Talking about everything but the U.S. Elections and politics, here.

[silveradept]

So, here's a space to talk about everything else, and anything else. How is NaNo? Doing Yuletide? Watching the Dragon Prince and getting all sorts of ideas? Bake-Off? Cute pictures of animal companions or frustrations?

My only request is that as price of entry, you have voted, will be voting, or are in a circumstance where you couldn't vote (because outside the States, just moved, etc.). I'm not going to demand proof or make you say that you did, but I would love the lounge to be full of people who will do/did the thing and now don't want to talk about it for a while.

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[redsixwing]

That's good! Muffin started with ankles and then, like the story about the boa constrictor, worked her way up. Next I'll find her coiled on my pillow, like a hat. (A friend has had a cat do exactly that. Turns out kids' heads are warm and kitty was cold.)

Sure. My friend and I decided about a year ago it would be fun to run some side threads as supplemental material to a tabletop RPG I run. To keep this from impacting the other players, it was determined that the OCs aren't permitted to move the plot. This is a great way to have low-pressure, one-on-one or one-on-many character play scenes, which can really drag down the pace of a session if not everyone is interested in them. (I have one player who does not care for this sort of thing at all.)

It's played via phone texts, and I collect the individual replies and assemble them into threads, then email them out to whoever's playing in that one. Sometimes material from the side threads gets incorporated into the main game, which is fun for whoever's been involved in them, and makes a more solid-feeling world for people who aren't - I've used these to solve worldbuilding conundrums, flesh out NPCs that later get used 'on screen,' and drop foreshadowing.

I have no idea what wordcount we've hit, but it's got to be at least a small novel by now. Both my friend and I have written every day for a year thanks to this, another friend has started a similar set of side threads, and I can't overstate how pleased I am with that.

[silveradept]

Warm pillows and cat hats. Certainly sounds like a good life for the cat.

I'm glad that the writing is working out for you and your friends! Sounds a bit like the way that Alternity was played, although on perhaps a smaller scale than that.

[redsixwing]

With only three participants, it's pretty small scale.

Thank you for this thread. Brilliant idea.