It is there on your character sheet and it is a clickable link

In reply to CaptainHellrazor (msg # 30):

Oh, alright- I must've just missed it

James congratulations on your quick promotion from SPO.
This message was last edited by the player at 02:16, Sun 03 Dec 2023.

Hum... Are non gun crew required to post in a roll they wouldn't be assigned.
This message was last edited by the player at 02:17, Sun 03 Dec 2023.

Adrian, like everyone else on board the ship, is trained how to operate a naval gun, he has the skill.  During an exercise like this, actual live firing with gunpowder is very rare, Adrian should try to learn as much from the experience as possible.

In reply to CaptainHellrazor (msg # 34):

Would shadowing a gun team Commander suffice?

The Surgeon has you organising stretcher bearers for the moment.  If nobody else posts in the next day or two I will move forward with you and James, the others can catch up in solo threads.

Being the Surgeons Assistant it gains Adrian little to plod about on a gun deck while in action, better suited to the Line Midshipmen.

With players ghosting or formally dropping out we only have James and Adrian left so I think I am going to wind this game up as Adrian has no interest in ship combat which makes the game effectively a solo one for James and I prefer games with larger playing groups.

That's OK with me :)

That's regrettable; I've been playing Adrian as a non combatant. Would you consider allowing players to have a secondary character?

If we could get at least a third player I would consider continuing but the way things are right now I can't see it happening.  I will ru another add for new players and see what happens.

Crossed digits

OK guys I have had a couple of responses to my latest add for the game so I will look at keeping the game going.  If either of you would like to either take on an orphaned NPC or generate a new sailor character then we can do that as well.

In reply to CaptainHellrazor (msg # 43):

Phew that was a tad concerning. I've no problem playing an retired character, as a secondary character, it also speeds up the recruitment process. Thanks Cap

Sorry that life has kept me busy.

Knock Knock...

Who's there?

? :)

Just keeping things active or?

In reply to Axal Drake (msg # 48):

Yes

Sorry guys but with only 3 active players I am struggling to keep this game going and we have drifted a long way from the original concept for this game.  I had hoped to have a group of players that worked together as a gun crew, take part in boarding parties together and as they gained more experience to rise in ranks and end up commanding your own ship.  Unfortunately just about every player at the start wanted to be an officer and the few who were regular sailors quit or ghosted.  This probably could have worked if I was running separate solo threads for everyone but it also means a hell of a lot of extra work for me.  I also botched the the whole character generation part of the game by trying to make it part of the introduction to the game.  I am now having to run far too many NPC's to keep the game going and as I try to scale things up for ship to ship combat the workload is more than I planned for, especially with only three players.  In short the game has become work rather than fun.

Thank you for playing, it was fun while it lasted but I think I need to focus more on my games that have a larger, more stable, playing group.

If you are interested in playing any of my other games I'd be happy to have you.  I have another game that uses this same rules set and has been on hiatus for quite some time that I would like to restart that perhaps you may be interested in?  You can check out the premise of this game here:  link to another game

I also have a Star Frontiers game, a Boot Hill game and two 1st Ed AD&D games here on RPoL so feel free to contact me if any of these games interest you.

All the best

CaptainHellrazor

Thanks Captain!

When I first started using RPoL the first game a ran here was a home-brewed game based on my favorite series of novels.  I made many mistakes.  I didn't understand how to get the most out of the Game Wiki or how write any code for automating dice rolls etc.  I didn't always communicate clearly with players and the game system was constantly being tweaked.  The game started out strongly and over time players came and went until eventually it faded to a halt.  I'd like to think things have improved since then.  I have run quite a few games here now and have 4 active, regular games with stable playing groups.

The Lost Regiment is still my favorite campaign to referee and I am much happier with the game mechanics now, the rule set has been play tested in a number of different scenarios and seems to work well, I just need to get better at running games and managing players :)

With a few years experience on RPoL under my belt now I'd like to try and restart this game and invite old players and new players to come and join the action.  Whilst there are many opportunities for role playing in this game, once the campaign really gets going there is a big focus on combat.  Players begin the game as privates in the Union Army but over time they have the opportunity to get promoted and take command of larger and larger formations?

Each player will have their own solo thread for solo play (something I should have done long ago) and there will also be opportunities for players of a similar activity level to work together in joint story adventures/threads.  All depending on the preferences of the players.

For more info on the campaign back ground, character generation and game mechanics, feel free to visit the site and if this sounds like the kind of game you might be interested in, please send an RTJ.

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Characters for The Lost Regiment are members of the 35th Maine regiment, the 44th New York Light Artillery, sailors from the "Ogunquit" or nurses from the Christian Sanitation Commission.  Their birthplace, language and background should reflect this.

There are no Native American or African American members of any of these units however there may be a small number of immigrants from Europe.

Over the course of the campaign, players will have the opportunity to generate additional characters from the new civilizations their Yankee characters discover.  Rus, Roum and Chin characters allow players to explore multiple cultures and character options.

i am game to play my same char

We'd need to tweak a couple of things as I gave new characters extra skills in this game as opposed to The Lost Regiment game however we should be able to port basic characters from this game to The Lost Regiment.  You will need to send an RTJ to join The Lost Regiment.  I did run an add for new players in the "Players Wanted" section so that is probably the best way to join.
I think this link should get you to the Wanted Players thread.