OOC Conversation

Welcome to the game! I've created other threads here with an overview of how the game works, the starting characters you can choose from, and a few introductory scenarios we can pick from when we are ready to get started. I'm happy to answer any questions you have. :)

Hi folks! :3

I'd love to play Percival Combustion or Lady Sheridan for the chapter, and if I need to go with a resident, probably Yazeba, Sal or Hey Kid. Although I like pretty much all characters, so if we want to switch things around, I'm happy to reconsider!

For the chapters, do we pick any of those? Purely on vibes, I like Lights Out, The Breakfast Feast, Another Rainy Day, Who Knows How a Garden Grows (green friends!) and Wash Cycle. I don't mind trying the others though, these are just the favourites! :D

Yes, you can play the chapters in any order you wish, so pick the one that you think will be the most fun. :)

Also, you're able to choose different characters for each chapter, so don't feel like you need to be beholden to any one or two in particular. Unless, of course, you like them so much you just want to keep playing them!

Hi all :)
I have some reading to do before I can weigh in here ?

If that's ok, I'd like to play Amelie. Seems like it would be fun :)
(If that doesn't fit the chosen chapter, I'm fine with any other role)

For chapters (going on FS's suggestions) I'd opt for either How a Garden Grows or Lights Out.

Looks like Garden or Lights Out are early favorites. We’ll wait for Drgwen to join to see her thoughts.

Drgwen still hasn't accepted the game invite. I sent a PM to see if they missed it.

In the meantime, I think "Lights Out" is a bit less complicated than "Who Knows How a Garden Grows," so I think that will be a better chapter to start with. I'll play Parish, so TheGenerator can play as Amelie and FlyingSucculent can play either Percival or anybody else of their choosing. I'll open the chapter thread here shortly.

We could either wait to officially start until Drgwen joins us, or get started and have them join in when they're able. It's up to you all. :)

Let's just wait for a bit, it's only been a day. :D

Alright. In the meantime, you can look over the rules for this chapter and let me know if you have questions.

Oh, I have one! Are we going to be using GP's card decks?

Hi all! Sorry for my delay; for some reason I missed the invite! Thanks to Dmbrainiac for the nudge. Happy to be here!

Later this morning I’ll read through and express some preferences and/or ask questions. Thanks!

Um, maybe? I haven't really used that feature yet. In my other game, I simply had a real deck of cards that I would draw from and then post which cards I drew! But I can play around with the decks here to see if it would be a viable way of doing things. Chiefly, I'm not sure if you can remove cards from a deck when it's time to reshuffle.

Oh, and welcome @Drgwen! Glad to have you here with us. :D

I haven't used the card deck before. Afaik, it's customizable but only in terms of a deck of playing cards. I'll also check it out when I have some time. Probably this weekend

I'm pretty sure reshuffling once again refills the deck to the starting one. But who knows, they're always making changes here.

OK I've read through all the materials you've posted, DMbrainiac, an this game is adorable!

For characters, I like Hey Kid and Viv the most, but I am also happy to try out others too, like Gertrude or Yola. For chapters, I think the Pensive ones are my favorites, but then again I love deep, emotional chats about finding my place in the world, like in After Dinner, which might be a little heavy for this game. So I think I'd be happy with just about any!

The pensive chapters are some of my favorites, too. While it’s a mostly lighthearted game, there are some heavier themes featured in certain chapters. The especially heavy ones come with a little warning tag.

But for now, we’re starting with an eerie chapter! Either Hey Kid or Viv would be a good choice for this chapter, so play whoever you would like. :)

I'm feeling Viv for this one! hey Kid would be more fun for a Frantic or Pensive one, I think.

Do we just start RPing in the lights out thread? Or should I still wait for something?

You can technically use custom deck - with scripts - and just edit it every time we reshuffle, but it's probably more hassle than it's worth.
Alternately, we can just do a numbered list of cards and roll the dice, shortening the list each time.
Or, and I think it's the simplest one, just leave the deck as it's and simply ignore card repeats. XD

I like getting philosophical at times, but I think it's best to start with something easy to get in the groove, you know? I'll absolutely be up for pensive chapters later!

Let me get up a post for Parish to kick things off and then you can start posting at your leisure. Tickettbror will be joining us here as well, so we will wait for them to get situated before we start looking for Omen cards.

Was I right in thinking that this game had been billed as having a slower posting pace? I will try to post once a day and often more but occasionally, it might be a day or two. I hope that’s not a problem.

Yeah, it was said to be about 3 posts a week. For me it will also depend from week to week how fast I can be.

Yeah, same for me! I usually post every other day or so, but I can miss a day or two at times. I certainly don't mind pauses between posts. :3

Yes it will be a more relaxed pace. I think everybody is just excited to kick things off. I usually post frequently but I'm going to deliberately pace myself so we don't leave anybody behind!

Guilty as charged! ?

Do we talk OOC about what we're thinking of doing next? Because my current idea is to have Amelie tumble down the stairs cause of all the stuff they're carrying. ?
-insert image of Amelie sitting on the basement floor with a bucket om their head, cleaning things scattered around-

Not sure if that counts as a whoopsie because it's not in Amelie's list. Just RP fun, I suppose.

If Amelie takes a tumble, it can lead into Percy's whoopsie of blaming it on himself. :D I was just thinking of accidental arsonism and knocking stuff around without meaning to so far, but there are many possibilities!

OK cool! An please, I welcome the enthusiasm! It's fun to play with folks who are excited. I just feel bad sometimes when I keep everyone waiting. But Life!

I miiiiight be a bit of a people pleaser. Guilty as charged as well!

Ah, same! Though in different direction? I often panic when I think I displeased someone and start over-apologizing. :'D ...You probably can guess why Percy is the one character who spoke to me.

I hope it's not a problem I posted right away, I just had a good moment to write!

You are certainly free to RP and do whatever you’d like your character to do, both within and outside the framework of your Bingos and Whoopsies.

Once everybody is here and ready to start in earnest, somebody will need to do a Bingo or Whoopsie specifically to press on and start drawing cards from the deck. When an Omen is revealed, we will stop and wait for everybody to have a chance to react to it before somebody else interacts with the deck again.

I made a "character sheet" for the game, but it's just the image of the Viv page. Is that OK?

And how do I post as her? I don't see the option here, like I do in other games. I apologize for my ignorance! I just joined GP like a month ago.

@Drgwen Yes, it's perfectly fine to just have the image for your character! I've approved her, so you should see the option to post as her now.

Oh! OK awesome. thanks!

I don't mind people going ahead with RP while I'm too busy to post. Sometimes the back and forth between 2 characters goes very fast. But please keep in mind that others might want to chime in on a conversation that they are not yet part of.

It has happened to me that I've logged in to find 10+ new posts and I missed a chance to add something fun to the 2nd one when the moment is already past.

I would appreciate ppl watching out for that a bit ☺️. But I won't be a sourpuss about it either. Hehe

I'm sorry, I didn't mean to speed things up or imply that we should. :(

I think this is an example ?

You're fine, FS. We're not even close to something like that. So no worries at all! :)

I also posted because I had a good moment of time.

It... probably is an example, you're right. :'D I'm glad it's alright then!

I found this older thread with a similar card deck issue. I don't think there's a solution for it yet.

We'd have to keep a list of "out of the deck cards" and redraw if we hit one of those.
How many cards leave the deck on average in a chapter?

Hey all, how're we doing? Thanks for having me and lovely to see some of y'all again, or meet you if you're new!

Is Braniac playing Parish? (And I might need to refamiliarise myself with this game, it's been a while.)

If so, I'll probably play Yazeba herself!

@Tickettbror, I posted as Parish to kick things off, but I’m happy to cede him to you if you prefer to play as him. Yazeba is a good choice, too!

Hey, Tickettbror! Glad to see you in yet another game! :3

Hi Tickettbror! Thanks for joining us :)

I don't mind, I can always play Parish for a different scenario. For now I'll play Yazeba, but I won't be able to set up the character sheet while I'm at work

Alright, no problem. If you have time to post, you could do so as your player profile and then edit it later once you've submitted your character, or just post later today. :)

I might not be posting for the next 30 hours. I've got a busy day followed by a 13hr flight. If I find time, I will :)

No worries, good luck!

I'll post as Parish tomorrow morning to get things moving. I won't post again until Monday so Tickettbror has time to make the character sheet and join us.

That sound like a good way to get Yazeba into the story.

Got a post up, I'll submit my character sheet now as well and then I can edit it when it's approved! Sorry for the delay, work kinda knocked me out. :')

@Tickettbror All good, character approved!