[Bêthberry]

Well, we certainly have many enthusiastic writers here. And cooperative ones. That's great and I'm glad to see so many here. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Some of you have run your own games, and I wonder if you could expand on where or how you generated your plots/ideas. Lugburz, Adanedhel, Aman, Aylwen? Did you go to the Appendices the way Mithadan did for Search for Celebrian? I'm particularly interested in how Search for the Book was set up.

Auriel, in the balance between planning and sponteneity, are there some things which should be planned and not left to chance? What are they?

Aman, that's neat to be able to work in history from past games. It is what I hope to do with Ælfritha in Rohan. Where did you get the idea for Kidnapped from?

The Blue Mountain folk (if I can call you that!), how did you choose the characters for that game? How did you make them consistent with the plot and setting? (Also, remember that gamers can apply to your new game once it has been approved and the Discussion thread goes up, not here, although anyone can talk about it with you here, if you wish.)How hard was it to keep Blue Mountain going to its completion?

I would hope that you guys also start talking to each other. Don't wait for me to reply or answer, but ask each other questions about ideas, characters, plot structures.

And I have a question to ask all of you: Would you prefer to see some kind of mentoring available for your games? Would we have more games in Rohan if the game owners weren't solely responsible for the game, but could expect some help and direction from the Innkeeper? Or is the independence a nice reward for posting here?

Bethberry