So here's the deal. I want to run Masks. I began the game once on tabletop and it was highly successful, but it fell apart when two players left the group due to real life needs. Now I want to take a crack at it electronically. I haven't made up my mind about whether it should be PBeM (run through Yahoo! Groups for file storage, since I loves me some handouts and play aids) or Skype with a VTT and with a Groups site for file storage. Frankly, I'm open to either one, and which one I choose will likely be determined by the response I get. I'm in GMT-6, though of course that doesn't matter for PBeM.
So right now I'm looking for 5-7 players. Obviously people who've never played the campaign are welcome, but I also welcome people who've played one or two chapters (I get the feeling that beginning Masks is far commoner than completing Masks).
As for me, I've been GMing and playing RPGs since about 1978. I've both played and run CoC as well as many other systems. As a GM I tend to be more on the storytelling and roleplaying side than the hard crunch side, but fortunately BRP's rules are sufficiently flexible and simple that hard crunch is seldom an issue. As mentioned I give lots of handouts. I also tend to roleplay my NPCs rather...exuberantly. Since I've run three chapters of MoN already and have given extensive thought to the others, I feel like I'm ready to roll with it right away.
For players, I'm looking for people who are reliable, who are not completely familiar with the campaign, who like to roleplay, and who understand that the core of CoC is investigation, madness, and death (and therefore will embrace those challenges rather than get upset when this notoriously dangerous campaign claims yet another investigator!). Familiarity with the system isn't required, since it's dead simple and I run it crunch-lite. As I see it, there are several near-certain TPCs in the campaign as written, and my intention is to modify them so that the players actually have a fighting chance of getting out alive (if not necessarily sane and unscathed), but, like I said, it's a notoriously deadly campaign in a game system known for being deadly, so the odds of you finishing the campaign with the character you began it with aren't great -- it's not impossible, but don't expect it!
As for the medium, there are advantages and disadvantages to both. I don't have a preference, and I'll be willing to run with whatever I get the players for. However, I've never played a Skype game before, and there's a potential issue with my connection; it's high speed, but it drops very briefly (for less than a minute) anywhere from once every several hours to once every fifteen minutes -- someone more familiar with Skype gaming can tell me whether or not that's a dealbreaker. A Skype game would play once per week, most likely on a weeknight (US Central Time) for several hours: I could begin as early as 6:00 PM and go as late as 11:00 PM or so, so there's some flexibility. A PBeM game would expect posts once per day, though more often is of course acceptable.
Feel free to ask any questions you may have.
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So here's the deal. I want to run Masks. I began the game once on tabletop and it was highly successful, but it fell apart when two players left the group due to real life needs. Now I want to take a crack at it electronically. I haven't made up my mind about whether it should be PBeM (run through Yahoo! Groups for file storage, since I loves me some handouts and play aids) or Skype with a VTT and with a Groups site for file storage. Frankly, I'm open to either one, and which one I choose will likely be determined by the response I get. I'm in GMT-6, though of course that doesn't matter for PBeM.
So right now I'm looking for 5-7 players. Obviously people who've never played the campaign are welcome, but I also welcome people who've played one or two chapters (I get the feeling that beginning Masks is far commoner than completing Masks).
As for me, I've been GMing and playing RPGs since about 1978. I've both played and run CoC as well as many other systems. As a GM I tend to be more on the storytelling and roleplaying side than the hard crunch side, but fortunately BRP's rules are sufficiently flexible and simple that hard crunch is seldom an issue. As mentioned I give lots of handouts. I also tend to roleplay my NPCs rather...exuberantly. Since I've run three chapters of MoN already and have given extensive thought to the others, I feel like I'm ready to roll with it right away.
For players, I'm looking for people who are reliable, who are not completely familiar with the campaign, who like to roleplay, and who understand that the core of CoC is investigation, madness, and death (and therefore will embrace those challenges rather than get upset when this notoriously dangerous campaign claims yet another investigator!). Familiarity with the system isn't required, since it's dead simple and I run it crunch-lite. As I see it, there are several near-certain TPCs in the campaign as written, and my intention is to modify them so that the players actually have a fighting chance of getting out alive (if not...
I'd love to give this a try. I've played CoC a few times in the past, and have loved it each time, but I've never played a campaign of it. I've heard great things about Masks, but I haven't read it and I'm not familiar with the plot at all. I also typically favor storytelling and the like to crunch, and I understand that madness and death are par for the course with CoC (I've survived 50% of the sessions I've played). As far as characters go, I like the idea of playing a retired British military man or a history student working on a PhD in something like history.
As for format, PBeM would probably be easier for me (I would be able to post at least once per day, often more frequently), though I could possibly play on a weeknight other than Wednesday after 7:30 or so eastern time. I've played on Skype a few times and never really had too much of an issue with the technical side; whenever someone would get booted it typically wouldn't take long to get them back up and running.
I'd love to play! I've been a keeper for about 5 years but rarely have I gotten the chance to be driven insane! I'd prefer a PBEM format if possible as my days are pretty packed but I'm almost always near a computer.
-Inquisitor Leet
Sadly, I can't play, because I'm quite familiar with it, but for those who might be thinking about playing it ... it is redonkulously great. One of the classic CoC modules.
Just curious, have you considered running it with a bit of the gumshoe system?
I haven't considered that. To be honest, I'm leery of Gumshoe. I'm old school enough that it seems like crazy newfangled nonsense to me. :-)
I'd be open to playing PBeM and can commit to posting once/day.
My old keeper ran a campaign of mixed Chaosium scenarios in the late 1980s that included a couple of scenarios from Masks... I think the New York and London scenarios. To be honest, I remember very little (that was a long time ago!!). At the end of this particular home-brewed campaign Cthulhu rose and the world as we knew it was destroyed... bummer!!
I have the 5th edition of CoC and would love to play the full campaign of Masks.
I also like a game with heavy role-playing and story-telling. Please keep me in mind if this gets up and running.
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I'd be interested too. Probably has to be PBeM. I'm in the same time zone, but I'm not home till 7 and swim some nights making it 9 or 10.
Oddly, I have a ton of CoC material, but not Masks. Haven't played it either.
Also, it is pretty easy to use these boards and link to Google Sites or another image repository to share the handouts. I'm running a Council of Thieves campaign here with that approach.
Looks like I'll be going with a PBeM game, since only a few people seemed keen on Skype. Anyone who's still interested in a PBeM game, come and join at http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/MasksCoC/. Whee!
OK, Gregg, I'm on the site! Looking forward to it!
Nice picture, btw. *gulp*
edit: Gregg, would you mind if I just made my rolls here on this thread using the paizo dice-roller?
OK, Gregg, I'm on the site! Looking forward to it!
Nice picture, btw. *gulp*
edit: Gregg, would you mind if I just made my rolls here on this thread using the paizo dice-roller?
For the character creation, that's fine. I've a dice log set up on another site for the campaign, however, and we'll be using that for actual play.
Maybe to late for this input, but I'd JUMP on a skype game. pbp/email doesn't hold the same tension building that I think is key for RPGs.
I was interested in Skype too, but I didn't get nearly the response for it that I did for PBeM. Masks needs 5-6 players to have any hope of successfully navigating it, and I wasn't close to that with people interested in Skype.
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Maybe to late for this input, but I'd JUMP on a skype game. pbp/email doesn't hold the same tension building that I think is key for RPGs.I was interested in Skype too, but I didn't get nearly the response for it that I did for PBeM. Masks needs 5-6 players to have any hope of successfully navigating it, and I wasn't close to that with people interested in Skype.
No worries. If things don't work out, or you want to try something on the side let me know. You can contact me through the facebook link in my profile or at:
In the mean time, drive em all MAD! :-D
Obviously people who've never played the campaign are welcome, but I also welcome people who've played one or two chapters (I get the feeling that beginning Masks is far commoner than completing Masks).
I'll drink to that! :-)
Hey Pulp and Leet,
I've yet to use my stats to create a character. I might play anything from a private detective to a college professor but I don't want to duplicate your persons. What are you thinking of doing?
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Hey Pulp and Leet,
I've yet to use my stats to create a character. I might play anything from a private detective to a college professor but I don't want to duplicate your persons. What are you thinking of doing?
I'm thinking Columbia doctoral student in history, doing some research into the supernatural on the sly.
I'm thinking Columbia doctoral student in history, doing some research into the supernatural on the sly.
Sounds good. I think I'll go for a more action-oriented character like a P.I.
It would probably be useful to have character discussion on the Yahoo site, as many of the players of the game aren't on this board.
It would probably be useful to have character discussion on the Yahoo site, as many of the players of the game aren't on this board.
Got it. Posted there earlier today. :)
Here are my stats from the rolls done earlier on this thread:
Str 10
Con 14
Siz 11
Dex 16
App 11
Int 13
Pow 12
Edu 10+3=13
San 60
What edition of CoC are you using?
It would probably be useful to have character discussion on the Yahoo site, as many of the players of the game aren't on this board.Got it. Posted there earlier today. :)
Here are my stats from the rolls done earlier on this thread:
Str 10
Con 14
Siz 11
Dex 16
App 11
Int 13
Pow 12
Edu 10+3=13
San 60What edition of CoC are you using?
6th. I doubt I'll upgrade to 7th when it comes out -- the changes are cosmetic, as far as I've heard.
And hopefully I'm still in time...
3d6
3d6
3d6
3d6
3d62d6+6
2d6+63d6+3
1d10
I'll work up details and post to the Yahoo group tonight or tomorrow morning. I can be a backup if you have too many.
Nope, I think right now I'm just about exactly at the upper limit of what I want, so you're good. The next player who expresses interest will be put on a waiting list, however. :-D