How to play:
How to start
- Read the rules of the particular RSG
- Ask to join
- Set up a time and place to play (Message Boards, MSN, AIM,& YIM)
Game Play
- Play anywhere by posting/typing/saying the moves you want the character to
do in the game
- Wait for the Moderator/Creator/runner of the game to post/type/say what
happens to the character
and what the surroundings are like.
- Repeat
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Metroid Prime RSG
Samus
is in front of her ship, looking down a long hallway with a high ceiling,
There is an open doorway directly on her right leading to a ramp that goes
down to the left from the doorway. In front of her there is a Snail like
creature in a shell that has spikes all over it called a SpikeSlug. It is
about 3 yards away and to the left of it is a door with 2 buttons next to
it, One pointing down and the other pointing up. The floor is made of a
grid of metal strips so you can see through it and the ceiling has a hole
in it like something melted through it. Right below that hole there is
another one the same way on the floor.
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here to see the updated RSG
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How to Run an RSG
Make up a situation to start with. Visualize what it looks like in your head.
Decide what abilities the players will have, how many characters you will let them be able to use
and whether they will all participate separately or working together as one character.
You may want to draw it out on paper in map form to remember all the areas you create.
Once you start having people play the game and they decide what they want their character to do,
you should frequently update the game to tell them what happens to them and what any new surroundings look like.
How to get players to play your game
The best place I can think of to get players is on message boards.
You should try to come up with a good narrative hook, something that will grab people’s attention and make them want to play your game.
After people start playing, you need to keep the game exciting so they will keep wanting to play.
How to come up with Ideas
Think about other games that are popular, and play other peoples RSGs.
Take the good parts from all the games you like and put them together .
How to keep the game active
Use an Instant messenger so that you aren't just waiting for someone to reply on a thread on some message board.
The best way to keep your game going is to allow anyone to be able to control a single character.
Otherwise you will be waiting for each person to play the game when they have time.
(not very many people want to or have time to play the game every day)
How to organize your RSG so people will want to read
it!
Type up the updates in story form so that it isn't something like "you are now in a cave with a door to the left and a light up ahead."
Instead type it up like this: "Samus just walked into a dark cave with glowing rocks along the wall.
There is a door to the left that has a symbol of an octopus with spines on its tentacles, embossed on it. Up ahead there is a bright light!"
Also have the people playing, type up their replies for what they want the character to do in story form.
(instead of "go to the light", they should say "Samus walks toward the light.")
This way, other people will still want to read the story that comes out of people playing the game and may join in the fun themselves.
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