Lexicon: Pregame Discussion

[Mason]

[ooc=] Check out this page first:  Lexicon

    What I propose is a CBG go at this. It looks fun and I've found a couple interesting sessions of the game mostly run on wiki's across the web. If anyone is interested go ahead and post here with your comments. If enough interest is mustered, I'll make another thread. Thanks for reading.
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  Issues Up for Debate:

 Genre
 Time Frame? a week per letter? A month? No limit?

   

  Resolved Issues:
  The game will be hosted on the WIKI. The OOC will be on the FORUMS.
 
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[Ghostman]

Should there be some predefined limits as to the general tech level, scope, supernatural elements etc? If we go with complete freedom to invent stuff then it's probably going to turn into a major kitchen sink. Which is not necessarily a bad thing, but would be best acknowledged beforehand.

What kind of pace should this be run at? A letter per week perhaps? If someone misses a letter or enters the game late, should they be allowed to submit entries for letters that were covered in the past?

[Mason]

Good questions. Some of the Lexicon wiki's I've read are restricted to a genre.  As for pace of the game...depends on the word count per entry. 200 words + time to come up with an idea in a week sounds good to me. Of course entries can be edited/expanded later. As for late participants/missed Letters, I would say it's OK to add entries at a later time-but probably restrict the citation aspect of it a little.

Here is a very good Lexicon:  
Steampunk

[Weave]

I'd give it a shot, though I'd prefer to know the specifics before I throw down any guarantees.

[Steerpike]

I love this idea.  It's actually quite similar to Salacious Angel's an my "MYTHOS" experiment in some ways.  If you started a thread I would definitely participate.

EDIT: Possible genres (though any would be fine): post-apocalyptic fantasy; planetary romance; fantastic multiverse (i.e. similar to Planescape in overall concept); pulpy sword and sorcery, perhaps with some kind of twist.

[Mason]

@Weave: We will definitely work out specifics before we begin.

@Steerpike: MYTHOS came to mind almost immediately after reading Lexicon. Glad to have you on board with this.

For genre I'm thinking a mix of fantasy/horror. I would like to avoid Science Fiction simply because of the 1000 Worlds thread...
  I'd like to do a letter each week but that is probably unlikely. Maybe twice a month? Ultimately I would like to get the whole thing ported over to the CBG wiki as a community wide world project.  

[Weave]

I'm all for a fantasy lexicon, and I'd be fine with horror. What springs to mind is something awash with Tim Burton or Neil Gaiman-esque entries... which sounds very fun to me!

Of course, "different strokes for different folks," I'd be okay with most anything.

[Kindling]

I'm tentatively in.

[O Senhor Leetz]

I'll throw in when I can.

[SA]

Oh yeah, shit, MYTHOS. Should get on that...

Also, this Lexicon thing is dope.

[Mason]

So we all agree on a decidedly dark Horror/Fantasy genre?

  My thoughts were that some event or cataclysm occurred in recent history and the Lexicon is the work of a man(or woman) attempting to 'make sense of it all' and to possibly bring some knowledge and learning into an otherwise dark world.
   Thoughts on this?

 

[sparkletwist]

I'd encourage you to, like the thing suggested, to run it on the wiki, rather than as a thread.

I'm not sure how much I can participate in the actual thing but I'd be happy to help out with some of the wiki issues to keep the thing running smoothly.

[Ghostman]

My thoughts were that some event or cataclysm occurred in recent history and the Lexicon is the work of a man(or woman) attempting to 'make sense of it all' and to possibly bring some knowledge and learning into an otherwise dark world.

If all the entries are supposed to have been penned by the same character, how do we ensure a consistent style of writing? Or consistent bias regarding the things in the world for that matter? It might be easier and more fun for us if the lexicon was a patchwork of collected articles from various authors.

I'd also prefer this to be played on the forum, although we could still put copies into the wiki.

[Kindling]

I'm into the dark fantasy type setting. Also, would prefer the forum, just as I've never really used the wiki before so it would be easier for me to stick with what I know :)

[Steerpike]

Either the wiki or the forum is fine by me, though if we have at least a portion on the forum I bet more people would participate.

I like the cataclysm/reconstruction idea.  What kind of apocalypse should it have been?  Technological?  Magical?  Metaphysical?