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OOC: Well I just finished reading 1632 not to long ago and thought it was one of the best alternative history novels I have read in awhile. Anyway the basic premise of the novel is a whole town being transported back in time. In the books that follow the people of this town build, fight, and invent along side of people from 17th century Germany. Fun book with a lot of interesting things happening so I suggest next time you are at the bookstore or library pickup a copy of 1632 by Eric Flint. Okay my brief plug for Mr. Flint is over and I give him enough money already his book gave me an idea for a thread on Lit....
You are the resident of a generic town named Bridgewater in the suburbs of a major American city on the Northeast coast. There are farms around the town and a short trip out of the bay has you in the Atlantic ocean for good fishing. The town has pretty much everything you can find in a small town from resturants to modest industrial facilities to other shops and businesses. The residence of Bridgewater are a hard working diverse lot with the about 2/3 of the population working in town. The rest commute to the city but return home everynight. Life was quite and simple until the day of fire......
The whole town was enveloped in a ring of smoke and fire. Many people thought the town was under attack but when the smoke cleared the town we fine..seemed the smoke and fire was confined to the edge of town. The highway was cut off and as you look around the views of the surrounding towns miles down the road have been replaced with a thick pine forest. For the sailors in the town they say the ocean has been turned into fresh water. The two engineers in town one with a freight train and the other with a commuter train both say the tracks end at the wilderness. Nobody knows that to do and nobody knows what is going on...by the evening of the first day you know you are not even on earth when you see different stars. A town meaning has been called...what will everyone do?
You the writer/players....
You are the residence of the West side of town probably the most diverse area of town. This not to limit people as much as it is a starting point. You begin at River Street which meets main street as Thomas Squarse (named for a local Civil War hero). Each person takes the role(s) of a resident in the town. You can have a household with up to seven family members. You design your own home and it can be a house, farm, apartment, condo, or trailer. Each player gets a double lot to start so there is plenty of room. You can have as much as you want as long as you can justify how it works. Each household has a primary business they own outright.
Example: The Smiths....Mrs. Jane Smith is a surgeon and runs a local clinic with a dozen beds, OR, ER, offices, nurses, emts, and a pair of ambulances. The building has a backup generator and a good supply of medical supplies. Her husand Jack is a local police officer and farmer. The family farm has a tractor, two trucks, livestock, barn and there is a crop in the ground. Also they have cache of weapons including a number of military weapons. Lisa Smith is the couple's 24 year old daughter who is a substitute teacher lives out at the farm. She has two horses and a mustang and is in the national guard. Rick is the couples 22 year old son who is working hard at making his motorcyle business work, but is working as an EMT for his mom as well as being a volunteer firefighter. He lives on a trailer on his parent's property with his girlfriend Brenda a 20 year old tattoo artist who goes to community college. Their area is a mess with plenty of motor cycle parts in a shack next to the trailer, and three beatup pickup trucks. The mail box for the farm is on River Street near the end of a dirt road. It is only a 10 drive to Thomas Square where the clinic is and not much further to the town hospital.
This is just sample and there are plenty of ways for you to write a great background. There are a lot of options and I would hope people take on things like utilities, but those can be NPC run. I see room for at least one hospital, power plant (substation), Train utility yard, small airport, and a number of other things.
Think all you need to run a town and survive on an alien world. You will need supplies and what is beyond the woods? There is a lot of opportunities for adventure, and building a new world. Also for romance as people in town get to know each other. What about the woman left alone because he husband stayed over in the city or the truck driver delivering soda to the town stopped for a dinner break and got caught. There are many possiblities so is anyone interested in this chance to to do some great writing? More details will come as we start this adventure, but I need to hear from you all.
I am tired of all the writing seeming to go on in sexual roleplay. We can write more then just sex scenes. Let's really write some thing great. Thanks for giving this a read.
You are the resident of a generic town named Bridgewater in the suburbs of a major American city on the Northeast coast. There are farms around the town and a short trip out of the bay has you in the Atlantic ocean for good fishing. The town has pretty much everything you can find in a small town from resturants to modest industrial facilities to other shops and businesses. The residence of Bridgewater are a hard working diverse lot with the about 2/3 of the population working in town. The rest commute to the city but return home everynight. Life was quite and simple until the day of fire......
The whole town was enveloped in a ring of smoke and fire. Many people thought the town was under attack but when the smoke cleared the town we fine..seemed the smoke and fire was confined to the edge of town. The highway was cut off and as you look around the views of the surrounding towns miles down the road have been replaced with a thick pine forest. For the sailors in the town they say the ocean has been turned into fresh water. The two engineers in town one with a freight train and the other with a commuter train both say the tracks end at the wilderness. Nobody knows that to do and nobody knows what is going on...by the evening of the first day you know you are not even on earth when you see different stars. A town meaning has been called...what will everyone do?
You the writer/players....
You are the residence of the West side of town probably the most diverse area of town. This not to limit people as much as it is a starting point. You begin at River Street which meets main street as Thomas Squarse (named for a local Civil War hero). Each person takes the role(s) of a resident in the town. You can have a household with up to seven family members. You design your own home and it can be a house, farm, apartment, condo, or trailer. Each player gets a double lot to start so there is plenty of room. You can have as much as you want as long as you can justify how it works. Each household has a primary business they own outright.
Example: The Smiths....Mrs. Jane Smith is a surgeon and runs a local clinic with a dozen beds, OR, ER, offices, nurses, emts, and a pair of ambulances. The building has a backup generator and a good supply of medical supplies. Her husand Jack is a local police officer and farmer. The family farm has a tractor, two trucks, livestock, barn and there is a crop in the ground. Also they have cache of weapons including a number of military weapons. Lisa Smith is the couple's 24 year old daughter who is a substitute teacher lives out at the farm. She has two horses and a mustang and is in the national guard. Rick is the couples 22 year old son who is working hard at making his motorcyle business work, but is working as an EMT for his mom as well as being a volunteer firefighter. He lives on a trailer on his parent's property with his girlfriend Brenda a 20 year old tattoo artist who goes to community college. Their area is a mess with plenty of motor cycle parts in a shack next to the trailer, and three beatup pickup trucks. The mail box for the farm is on River Street near the end of a dirt road. It is only a 10 drive to Thomas Square where the clinic is and not much further to the town hospital.
This is just sample and there are plenty of ways for you to write a great background. There are a lot of options and I would hope people take on things like utilities, but those can be NPC run. I see room for at least one hospital, power plant (substation), Train utility yard, small airport, and a number of other things.
Think all you need to run a town and survive on an alien world. You will need supplies and what is beyond the woods? There is a lot of opportunities for adventure, and building a new world. Also for romance as people in town get to know each other. What about the woman left alone because he husband stayed over in the city or the truck driver delivering soda to the town stopped for a dinner break and got caught. There are many possiblities so is anyone interested in this chance to to do some great writing? More details will come as we start this adventure, but I need to hear from you all.
I am tired of all the writing seeming to go on in sexual roleplay. We can write more then just sex scenes. Let's really write some thing great. Thanks for giving this a read.
