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De Profundis - What have you done with it?

Started by Nihilistic Mind, December 01, 2010, 10:19:56 AM

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Nihilistic Mind

December 01, 2010, 10:19:56 AM
I've acquired this clever little game idea Monday and am itching to get a "game" going.

Essentially, it is a "game" meant to emulate the stories and storytelling style of Lovecraft's stories, all done via letters from one player to another...

I like the idea of writing a bit of in-character fiction once a week and build an over-arching tale via letters then gathering the lot into a cool prop for a Call of Cthulhu, Kult or Nephilim campaign.

What have you done with it?
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Simlasa

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December 01, 2010, 03:55:18 PM
I've had that book for years but I never got around to reading it or even clearly figuring out what it was...
Is it just a solo-GM game to generate a 'paper trail' for CoC PCs to follow? Or is it a multiplayer RPG of it's own?
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December 01, 2010, 04:06:08 PM
You and a friend write letters to each other, including mailing them via the post office. You start out with relatively benign stuff, and then mention you found a neat book, and then start adding strange stuff in further letters.
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December 01, 2010, 04:09:40 PM
It's a player-to-player correspondence game. There are a couple of ways to play it but mostly, it's intended to be in-character letters sent from one "player" to another in order to create/advance/introduce story elements reminiscent of the Lovecraftian Mythos.

Essentially, you write about your character's experiences in the first person, creating an account much like you would find in one of Lovecraft's stories. The game is written entirely as an example of what the end product would be like: a series of collected letters.

It could be done as a solo exercise, but ideally, finding another player to correspond with would be somewhat preferred.
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December 02, 2010, 10:27:57 AM
Ok, so basically this is not an RPG.

Moved.

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December 02, 2010, 10:45:07 AM
It's not a roleplaying game because success or failure of the character is subjective?

It's certainly a great game aid (generating real CoC props) and it's basically all roleplaying...

Or is it not considered a game because it doesn't need a GM per se?

Just curious where the criteria line is drawn...
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December 02, 2010, 04:14:32 PM
Quote from: RPGPundit;422243Ok, so basically this is not an RPG.

Moved.

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Pundit, is the site's policy that we should start the thread in the Other Games forum if we're talking about using a non-RPG as an adjunct to an RPG?

This isn't intended as trick question - an idea came up about using the storygame Fiasco as a way to come up with background material for an RPG, but I could also think of cases like "D&D spells inspired by Magic : The Gathering" cards, or "Have you ever fought out battles in your RPG campaign using Age of Empires...," etc.

Edit : and I don't object if the answer is "Yes, that goes in other games." I'd just like to know which is appropriate.
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