My first one on one interest check in a while, possibly ever. I'm usually more of a responder.
I know that war roleplays are very common here but I'm interested in a post war setting, or behind the scenes of war, or a small town mostly unaffected. Was thinking second world war but am open to other time periods of course.
I have a lot of general ideas working around me at the moment. The game "Papers, Please" inspired kind of the whole dealing with war without being on the lines part. I've read some stories about kids of Nazi soldiers born to victims of war and their struggles. Even the Chernobyl series and its lessons, themes, great storytelling, though not as directly about war. A background character of war rather than an active participant.
I could make this bigger but I tend to find that one person is much easier to organise with, though if there are a few people interested in taking other roles I will consider making it bigger.
The idea being slice-of-life, real world consequences and situations, and the feeling of focusing on writing small about something big.
In this roleplay I would be responsible for creating the setting, time, and NPC's. You can make as many NPC's as you want as long as they make sense, and a couple of players characters are fine. Think of it more as dropping into a world rather than most 1x1 where you're both part of creating a world. Likewise if you and another person want to play two roles I'm more than happy being the living setting around you.
I'm hoping to make external conflicts just as challenging as internal ones, and I'm adding a money system, which affects the world. Maybe your child is bullied because of their cheap clothes, maybe you have a bad day at work because you're hungry, maybe you save up to go on a train trip to escape someone.
Below are some ideas for characters to play, but please tell me if you have your own.
I know that war roleplays are very common here but I'm interested in a post war setting, or behind the scenes of war, or a small town mostly unaffected. Was thinking second world war but am open to other time periods of course.
I have a lot of general ideas working around me at the moment. The game "Papers, Please" inspired kind of the whole dealing with war without being on the lines part. I've read some stories about kids of Nazi soldiers born to victims of war and their struggles. Even the Chernobyl series and its lessons, themes, great storytelling, though not as directly about war. A background character of war rather than an active participant.
I could make this bigger but I tend to find that one person is much easier to organise with, though if there are a few people interested in taking other roles I will consider making it bigger.
The idea being slice-of-life, real world consequences and situations, and the feeling of focusing on writing small about something big.
In this roleplay I would be responsible for creating the setting, time, and NPC's. You can make as many NPC's as you want as long as they make sense, and a couple of players characters are fine. Think of it more as dropping into a world rather than most 1x1 where you're both part of creating a world. Likewise if you and another person want to play two roles I'm more than happy being the living setting around you.
I'm hoping to make external conflicts just as challenging as internal ones, and I'm adding a money system, which affects the world. Maybe your child is bullied because of their cheap clothes, maybe you have a bad day at work because you're hungry, maybe you save up to go on a train trip to escape someone.
Below are some ideas for characters to play, but please tell me if you have your own.
Refugee from warzone
Adoptor of a child of war
Single parent who lost their partner
Single parent whose partner has been conscripted
A teacher during wartime
Person in a nuclear zone/just outside exclusion zone
Person in an area that has recently been taken over by a new country
Someone who lives on one side of a border and works on the other
A border agent
A nurse/doctor near a nuclear zone
A nurse/doctor near a warring border
You're from one country, your partner is from another. Your home countries are hostile to the other partner
A factory worker trying their very best to keep up to demands AND provide
<Your idea here?>
Adoptor of a child of war
Single parent who lost their partner
Single parent whose partner has been conscripted
A teacher during wartime
Person in a nuclear zone/just outside exclusion zone
Person in an area that has recently been taken over by a new country
Someone who lives on one side of a border and works on the other
A border agent
A nurse/doctor near a nuclear zone
A nurse/doctor near a warring border
You're from one country, your partner is from another. Your home countries are hostile to the other partner
A factory worker trying their very best to keep up to demands AND provide
<Your idea here?>