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Greetings all, welcome to our little adventure! Microscope is a bit different to most other roleplaying games so feel free to ask me any questions you might have about the system here. Our first order of business is to establish the groundwork for our game to begin. I will list out those steps below.
The Golden Rule
Nothing is scared, if it isn't blacklisted it can probably happen. We are here to build upon each other's ideas but once we start, we do not collaborate. The game describes Nuking Atlantis as an example:
Step 0: On's and Off's
Let us know what your on's and off's for sexual roleplaying are. You can find mine in my F-List profile in my signature. As a rule, anyone's off's should be automatically blacklisted from coming up in the game whilst everything else is generally fair game.
Step 1: Big Picture
We need to brainstorm an overview of the history we want to play and boil it down to a single sentence. One line that summarizes what happens, but leaves out all the details. Something along the lines of:
An ancient empire rises and falls.
Cavemen at the dawn of time found the first civilization.
Mankind leaves the sick Earth behind and spreads out to the stars.
We want to pick something big so we have lot of time and space to work with. It doesn't have to be overly interesting, that comes later.
Step 2: Bookend History
History in our game will be divided into Periods. They are very large chunks of time, probably decades or centuries. We must agree on descriptions for the Periods at the start and the end of our history just a few sentences or a paragraph at most that paints a clear picture of what happens during that timeline. We should also decide the Tone of that Period if it is generally happy or tragic, Light or Dark.
Step 3: Palette - Adding or Blacklisting Ingredients
Next we need to take a step back and create our history's Palette. A list of things the we agree to reserve the right to include or, conversely, outright ban. This happens in a simple round robin as described below:
Step 4: First Pass
The group discussions are now over. For the rest of the game, each of us makes decisions individually and has vast power to shape and change history. We will each get a chance to add a new Period or Event to start as described below.
I will be keeping track of the timeline in the initial post of our IC thread, once we have reached this point. For now let us share our on's/off's and ideas for a big picture. I will limit our initial discussion for Step 1 to 48 hours at most unless we really need more time.
The Golden Rule
Nothing is scared, if it isn't blacklisted it can probably happen. We are here to build upon each other's ideas but once we start, we do not collaborate. The game describes Nuking Atlantis as an example:
Step 0: On's and Off's
Let us know what your on's and off's for sexual roleplaying are. You can find mine in my F-List profile in my signature. As a rule, anyone's off's should be automatically blacklisted from coming up in the game whilst everything else is generally fair game.
Step 1: Big Picture
We need to brainstorm an overview of the history we want to play and boil it down to a single sentence. One line that summarizes what happens, but leaves out all the details. Something along the lines of:
An ancient empire rises and falls.
Cavemen at the dawn of time found the first civilization.
Mankind leaves the sick Earth behind and spreads out to the stars.
We want to pick something big so we have lot of time and space to work with. It doesn't have to be overly interesting, that comes later.
Step 2: Bookend History
History in our game will be divided into Periods. They are very large chunks of time, probably decades or centuries. We must agree on descriptions for the Periods at the start and the end of our history just a few sentences or a paragraph at most that paints a clear picture of what happens during that timeline. We should also decide the Tone of that Period if it is generally happy or tragic, Light or Dark.
Step 3: Palette - Adding or Blacklisting Ingredients
Next we need to take a step back and create our history's Palette. A list of things the we agree to reserve the right to include or, conversely, outright ban. This happens in a simple round robin as described below:
Step 4: First Pass
The group discussions are now over. For the rest of the game, each of us makes decisions individually and has vast power to shape and change history. We will each get a chance to add a new Period or Event to start as described below.
I will be keeping track of the timeline in the initial post of our IC thread, once we have reached this point. For now let us share our on's/off's and ideas for a big picture. I will limit our initial discussion for Step 1 to 48 hours at most unless we really need more time.
