Haveneast: Kingdom of the Goat-Witch Discussion Thread

[Hibou]

I'm not sure I'm going to be able to make this game either. Mondays are getting difficult for me. I'm going to post a doodle.

[Polycarp]

I've got two weeks until graduation and I'm utterly swamped.  I can't make it today and I'm unlikely to make anything for these next two weeks.  My apologies to the crew.

[Hibou]

Next week is likely off as well for me, as I will be moving that day and don't expect to have internet for a few days.

[sparkletwist]

I can't make it either. But I guess that won't be a big problem!

[sparkletwist]

Are we going to try to play on Cinco de Mayo?
(I don't have any plans, but I don't know about anyone else... :P )

[Hibou]

I am not sure. I'd like to but I'm still pretty busy settling into my new job/place. I will make a decision by midday Saturday.

[Polycarp]

I'm still likely to be busy until graduation on the weekend of May 9th.

[Hibou]

I'm going to have to postpone this until I can figure out a more convenient day of the week; Mondays are getting pretty much impossible for me. That doodle I was talking about will be up soon

[Hibou]

Alright, so I've been looking at my schedule trying to find days when I have guaranteed time to GM and they're few and far between. I don't want to abandon the game completely, so there's always the option of PbP if everyone is interested in doing that but even that I may be slow to respond to. Thoughts?

[sparkletwist]

Personally, I'd not be a huge fan of any attempt to still play a Pathfinder game that way. Something more loose in structure seems to work a lot better; I've rather liked Storium.

[Hibou]

I'm also not particularly keen on Pathfinder PbP but wanted to present it as an option. Storium isn't terribly expensive but I don't want to force people into backing it to play. What other options are there?

[sparkletwist]

Storium isn't terribly expensive but I don't want to force people into backing it to play.

I'll just point out that you don't strictly have to. You can invite people and they can play for free. You only have to back it if you want to create games.
So the narrator (i.e., the GM) would have to back it but the players would not. (They don't make that very clear... probably because they want to get more money. :P )

That said, setting the game up there would probably be a decent amount of work for you, and as you said your time is scarce, I'm not that sure it'd be a good idea anyway.

As for other options... I don't know. I guess either a PbP with a lighter system, or freeform PbP, or less frequent IRC games, or... we give up? I don't know. Sorry I'm not much help.

[Polycarp]

I'm not really keen to make a dramatic change to the system and style in the middle of the game.  I feel like I'd rather play PbP PF than change to another system entirely, but then again I've never played a tabletop RPG by PbP, and I don't know firsthand how well that works.

Unfortunately your schedule seems to be getting difficult just as mine is becoming free.  If you can spare any time at all I'm willing to be flexible regarding IRC times, but to be honest if any IRC game is unmanageable for you I'm not sure whether we'll be able to pull off an alternative that might take just as much time.

[Numinous]

I like this game, but my optimism related to the longevity of PbP PF games is nonexistent.  If we changed the medium to PbP, I'd be down for free form RP or a story-based system.  With that said, I've wanted to play in Haveneast for years, so if y'all quit now I'll pout.

[Steerpike]

I'm an outside observer here with no legitimate stake in the conversation, but some unsolicited advice: I'd suggest avoiding a transition to a new system (especially from rules-heavy to rules-light there can be a feeling for those who enjoy the former that something has been "lost") and I wouldn't recommend PbP.  Back when I was GMing my Cadaverous Earth game we went on hiatus for a while and then successfully brought the game back for a good long time afterwards.  It can be done.