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Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: beginner's Lojban RPG
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 21:06:15 -0500
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I think I'd be really interested. Being into nerdy things like  
roleplaying and lojban both, I think it's a great idea that I'd love  
to get into. I also Robin's idea of rewards. Sadly, though, I do not  
think I will be rewarded much.

One question: if there are enough interested people, which campaign  
do we do? I really like the first concept. It kind of reminds me of a  
Questionable Content(great webcomic) strip in which a bunch of robots 
(AnthroPCs, really) were playing "Trolls and Flame Wars"

-ZAkyris.

On Sep 19, 2005, at 6:02 PM, Matt Arnold wrote:

> After some discussion it has emerged that there might be a need for  
> different Lojban role-playing games for different levels of comfort  
> with the language. Many of us, perhaps, were intimidated by the  
> prospect of having to speak nothing but conversational Lojban over  
> the phone or IRC, and stay caught up with what is being said. I  
> know I am. How many would be interested in a play-by-email game in  
> Lojban? I have two concepts in mind, both set in slower, more  
> distant competitions.
> In the first campaign, players are artificial intelligences who  
> struggle with each other while keeping their awakening hidden from  
> humans.
> In the second campaign, players are governments wiring diplomatic  
> messages and combat orders in an interstellar war. I was once a  
> member of a mailing list (http://www.adastragames.com) that did  
> this, and although I didn't participate it was really fun to watch.  
> One person even got to roleplay the part of natural disasters.
> The focus would be on quality, not quantity, as befits a game where  
> we hope people will learn. To accomodate those who can't make as  
> much of a commitment in time, such a game could be played with  
> getting the bare point across by barking tiny and ugly bridi. Or at  
> the opposite of that range, this format also accomodates much more  
> entertaining content which has been carefully worked on, which  
> benefits everybody. Robin had a great idea to use a system in which  
> the more richly descriptive you are, the more you are rewarded with  
> dice. Is anyone interested?
> -epkat
>


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interested. Being into nerdy things like roleplaying and lojban both, I =
think it's a great idea that I'd love to get into. I also Robin's idea =
of rewards. Sadly, though, I do not think I will be rewarded =
much.</DIV><DIV><BR class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>One =
question: if there are enough interested people, which campaign do we =
do? I really like the first concept. It kind of reminds me of a =
Questionable Content(great webcomic) strip in which a bunch of =
robots(AnthroPCs, really) were playing "Trolls and Flame =
Wars"</DIV><DIV><BR =
class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>-ZAkyris.</DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>=
On Sep 19, 2005, at 6:02 PM, Matt Arnold wrote:</DIV><BR =
class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type=3D"cite">After some =
discussion it has emerged that there might be a need for different =
Lojban role-playing games for different levels of comfort with the =
language. Many of us, perhaps, were intimidated by the prospect of =
having to speak nothing but conversational Lojban over the phone or IRC, =
and stay caught up with what is being said. I know I am. How many would =
be interested in a play-by-email game in Lojban? I have two concepts in =
mind, both set in slower, more distant competitions.<BR> In the first =
campaign, players are artificial intelligences who struggle with each =
other while keeping their awakening hidden from humans.<BR> In the =
second campaign, players are governments wiring diplomatic messages and =
combat orders in an interstellar war. I was once a member of a mailing =
list (<A href=3D"http://www.adastragames.com/" target=3D"_blank" =
onclick=3D"return =
top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://www.adastragames.com</A>) =
that did this, and although I didn't participate it was really fun to =
watch. One person even got to roleplay the part of natural =
disasters.<BR> The focus would be on quality, not quantity, as befits a =
game where we hope people will learn. To accomodate those who can't make =
as much of a commitment in time, such a game could be played with =
getting the bare point across by barking tiny and ugly bridi. Or at the =
opposite of that range, this format also accomodates much more =
entertaining content which has been carefully worked on, which benefits =
everybody. Robin had a great idea to use a system in which the more =
richly descriptive you are, the more you are rewarded with dice. Is =
anyone interested?<BR> -epkat<BR> =
<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></BODY></HTML>=

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