Email and Turn Responses

Schedule

GM turns are written Mondays and Thursdays, usually in the morning. Players should have their responses in by the prior evening. If responses hit my email the morning of a turn, they may or may not be included / considered in the GM turn.

Turn Guidelines

Some general guidelines for keeping the game moving.

• Write for your character(s). Stay focused on what they do, and be direct and action-oriented. Don't speculate about what you could do. Do it!
• Deal with the immediate, but take a look ahead too. Think immediate, mid-term and long-term action. You need not explicitly write out these three actions each turn, but keep them in mind as you write to maintain flow and keep things moving forward.
• Decide. As GM I try to leave each turn I write at a decision point. Be sure whatever decision facing the group actually gets decided!
• Don't write action for other player's character(s) without permission. Stick to your own role. Suggestions are fine, however.
• Describe action. When doing something risky it's perfectly OK to indicate how much caution you use. Don't paralyze your act with too many conditionals. It's perfectly OK to say "I carefully do X."
• Ask. If you have questions about things during the turn, don't hesitate to ask. In general I try not to color player thinking during discussion, but I read everything and try to respond to questions as I see them.

Combat Turns

Combat turns are a bit more structured. Try to write in three round increments. We won't always get through three rounds, but it helps to have a skeleton in place so we can move through combat swiftly. A short preamble indicating overall desire, then three individual rounds is a great framework to write to.

One Turn, One Thread

Please keep all turn responses in the same email thread, so they are easy to find and read. Don't change subject lines, as this splits threads in some mail clients. If you have non-turn questions / discussion, please DO split that into a separate thread so it doesn't get lost in the turn discussion.