: A cold war era alternate history between the United States and a victorious Nazi Germany rather than the Soviets.
Genre/s: alternate history
Character or Faction Based: faction
Detailed Description:

Europe has fallen. The German Reich stretches from Paris to the gates of Moscow. While it was Trotsky and the reds who invaded Europe, now Hitler dominates. Split between democracy and Fascism, a new dark age emerges in the conquered territories. And with the devastation of the war, and the frightening new Atomic Bomb, the liberty loving democracies lead by America and the dictatorships headed by the Nazis now stray far from the idea of total war, but will this unstable peace last?

In an alternate world where a more aggressive Soviet Union under Trotsky, as well as it's communist allies in France and Mexico, invade Poland and Germany the allies reluctantly agree to work alongside them. But after the fall of Communism, the world is now split in a cold war like our own was. While I'm sure this concept has been done before at some time, it's still interesting and I hope other will see that too. I plan it to be primarily set around diplomacy and internal politics with out total war between great powers, as that would just be nuclear annihilation. Or at least attempting to avoid it as best possible. While each player controls an entire nation, I'd like to also focus on characters and stories. And when it comes to military matters, nothing overly specific but not too vague either. Most wars will probably be proxy wars anyways, the focus is diplomacy. More of a big picture type of deal. You don't need to be an expert on this era as a lot will change, but the more you know the better. Be creative, you can make a whole new set of characters or play with already existing figures. How about a MacArthur or McCarthy presidency? Or maybe someone brand new altogether? What about an African rebel group attempting independence? Or one of the brutal German sub states, getting rich off the slave labor of the Ukrainians? Maybe the soviet remnants operating out of Siberia? There are so many possibilities!

Not sure what else to say. I have history and some nation plans already but I want countries to be designed by their players for the most part.

Need Help With:
I don't know how to garner interest or, for lack of better words, advertise.
I also don't know everything I should need for the nation application. Obvious stuff of course like name and leader and history etc. but I'm not sure of everything.

Please leave this hashtag in place: #Mentorhelp

[The Twelve Isles]

Hey, so I've been tossing around an idea for a Naruto RP for a while, mostly just because the show was a big part of my childhood so I kinda want to revisit it. I figured it would be an Alternate Universe, where we as the players would make up the story arcs, possibly through voting. Im kind of inspired by an attempted Naruto RP that was up a little while ago, though it didn't get far. It clicked all my nostalgia buttons though, so I was thinking I might try and get something similar up and running.

If anyone's interested, let me know, and Ill start working on something. Or, if you have ideas on how it could be running, also shoot some ideas my way. Any help/feedback I can get would be great.

[Great Confederacy of Commonwealth States]

RP INTEREST AND FEEDBACK REQUEST

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Please provide as much detail as possible.
RP's Overarching Concept: A cold war era alternate history between the United States and a victorious Nazi Germany rather than the Soviets.
Genre/s: alternate history
Character or Faction Based: faction
Detailed Description:

Europe has fallen. The German Reich stretches from Paris to the gates of Moscow. While it was Trotsky and the reds who invaded Europe, now Hitler dominates. Split between democracy and Fascism, a new dark age emerges in the conquered territories. And with the devastation of the war, and the frightening new Atomic Bomb, the liberty loving democracies lead by America and the dictatorships headed by the Nazis now stray far from the idea of total war, but will this unstable peace last?

In an alternate world where a more aggressive Soviet Union under Trotsky, as well as it's communist allies in France and Mexico, invade Poland and Germany the allies reluctantly agree to work alongside them. But after the fall of Communism, the world is now split in a cold war like our own was. While I'm sure this concept has been done before at some time, it's still interesting and I hope other will see that too. I plan it to be primarily set around diplomacy and internal politics with out total war between great powers, as that would just be nuclear annihilation. Or at least attempting to avoid it as best possible. While each player controls an entire nation, I'd like to also focus on characters and stories. And when it comes to military matters, nothing overly specific but not too vague either. Most wars will probably be proxy wars anyways, the focus is diplomacy. More of a big picture type of deal. You don't need to be an expert on this era as a lot will change, but the more you know the better. Be creative, you can make a whole new set of characters or play with already existing figures. How about a MacArthur or McCarthy presidency? Or maybe someone brand new altogether? What about an African rebel group attempting independence? Or one of the brutal German sub states, getting rich off the slave labor of the Ukrainians? Maybe the soviet remnants operating out of Siberia? There are so many possibilities!

Not sure what else to say. I have history and some nation plans already but I want countries to be designed by their players for the most part.

Need Help With:
I don't know how to garner interest or, for lack of better words, advertise.
I also don't know everything I should need for the nation application. Obvious stuff of course like name and leader and history etc. but I'm not sure of everything.

Please leave this hashtag in place: #Mentorhelp

This sounds rather neat! If you want to garner interest, there are a few things you should keep in mind. First of all, an appealing OP is paramount. Adding a nice header, perhaps an image, and dividing your OP up onto manageable paragraphs is important. Basically, when people see your OP, they have to be convinced that you are trying to tell a quality story.

Regarding the application, you will have to see what information is important to you, and what sets the scene. Some information might not be directly relevant, but will make players think about their nation in a certain way. If you want a more politically-minded RP, then you can make players look up what factions exist within the government. If you want it to be more about foreign policy, then you can look up who the top diplomats of a nation are. If you want it to be more about military, then you can make players look in depth at national militaries. Having military numbers is always good, because it keeps players from powergaming, but you will have to see what is important for you.

[Ausinia]

Thank you!

Actually, I should clarify. Region only RP is allowed, but should, as a rule of thumb, be done on RMBs or offsite forums. We allow the odd exceptions because site admins don’t really want to have to crack down on it, but it is a case of “if this gets out of hand, we won’t be able to have nice things”. P2TM, as a subforum, is categorically not for what you could call delineated RP.

Thanks

[Mister Thirteen]

Puppet Master RP?....

[New Arcadius]

You know, I miss that one rp that had people aka yourself go back to the beginning of societies first forming and establishing stuff.

Honestly, that'd be nice if it made a come back, but instead, it's another person, not yourself. It was kind of awkward to have self-inserts... And well, I'm not a big fan of that.

And maybe if the time went a bit faster?... and maaaaaybe not have people advance superfast? (Aka what the disaster of that one History of Man where Europe was biasly ahead of everyone else in the 3000BCs)