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Other Games => Anathema => : Lurk Skywalker September 29, 2013, 07:36:49 PM

: Anathema: Recruitment
: Lurk Skywalker September 29, 2013, 07:36:49 PM

Would it be realistic for total newbies to W40K universe to attempt playing? No offence taken if yes is the answer :)
: Re: Newbies
: DM B September 29, 2013, 07:41:37 PM
It would be very realistic.

The game is supposed to be super-easy to play.

And if you feel you're lacking in background lore: Just imagine a character that's essentially clueless when it comes to the greater galaxy. Most of the inhabitants of the 40k universe are ignoramuses, blissfully oblivious to anything beyond their immediate sphere.
: Re: Newbies
: Lurk Skywalker September 30, 2013, 11:37:12 AM
It would be very realistic.

The game is supposed to be super-easy to play.

And if you feel you're lacking in background lore: Just imagine a character that's essentially clueless when it comes to the greater galaxy. Most of the inhabitants of the 40k universe are ignoramuses, blissfully oblivious to anything beyond their immediate sphere.

Great :). Ignoramuses are easy to impersonate when the player is likewise  ;D
: Anathema: Recruitment
: DM B September 30, 2013, 06:33:39 PM
Anathema is a game for a fistful of players. 3 is the absolute minimum, around 5 is probably ideal. Actually Anathema can easily support 10 or more players, but then GM workload will skyrocket - and we don't want that.



Potential players can show their interest here. It's not a first come type of thing; as usual I pick the players I think would make a fun game for all. Being early is part of that because it shows eagerness, but it's not the whole equation.

Start date is a little vague ATM, but it will come in the foreseeable future. Anywhere from a few days to a month or so.
: Re: Anathema: Recruitment
: Lurk Skywalker September 30, 2013, 09:48:51 PM
Kind of kitchen and egg, between this and ROE III (however hypothetical).
Bjorn, what would be the average time / interaction level per week required not to be a drag on everyone's else fun? That is the only question my chaotic innerself needs to get answered to before devouring the universe, or not.
: Re: Anathema: Recruitment
: DM B October 02, 2013, 09:40:38 AM
I've not intention of allowing it to become overly time-consuming, but these things are always difficult to aestimate...the overall plan is to post something on a daily basis, keep the story flowing forward.

Players will have to reply within the same time frame (once per day or so) if they want to have any influence on how the story proceeds; if not they will simply be carried forward, at the mercy of the whims of the Dark Gods (and their fellow players). So you should probably check in every day, but the amount of work required shouldn't be very large. Knowing role-players I'm sure that many will want to do more than the minimum; they wil undoubtedly add stuff about their Champion and warbands, discuss stuff with one another and so on. How much of that you want to get into is up to you.
: Re: Anathema: Recruitment
: Lurk Skywalker October 02, 2013, 10:22:57 AM
Ok, fair enough, guess I will get tempted - just looked up last night some interesting stories about the Relictors. Will see how to weave something out of that :)
: Re: Anathema: Recruitment
: Stonecrown Coster/MB (Rune) October 02, 2013, 10:47:59 AM
I'm declaring my interest in the game. Whether you'd want me as a player, and whether I have the time to commit to it remains to be seen, but I'll pay attention to how this develops. Who knows, maybe it's time to bring back Suris Enlien as a tech-priest?  8)

Or Marlae Roesone as... umm... I'll let Alan fill out the blanks  :P
: Re: Anathema: Recruitment
: DM B October 03, 2013, 11:13:34 PM
Thus far I've gotten little response from the 40k PbP crowd. I'll try some more promotion, but it may be that Anathema is too different to evoke much interest. In which case it's back to the drawing board.
: Re: Anathema: Recruitment
: DM B October 05, 2013, 08:49:56 AM
Ok, fair enough, guess I will get tempted - just looked up last night some interesting stories about the Relictors. Will see how to weave something out of that :)

So you're interested in playing a Marine. We really need a marine or two, so that's very good. The Relictors Chapter has an interesting background in that they have recently been declared heretics, but have been playing around with fire for a long while.
: Re: Anathema: Recruitment
: DM B October 05, 2013, 08:50:20 AM
I've also found a chap who wants to play a tech-priest.
: Re: Anathema: Recruitment
: DM B October 05, 2013, 08:51:40 AM
I'm declaring my interest in the game. Whether you'd want me as a player, and whether I have the time to commit to it remains to be seen, but I'll pay attention to how this develops. Who knows, maybe it's time to bring back Suris Enlien as a tech-priest?  8)

Or Marlae Roesone as... umm... I'll let Alan fill out the blanks  :P

Another tech-priest is fine, as long as it's not exactly the same type of tech-priest.
: Re: Anathema: Recruitment
: Stonecrown Coster/MB (Rune) October 05, 2013, 09:09:14 AM
No worries Bjørn, the tech-priest part was a joke. Suris should stay dead(ish), imagine what being reborn into the 40k universe would do to her sanity. I could probably come up with some kind of psychics-character.
: Re: Anathema: Recruitment
: DM B October 05, 2013, 09:56:52 AM
OK, then I've got:

Marine
Tech-priest
Psyker
: Recruitment thread over at darkreign.org
: DM B October 07, 2013, 12:48:22 PM
I've also been searching for some experienced 40k players here:

http://www.darkreign.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=43&t=6664

We now have 2+2=4, so that's enough to start playing.
: Re: Anathema: Recruitment
: DM B October 07, 2013, 12:50:31 PM
There is now only room for 1 more player.
: Re: Anathema: Recruitment
: Ohlaak (Alan) October 10, 2013, 04:01:05 AM
I would totally put my hat In If I had any knowledge about war hammer 40k...
: Re: Anathema: Recruitment
: Stonecrown Coster/MB (Rune) October 10, 2013, 08:08:00 AM
I would totally put my hat In If I had any knowledge about war hammer 40k...

I don't really think that's a requirement, my only experience of 40k is playing a board game with Even around 20ish years ago.  :P
: Re: Anathema: Recruitment
: DM B October 10, 2013, 10:05:18 AM
I would totally put my hat In If I had any knowledge about war hammer 40k...

I don't really think that's a requirement, my only experience of 40k is playing a board game with Even around 20ish years ago.  :P

Then you're an Old skool vet Rune! Kudos!!!
: Re: Anathema: Recruitment
: DM B October 10, 2013, 10:17:42 AM
I would totally put my hat In If I had any knowledge about war hammer 40k...

Not strictly necessary. Lots of info about the setting on the webz...

http://warhammer40k.wikia.com/ - big wiki
http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/ - alternate wiki
http://1d4chan.org/wiki/Warhammer_40,000 - some meta/humorous

http://community.fantasyflightgames.com/index.php?/forum/202-black-crusade/ - official RPG forum
http://darkreign.org/forum/index.php - unofficial RPG forum
http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/ - wargames forum

And you can read my two blogs and my book :-D
: Re: Anathema: Recruitment
: DM B October 10, 2013, 10:18:03 AM
(in essence it's BR with simple rules in a space setting)
: Re: Anathema: Recruitment
: Lurk Skywalker October 10, 2013, 01:43:39 PM
I would totally put my hat In If I had any knowledge about war hammer 40k...

You can hardly have less knowledge than I do - and the little I do has been acquired over the last two weeks :)
: Re: Anathema: Recruitment
: Ohlaak (Alan) October 11, 2013, 01:48:11 AM
Ok, then can I apply to play a Chaos Sorcerer?
: Re: Anathema: Recruitment
: Ruideside/OM (RP) October 11, 2013, 09:01:26 AM
You can hardly have less knowledge than I do
Pfah! It is way easy to know less than you. All I know about it is that it is some game I don't play.
: Re: Anathema: Recruitment
: Lurk Skywalker October 11, 2013, 10:54:41 AM
You can hardly have less knowledge than I do
Pfah! It is way easy to know less than you. All I know about it is that it is some game I don't play.

That was my case until recently :)
: Re: Anathema: Recruitment
: DM B October 12, 2013, 02:38:14 PM
Ok, then can I apply to play a Chaos Sorcerer?

Yes you can, as long as you:

A) Have a different character concept that Rune's rogue psyker (shouldn't be hard since you're a sorcerer)

B) Take 5 minutes to learn what a Chaos sorcerer really is :-P

If you go for the sorcerer approach there are many possible backgrounds, but here are two ideas:

1. You're from the Eye of Terror - i.e. you grew up and learned your craft in a place where magic is no more uncommon or weird than a standard fantasy setting.
2. You're a normal human psyker that have taken up the dark arts.
: Re: Anathema: Recruitment
: DM B October 12, 2013, 02:41:10 PM
Btw: The original plan was to run this game over at darkreign.org/forum

I got two players from there (who know 40k), but I'm hearing nothing from the site admin. That's the reason for the holdup.
: Re: Anathema: Recruitment
: Ohlaak (Alan) October 12, 2013, 03:10:29 PM
Yeah reading about sorcerers now.  Interesting-maybe a sorcerer-priest type?
: Re: Anathema: Recruitment
: Lurk Skywalker October 12, 2013, 04:35:59 PM
Need some guys with real bullets and brawn, hairy chests and such - enough with the fluffy psycho chaps. Well I will probably revisit when the Marines start getting possessed and behave oddly  :-X
: Re: Anathema: Recruitment
: DM B October 12, 2013, 08:40:31 PM
IMPORTANTE!!!

We'll play the game here:

http://www.darkreign.org/forum/index.php

So sign up now!
: Re: Anathema: Recruitment
: DM B October 13, 2013, 02:05:32 PM
Rune reports trouble with the verification mail.

I'm looking into it.
: Re: Anathema: Recruitment
: Ohlaak (Alan) October 13, 2013, 08:23:24 PM
Me too, Bjorn.
: Re: Anathema: Recruitment
: DM B October 13, 2013, 10:12:19 PM
Me too, Bjorn.

E-mail your desired username to: kage2020 AT that google thingy

Write that your an associate of the Green Knight
: Re: Anathema: Recruitment
: Lurk Skywalker October 14, 2013, 04:47:49 PM
Still working with Matt from the forum on the access  :P
: Re: Anathema: Recruitment
: DM B October 15, 2013, 08:56:23 AM
Forum access doesn't look like it's going to happen.

All the spammers get through, but the admins seem incapable or unwilling to fix your issues.

THIS USER GOT ACCESS!!!! 三つ折り財布 新作 WTF!!!

So basically we're moving back here.
: Re: Anathema: Recruitment
: Lurk Skywalker October 15, 2013, 10:26:10 AM
Forum access doesn't look like it's going to happen.

All the spammers get through, but the admins seem incapable or unwilling to fix your issues.

THIS USER GOT ACCESS!!!! 三つ折り財布 新作 WTF!!!

So basically we're moving back here.

Works for me - there's no place like home!
: Re: Anathema: Recruitment
: LordPsycho October 15, 2013, 11:34:46 AM
Hi all, glad to join you here !

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: Re: Anathema: Recruitment
: Lurk Skywalker October 15, 2013, 12:30:47 PM
Welcome buddy.
: Re: Anathema: Recruitment
: DM B October 15, 2013, 09:38:39 PM
Not currently recruiting.

(you can still send me a PM, but I promise nothing)
: Re: Anathema: Recruitment
: Dragon Lord October 15, 2013, 09:52:32 PM
Dragon Lord (Magos Azrael Kane) reporting in
: Re: Anathema: Recruitment
: DM B October 15, 2013, 09:54:22 PM
Excellent! Took the liberty of moving your posts over in your name...so we're ready to go!