Can You RPG in 140 Characters or Less?
Written by Harry
September 11, 2008
We come up with some outrageously brilliant ideas every now and then, but our buddy, Chatty DM takes the cake this time. In fact, I do believe I’m a tad jealous I didn’t think of the idea myself. There it is, staring me in the face every day, and the thought never crossed my mind.
Mad Genius
What is this marvelous new idea? Why, playing RPG on Twitter, of course.
Don’t roll your eyes. C’mon, this is gaming genius! Talk about a challenge. For those of you who have never stopped by Escaping Reality, you may not realize how much of a challenge this would be for us or our players – and it’s a good one.
For players used to writing over 1,000 words a day (yes, that’s per player) in our game, cutting down character responses to 140 characters twice a day is a huge challenge. You have to be precise, descriptive and clever all in just a few sentences.
Temptation
I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t interested. However, if I did like the concept, I could see it turning into another full-blown addiction. I think I’m just going to lurk on the sidelines for now and see how the game progresses.
I’ve already added @ChattyDM to my Twitter list and if participating or watching a Twitter RPG game interests you, visit Chatty’s blog to check out the rules and get in on the game.
And to Chatty? Good luck, brother. You’re going to need it!
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Weee! Thanks for the feedback!
It is a concept dripping with potential and I hope that this idea gets stolen by the twitter RPG geeks.
As for me continuing to do it after the ‘beta’ games. I’ll see. As you succinctly put it, this is addictive but a significant time investment for me.
We’ll see where this goes.
Once again, thanks for the kudos.
Oh and for the record, it’s 140 characters twice a day, with unlimited intra-player chatter.
Anybody can role-play in 140 words or less. We are doing it in 140 Characters or less.
@Chatty: You’re welcome! And you and Darvin are right, I’ll change that to “characters”.
This would be extremely challenging for me. I have a hard enough time making everyday Twtter posts that stay within the character limit. VERY cool idea.
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