A friend of mine and I just finished playing this and had an absolute blast.
I don't know why, but didn't expect this game to be as much fun as it was. At first glance, the prompts seem very simple, but, for us, at least, they worked really well to generate a story. I'm so pleased with the story we ended up with, in fact, that I cut and pasted all of our emails into a Google Docs so I can revisit it.
"The goal, the hope, is that at the end of the year, after 12 messages have been sent and received, the two parties will agree to meet."
This goal is not written on just one of the players, but on both.
It seems like both players should just give coordinates in their introductions to immediately win?
None of the 6 objectives of the Sender seem to conflict with the objectives of the Receiver, which means they can always be trusted. The Sender's writing prompt also suggests that they always have resources ("absolutely"), but "need people".
My criticism is that this seems to be more of a seed for a series of collaborative writing prompts than a game that can be lost.
“My criticism is that this seems to be more of a seed for a series of collaborative writing prompts than a game that can be lost.“
That’s exactly right. This isn’t a game where one’s goal is to win, as in “complete a condition by the time you’re finished playing it.” It’s a collaborative story-telling (well, writing) game. The win condition is that both players are pleased with how the story turns out.
The goal is to creative a cool narrative in the letters. Whether or not Sender or Receiver can be trusted is entirely up to the characters— there aren’t conflicts built in, because the players aren’t in opposition. You’re building the story together.
Okay, that's cool lol. Might try it some time, just was confused cause I thought it was a more traditional type of game. If you're aware of any publicly accessible stories that have been created off this prompt, I'm probably more interested in reading than writing.
I’d be glad to help you out, but I don’t quite follow your question. The pdf should be the full rules for play. Can you let me know what difficulties you’re having?
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A friend of mine and I just finished playing this and had an absolute blast.
I don't know why, but didn't expect this game to be as much fun as it was. At first glance, the prompts seem very simple, but, for us, at least, they worked really well to generate a story. I'm so pleased with the story we ended up with, in fact, that I cut and pasted all of our emails into a Google Docs so I can revisit it.
Well done! Thanks so much for a great game.
Hi, I'm a bit confused at how to lose.
"The goal, the hope, is that at the end of the year,
after 12 messages have been sent and received, the two
parties will agree to meet."
This goal is not written on just one of the players, but on both.
It seems like both players should just give coordinates in their introductions to immediately win?
None of the 6 objectives of the Sender seem to conflict with the objectives of the Receiver, which means they can always be trusted. The Sender's writing prompt also suggests that they always have resources ("absolutely"), but "need people".
My criticism is that this seems to be more of a seed for a series of collaborative writing prompts than a game that can be lost.
“My criticism is that this seems to be more of a seed for a series of collaborative writing prompts than a game that can be lost.“
That’s exactly right. This isn’t a game where one’s goal is to win, as in “complete a condition by the time you’re finished playing it.” It’s a collaborative story-telling (well, writing) game. The win condition is that both players are pleased with how the story turns out.
The goal is to creative a cool narrative in the letters. Whether or not Sender or Receiver can be trusted is entirely up to the characters— there aren’t conflicts built in, because the players aren’t in opposition. You’re building the story together.
Okay, that's cool lol. Might try it some time, just was confused cause I thought it was a more traditional type of game. If you're aware of any publicly accessible stories that have been created off this prompt, I'm probably more interested in reading than writing.
I’d be glad to help you out, but I don’t quite follow your question. The pdf should be the full rules for play. Can you let me know what difficulties you’re having?
This is so good !! I recommand it. I played it with a friend and the concept is really innovative and fun.