(OOC) Planning Thread!

This is going to be super special awesome.

Let's brainstorm some ideas!

First, what timeframe are we doing? Off of the top of my head, we could do:

Old Republic
...Regular Republic (pre-Clone Wars)
Clone Wars
Empire
New Republic

What do you guys want to do? I'm leaning toward either Empire or Old Republic. And obviously, if you have other timelines in mind, bring them up!

Empire! But I can do old Republic.
But I'd rather do Empire.

Finally! RPGers... I love it when an evil plan comes to- ...err... *ahem*

ANYWAYS

Welcome to my section of these fine message boards.

I'd love to get an RPG going eventually. I had some rough ideas on one set in the Empire Era, but would need to involve non-Mandos. Dunno if that would work here though.

But as far as a new RPG goes, I'd love to start one.

I'm thinking non-Mandos would kind of be essential. Like, if it was all Mandos it might get boring anyway. So I fully support the inclusion of non-Mandos. I also am liking the Empire era.

What was your RPG idea?

I'm all for an Empire-Era RPG. I've got ideas for some non-Mandos and Mandos alike, so I'm game for anything.

I'd prefer Old Republic, but Empire is also OK with me. But not the end of Empire - I think the post-Clone Wars period is the most interesting part, and the Rebellion is much palyed and talked about without us.

I agree with Kote, early empire.

And I can be a non-Mando character no problem.

Okay! So it looks like we've got most votes leaning toward an Empire era RPG. Revan, you said you had an idea for that, so do you want to be in charge of setting it up?

RPGs: I don't think we have enough people to do two RPGs at a time yet, unless we're all willing to double up. Personally, I could be a part of two RPGs, so is anyone else willing to do that?

Anyway, the question is: should we run two at a time? Either way, we should probably start the first one and see how it goes.

Characters: I guess this should be left up to the GM of each game, but is anyone against having more than one character? Should there be a limit?

Contacting: Is anyone for having big plotting sessions in some sort of chat/messaging system like AIM, MSN, Skype, etc?

I think we should just go for one at a time. I'm only gonna be able to do one at a time, anyway, and it seems like I'm in the wrong timezone for this.

I can do multiple characters if I need to, no problems with that.

I'm not AGAINST planning sessions, but I'm probably not always going to be available. I'll try my best, though.

Oh, I don't think we should do two games at the same time. Let it be Empire all right. =)

I think I can manage two characters, maybe three, but not more. Crowds are distracting, it's too easy to get lost in your characters, if there're more then three. For me, at least.

"Planning sessions" sounds good. The only problem is, I don't use any of this soft and I don't even know how to use it...

We can always just plot here. It won't be as fast, but at least everyone will have a chance to see it and we all know how to use the forum.

Let's start posting game ideas and character ideas so we can get some thinking started.

All right then!

Consensus seems to be this:
Plan on the boards (in threads/PMs)
One game at a time!
Limit 3 (?) characters per person

I don't really have any concrete ideas off the top of my head. If we all want Mando characters, though, I feel like the easiest place to start would be on Mandalore (duuuh) or maybe Taris/Coruscant. So I guess the next question is where would we go? Get a giant ship and have shenanigans across the galaxy?

And how much Imperial presence do we want--should they be the main antagonist, or should we look elsewhere--say to a made-up crime syndicate/gang, or the Bounty Hunter Guild, or what?

Other ideas?

I'm feeling Coruscant, to start, but anywhere is fine, really. I'm up for some shenanigans!

I like having a crime syndicate, or even just a small gang being the antagonists. The Imps are always the villains, and it's nice to have a change of pace every now and then. I don't mind running into some stormtroopers every now and then, but not an entire garrison at once or something.

I think it might interesting to keep the plot on Coruscant (or a place like it) for awhile. And if it sucks or it's becomes necessary to move the plot else where we can do that. It's been awhile since I've played a game where the characters are all cramped together on a ship or trying to get somewhere.

I like the idea of gangs or a crime syndicate.

And I'm feeling a non-mando character for myself in this game.

Ah Kex... Somehow you know my thoughts.

As for my idea, I was thinking Empire era Coruscant Gang War. Basically It'll be down to 2 gangs, a bounty hunter, and a third group comprised of civilians that are fed up with gang bullying and territory fights. Maybe later we can bring the Imps in, but not too soon as most of their focus is on the Alliance.
MAYBE one of the gangs are secretly being funded by the Alliance just to cause trouble for The Empire's Capital.

I'll come up with some details if you guys like that plotline. I'm open to suggestions for it or something else entirely.

I like that idea a lot, Revan! More details on it would be awesome.

I don't really know what I want to play! I sort of want to be a young Mando, or maybe a gang member. I'm not sure yet.

I like the idea too. I could be a gang member, civilian, or a Mando. Which ever side needs more characters.

Ah yes the RPGs. One of my most favourite past times. I am open to anything. I really like Rev's idea and already have some ideas going.

Maybe when we get a little bit farther along in some RPGs we could break free of the Star Wars genre and maybe into a superhumans one. *cough* I have done those in the past (both text based and table top). Another one that hasn't necessarily been successful on text-based are fantasy genre ones. I've had the msot fun with those if the overlying plot is decent.

Dunno if that's a good idea bub. Some might take the suggestion of non-SW RPGs offensively.

I wanna be a gangster but if there's too many I can be something else.

I would be hoping to be an older military man. Possibly a clone wars vet. Hardcore military man. And he would be a civvy.

I like the plot line and I would like to join if you still need new RPGers

Awesome, Cabur! We definitely need some more people!

Okay, here are just some general numbers from what people want to play:
Gangsters: 3
Mandalorians: 3
Civilians: 2
(Note: I counted Sev as a civvy, me as a gangster and a Mando, Cabur as a Mando, Tenna as a gangster and a civvy, and Kote as a Mando and a gangster.)

Basically, we could use more of anything, am I right? Also if I marked you down for the wrong thing, just yell at me.

So, I would likte to play a Mando. I allready have one in mind ^^ She's a charakter I played a while ago but the RPG never really got started.

Hey forks. Catika suggested I come over. I've RPed as Mandalore (KOTOR era) for the last four years, but I've also done a slew of other characters in that time, mainly Republic spies. I generally prefer Mandos though.

I like the gang war idea. To be practical though, the Imps would definitely have to get involved at some point though, to keep the peace in their own capitol. The gang war could be a launching point, for the rest of our characters to bind together and head off for some schenanagins (SP???) and adventures.