[lojban-beginners] beginner's Lojban RPG

[Matt Arnold <matt.mattarn@gmail.com>]

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