don't ford the river

To apply, please fill out the form below. Please note, we are not allowing second characters, so choose wisely! Applications will close Saturday, October 18th at 2PM EST!

Player Information

Name:
Contact: Plurk, please!
Have you played in a short term game before? Just a yes or a no—It's totally fine if you haven't, but we just want to make sure we can accommodate those new to the format! If you have, please list what character(s) you played and where.

Character Information

Name:
Canon:
Age:

(Brief) Canon Description Please briefly describe your canon. A few sentences or a link to a wiki page will suffice.

Personality/Background We want just a really brief description. Assume we aren't canon familiar and want to get the gist of your character and their history with a quick review. Please don't write a super long thing; this shouldn't be any more than 100 words. This is for our information, not to evaluate you.

Would you be willing to have your character be a wagon leader? We expect wagon leaders to be a bit more active, so please only volunteer if you're able!


APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN

Applications will close on Saturday, October 18th at 2PM EST.

<b>Player Information</b> <blockquote><b>Name:</b> <b>Contact:</b> Plurk, please! <b>Have you played in a short term game before?</b> Just a yes or a no—It's totally fine if you haven't, but we just want to make sure we can accommodate those new to the format! If you have, please list what character(s) you played and where.</blockquote> <b>Character Information</b> <blockquote><b>Name:</b> <b>Canon:</b> <b>Age:</b> <b>(Brief) Canon Description</b> Please briefly describe your canon. A few sentences or a link to a wiki page will suffice. <b>Personality/Background</b> We want just a really brief description. Assume we aren't canon familiar and want to get the gist of your character and their history with a quick review. Please <i>don't</i> write a super long thing; this shouldn't be any more than 100 words. This is for our information, not to evaluate you. <b>Would you be willing to have your character be a wagon leader?</b>

Hello friends!

This is an interest post for people who might be interested in playing in a short term game (~2-3 weeks) based on the Oregon Trail video game series! Activity will be necessary, of course, but the requirements aren't as stringent as other short-term games you might be familiar with, since it's the setting that's trying to kill you rather than other players.

The basic idea is that characters will ~mysteriously~ arrive in pioneer-era America and have to make the dangerous journey to the West to go home. All characters will be depowered, but there's no memory tampering or otherwise! There will be death in this game, but honestly, this is a silly, campy sort of game. It's the Oregon Trail, you are like, definitely going to die fording the river, come on.

The pace will be roughly 2 OOC days = 1 week IC (with possible tweaking) with RNG elements to simulate all of the surprises that the game will throw at you. The game will likely start around the week of October 19th, excepting some kind of extenuating circumstances. While it's not required that you play every IC week, there will be a soft AC system in the form of RNGs being skewed against less active characters at mod discretion, so if you're not playing actively, you're more likely to die. Similarly, there is a form of "voting" to determine characters' weekly RNG, and missing one will mean they get killed off.

Because of one game mechanic to be revealed, this is not an open game. If you have a link to this, don't worry, but unfortunately if I (Christy) don't know the person in question, I'm unlikely to let them join, sorry! If you have a friend you'd really like to invite, send me a private plurk and we can talk about it.

This is neither a reserve nor is it a commitment! However, to figure out some mechanics, we want a general idea of how many characters we should be expecting.

<b>Name:</b> <b>Plurk:</b> <b>Timezone:</b> <b>Likelihood:</b> How likely do you think it is you're going to be able to join in? Are there any specific timing issues that would be a dealbreaker? Just general thoughts. <b>Characters:</b> What characters would you be considering bringing?