I'd like to give a very, very rough idea of a game I'd like to run in case anyone here is really super interested in joining up:
I plan to run the game in the World of Darkness system. It will a mystery game set in a modern day high school. You'll have to figure out on your own whether that mystery involves mere mortals or monsters. But you yourselves will be normal everyday people. I would encourage you to play high school students or someone who would reasonably know and hang out with high school students (ie. a parent of another PC who is also a teacher, a club advisor), but I will permit any concept you want to run within reason. Just be aware that the less likely your concept is to be in a high school palling around with High School kids, that much more exponentially harder for you it will be to get anything done.
I will give the general warning that while I am running in the WoD system, it won't be a particularly grimdark game. It won't be slapstick and serious issues won't be played for laughs, but it won't be too extreme in the other direction either. It will be as realistically dark as I can try and manage.
Bonuses will be given out for people who make an attempt to link their characters together with other characters, as to justify why they all hang out together. Best friends, relatives, dating, parent/child, being in the same club, etc. etc. I won't force you to do any of it nor will I penalize anyone who doesn't, but I will say that those who help me make it so I don't need to give all your characters detention in a library to get the party together will be rewarded.
For those who want to get an early start on character-building, all WoD books will be allowed but anything used that would make your character "more than human" will get your character rejected, so use your common sense.
If you know anyone else who'd want to get into a WoD game, let me know. This game lends itself to a bunch of people operating independently or even sub-groups that split up and rejoin depending on circumstances. It is high school, after all. I already have a few people definitely /in, but they are my normal crew so I'd love to get some free blood into this game to spice it up.
The game would be run online using roll20, which for those who don't know is a browser-based tabletop application. I've been using it for a while and it's been working pretty well.
Questions, comments, concerns, character ideas will be welcomed here or by e-mail (
anix@11thhour.net for those not in the know)
