'BattleTech: A Time of War' interest check (primarily GMT-based)

As a rather accomplished DM/GM/Storyteller/whatever I have found myself recently finishing up many of the campaigns that I was juggling and only one remains active and another on a prolonged hiatus until I can figure out how to rebalance it (power-creep happens occasionally in tabletop too). So while I could use this new-found time to do something productive (learn a new language, take up a peaceful hobby, play more MWO) my eyes were instantly drawn towards my BattleTech roleplaying books. I have had a hard time finding willing players before, but I think I might just find an audience here. Maybe. :rolleyes:

Fun part: The campaign focus more on the works of Secret Services than some mercenary group or whatelse. The story would revolve around investigation, espionage and covert operations, ranging from nothing but your wits through battle armor action to full on BattleMech warfare. Combat would focus on tactical play with maps, "figures" and the whole shebang while out of combat would range from social to downright political maneuvering. I haven't decided on which faction's Secret Service will be used or even which year, I think that would be more appropriate for the players to chose. While much will be mission-to-mission based I enjoy sandboxing and if the players would like to there is plenty of room to branch out of the "main questline" to do their own projects.

Not so fun part (aka planning): Sadly I'm a stupid euro with a GMT+1 programmed lifecycle and brain. My available times range from 6pm-11pm GMT+1/CET. If anyone from across the pond is interested and have the flexibility of time, you are more than welcome! I might even be able to go beyond my own set time to accommodate. Of course TS with working microphone will be required, as well as RPTools. I know people pretty much either loves or hate RPTools. I love it, so yeah. :rolleyes:

That is all for now, I don't want to dictate all too much before I know there are players to back it up. So if you are interested or have questions, please give this thread a proper posting!

 

Im interested in joining in. I have never played MechWarrior (the RPG game), so ill have to read up on it, but id love to give it a try. So thats one person XD.

 

If you dont mind someone that doesnt use mic i can play, wednesdays are reserved for pathfinder though.

 

I don't have time to join another RP, but if you want my help with creating characters or explaining the game, I can do that. I also have a nice google spreadsheet for character creation and character sheets if you want them.

 

Hmm, that does sound interesting. I do however know pretty much jack shit about BT lore, so that might be a bit of a problem. Not to mention how rusty my roleplaying skills are.

 

I have never played it either, so I can sympathize. Hopefully in this case I'm still better prepared than you are though, seeing as I am confident enough to GM it.

Could be problematic, seeing as pretty much everyone but you would speak in realtime. But I'll look into how to solve such an issue.

That would be very nice indeed! Thank you!

As I usually reply to this sort of self-deprecation, neither do they. And with they I mean the denizens of the game. I'd say secret service agents might know a bit more than the common citizens, but in the light of things you as kundvagn probably know more about it than even they do. And the rest can be expositioned by us Sages of the Lore.

 

Fair point. And nothing a night of wiki browsing can't fix I suppose.

 

its not that i dont have a mic, its that i have horrible malocclusion and people have hard time understanding what i am saying even in mother language

 

Don't say it like that, now I feel bad. D:

I wasn't aware the MW RPG you were having was GMT-based. I saw a whole ton of Americans in that thread and a whole lot of posts which seemed to indicate that you were already up and running. Also I think I am looking to take my story in another direction, although correct me if I'm wrong.

As for implementing MOAR RP-elements, for Odin's sake man! Send me a PM and we'll give me some work to do, I'd love to help!

I am nothing but willing to work it out anyway possible. I think they have cleaned up the chat function in RPTools, in which case it should be easy enough to set up. I'll have to check that up.