I know ~exactly~ where you are coming from with this and notions of retirement. For years now LRP for me has been about the people - seeing them/hanging around with them/etc. rather actually games and synchronicity as you put it.
I have done a stint as part of an LT faction plot team. I had a habit of creating game elements not included in the main events and thus skirting/courting controversey (e.g. alchemy pre-OSP alchemy skills, a crude trading system).
Suffice it to say that my experience was such that I am not 100% committed to a designer/organiser role in the long term.
Whether SHIELD is a one-off or a launching point, I cannot say.
Franchises come with compromises (i.e. using someone else's rules, world-setting) but is arguably easier because some of the logistics have been done by others.
Could I launch my own equivalent of Insurrection or Ornithocracy? Not with my current life equilibrium.
As to Empire, its a bit different. Helping with design means having input into the setting/context from which franchises may operate. Once its up and running, its PD's show.
I'm finding myself in a similar situation. I have no active characters in any setting, even table top. I do sometimes yearn for getting inside a character and seeing where the story goes, but none of the current offerings are really grabbing me. I feel similarly spoiled by Maelstrom. I suspect one day someone will pitch a group concept at me and it will hook me in again, but I'm not seeking it out right now. I would very much like to introduce Douglas to it at some point. This and SHIELD put me in mind of a conversation you and I had one day while our respective other halves were off at an event and we took the kids to the park. Do you remember our bague plans for some kind of LRP lite for Douglas, Ellie, et al? Perhaps it's time to start thinking about something along those lines?
Yes, I do recall the idea of investing in LRP-parenting. It is very much part of the idea behind the SHIELD scenario. I think Dessie and Bria have positive opinions so far, and Duncan was very taken at the weekend. Ellie is still too young to really embrace this. Russ has been brilliant.
I am certainly open to exploring this further. I suppose the thing at this point is a mailing list/facebook group.
The slight twist is that I am then taking my hobby/brainspace to a kid-centric place. In my experience, LRPer Parents tend to view events as a chance for some "non-parent" time. Kaz and I have thought about it as such. This would erode that divide.
Saying that, I am wondering about non-parent time as Daniel rather than as someone else (albeit Daniel playing board games or watch 15+ films).
I do understand well on that whole being spoiled by Maelstrom. I found it, not easy per se, but definitely possible to achieve great things (tm) if willing to try. And it was very much a whole different level of game from anything else.
I haven't been to anything else in quite a long time barring Live Action Cthulhu.
I'm not sure I could now. Though I'm planning on Empire next year to fill the Maelstrom hole. At least a bit.
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The key barrier being that, I suspect, you and I have quite different tastes in LRP these days.
Still, its not beyond the realms of the possible.
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Suffice it to say that my experience was such that I am not 100% committed to a designer/organiser role in the long term.
Whether SHIELD is a one-off or a launching point, I cannot say.
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Could I launch my own equivalent of Insurrection or Ornithocracy? Not with my current life equilibrium.
As to Empire, its a bit different. Helping with design means having input into the setting/context from which franchises may operate. Once its up and running, its PD's show.
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I am certainly open to exploring this further. I suppose the thing at this point is a mailing list/facebook group.
The slight twist is that I am then taking my hobby/brainspace to a kid-centric place. In my experience, LRPer Parents tend to view events as a chance for some "non-parent" time. Kaz and I have thought about it as such. This would erode that divide.
Saying that, I am wondering about non-parent time as Daniel rather than as someone else (albeit Daniel playing board games or watch 15+ films).
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Ohhhhhh, yeah
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I haven't been to anything else in quite a long time barring Live Action Cthulhu.
I'm not sure I could now. Though I'm planning on Empire next year to fill the Maelstrom hole. At least a bit.
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