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[notquitethere]

In general, I think this format worked well (with caveats) for a forum game. One trouble with forum roleplaying can be that you can get stuck if one person doesn't update, so having players act on independent journeys, only sometimes intersecting, worked quite well. I allowed too many players which meant it was sometimes cumbersome update, but it did mean there was a nice buffer so it was no trouble if half the playerbase weren't about any given moment. Having a sort of amorphous tv-show-like timeline meant it was fine if a car chase lasted for weeks, long travel times meant people could always be assumed to have synced up when they intersected.

Ultimately, I just got very busy starting a PhD while working on commercial game writing at the same time, both of which meant I had less time to run the hobby game.

If/when I get some more time, and I want to run another game (Warped 3? Or I had an idea for a game about returning to semi-abandoned colonies on Mars...) I would probably take a similar approach mechanically.

[Dustan Hache]

Aw, just when it was getting good. No worries though NQT, live has been throwin a ton of wrenches into everyone's plans.