As last year, we will run an open game. Everyone (well, everyone
you know about) will have e-mail available. I will post everyone's
addresses tonight (I hope - maybe tomorrow).
Be sure to copy personal messages to me.
Include a string in your subject line like PBEM PBM EPBM e-pbm or
something so I get the idea.
mark your subjects as (Public), (Personal), (Turn) or (Confidential)
You can guess why. I let a fe things slip before that I shouldn't
have.
If you need a reply or action from me, indicate this too. Otherwise,
I will NOT respond, even to acknowledge receipt.
Many of last season's players have not yet checked in. When you do
finally come out of your party-induced stupor, we'll let you out of
your stateroom and put you back on watch. Otherwise you'll have to
watch from the sidelines. Just check-in when you get a minute
(if you can hear me) and let me know if you can play this year.
I seem to be able to actually process a turn about once every two
weeks. If we continue to just play as the mood hits us, we should
be able to try to maintain this schedule.
All public-action turns (like "I'm going to attempt to repair the
anit-matter conversion unit.") Must go through your Team Leader.
I'll let your fearless CO decide watch, quarter, and stations for
the crew, so this will fall out in the wash. There shouldn't be
too many changes from last spring; most of the officers are back.
Private-action turns (like "I'm telling Joe about the private flogging
I watched on Holo last night.") you should discuss with Joe. Copy
me. You'll hear about it if you get caught. :-)
Try to only do one turn a week (at least only one Official turn).
Otherwise, I lose track of synchronization between teams/groups.
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Other than that some advice/suggestions:
Let's all try to stay in character. I'm one of the worst violators
of this most fundamental of RPG rules. I'll try to do better.
We're here to have fun. We seemed to do well last season by letting
our characters run away with us. I will try a little harder to
remind folks that we've somewhat limited time, and to provide _outside_
stimulation. :-)
Some PC's are run by me. Some NPC's are run by players. I'm not
telling which are which. You might not know because some of them
have my e-mail address, or none; some of them have player e-mail
addresses. I thought this might liven up things a little.
Remember, we seem to be having almost a false start - a lot of
people will likely return sometime during play, so this can provide
an interesting diversion, too.
Feel free to offer suggestions/critique at any time. If there's anything
at all that you want more or less of, let me know.
Richard
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