[lojban-beginners] Re: beginner's Lojban RPG

[Jon Reeves <jon@happyvalley.eclipse.co.uk>]

Sounds interesting, especially being able to play with only limited
knowledge of lojban

Jon

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
> <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
>