Role Playing with FOE
Forces of the Empire is an interactive
role play club. Since most of our members are scattered across the
country, and some are even in other countires, by necessity, most of
the role playing takes place over the internet. Whether by email, AOL
Instant Messenger, or Yahoo Messenger, club members will get together
on-line and play.
For those club members who are not online (and
there are a small percentage who are not), role play may happen via
snail mail or telephone, although the latter is a rather expensive
option.
The basic process is this: someone will come
up with an idea for a story line. They will check with other members
who have characters who may be involved, or should be involved, given
that character's position. Ideally what happens next is that these
people will agree on a general premise and start to play. The first
person starts, then others involve their character as the situation
evolves. Most of this will take place via the club role-playing email
list in Yahoo Groups.
Once the scenario has been worked through,
generally the person who starts the role play thread will post the
story on the email list, and submit the story to be posted in the
members-only story archives on the club website.
We also do live action role plays. This may
range from as simple as a few members getting together for a weekend to
have their characters interact, to something as
complicated and involved as the Blaster Battle at MediaWest*Con.
Here are the General Guidelines for Role
Playing in the Forces of the Empire:
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