What to do?

[Dave (***Dave Hill)]

Okay, I’m back.

1. I will admit my fun quotient on this game has not been great. Part of that is the character I’ve chosen and the options/limits on how I can play him in context (and part of that is my limitations as a player, too, admittedly).

(Part of it is, as has been discussed multiple times, the system, while incorporating some very cool mechanics, seems to get in the way of things a lot. Also, be it system or setup, I don’t feel like we’re a team in the way I’d like us to be, which is another discussion.)

It’s not like I’ve been miserable, by any means. But I’ve not been as engaged as I’ve wanted to be, to the extent that, “Oh, no game tonight? Ah, well, plenty else to do,” has happened to me more than once.

I’m game to continue, so to speak, but if we pivot to something else, I’m actually possibly even more than okay with that.

@insomn14

Also, I will reiterate what I said five months ago. “It was an experiment and a palate cleanser. It only needs to go on as long as everyone’s enjoying it.”

Yes, this. Honestly, this has gone on far longer than I’d expected, and my sense is that it’s because everyone is going along with it because we’ve mutually committed to do so and because Doyce has had some things he wanted to try on us.

@garrett

Monster gets whatever the hell it is Monster wants

Monster would like to open the Gate and see what’s there. If it’s more of his people, awesome-sauce. If it’s scary Elder Gods that his people fled from, fine, he’s up for a blaze of glory.

If it never happens … well, it’s a big galaxy, with lots of taste sensations to try.

@garrett

what do we as a group, or individuals, feel still needs some payoff or closure in this story now?

I’m curious as to what lies beyond the gate, but I’m not devoted to another dozen episodes to get there and find out (or a compressed two episodes to force the issue artificially).

@doyce

Mike takes over GMing the game as she stands. Doyce plays.

We switch to a… Well, the idea I had was a group inside the “lost” system behind the closed star gate the Fast Buck has been working to open. Played with straight Apocalypse Word 2, AW Burned Over, or something like, because the system’s been cut off and The Way has gone feral in captivity. Sort of Expanse + Reavers. Let’s us explore the storyline from the other direction.

Something else entirely. Options abound.

I have no significant objections to any of these options. I’m not sure (a) fixes some of the problems we have (aside from getting Doyce into a happier place, no small thing). It seems like (b) might be a bit darker than I’m yenning for at the moment, but that might last as long as it takes for me to think of a character. As for (c ), that wushu romance thing raised a few times sounds like it might be a hoot.

Let me rattle the cages of the others in the house here to see if they have any particular sentiment they’d like to add.