How to Join the v13 Game
Well, then. So you're so interested in the v13 game that you wanna hook up with it, eh? Well, okay. The first thing you need to know is that, if you haven't picked up on this yet, the v13 world is a sort of lower powered place to adventure, at least for the first phases of game play. Also, the game runs under a variant of the MSH RPG that I've made for an e mail format game.
Now, in addition to all of this, it is important that you know I will be using all of the various Universal Heroes materials that I've been generating over the last ten years on this game. What's the Universal Heroes rules, you ask? Well, they're essentially a home-brewed matrix of rules I've made (with the help of several folks) intended to allow people to make truly unique character concepts come to life.
The vast majority of this stuff is 100% compatible with the standard MSH RPG rules, so if you don't like those materials, well, you don't have to play with them. Of course, it's critical that I let you know that several folks are, so they may be wielding abilities that, while not overpowering to a non-Universal Heroes person, are nonetheless nonstandard in his eyes.
You can find these rules on my main site, Technohol 13, at the address given on the notice page. Sure, they're not complete by any means of the term, but I know what's supposed to be there, so if you have a character idea that needs some info I haven't yet provided (say, involving a magical character) I can work with you to get all the info you need to make your character as complete as is possible.
Okay, then. If all of this isn't a personal problem for you, and you still want to play, the first thing you'll want to do is send me an e mail message (address listed on the 13's main page) stating that you want to join the game. If I've got room (I dunno exactly how many people I can handle at any one time, even via e mail), I'll mail you back, telling you that you're in.
Now, if I've cleared you for a place in the game, send me a character concept (in MSH RPG terms), and we'll go from there. While I work out any potential kinks in the character idea (I'm trying to avoid Thor types in this game, for example), feel free to hook up with the v13 mailing list, hosted by those nice 'people' at Yahoo. This list is where the actual game itself will be played out.
Doing this will allow you to get a general feel for what's happening in the game, and how some of the game mechanics stuff is handled. Heck, if'n you just want to eavesdrop on the conspiratorial mayhem that'll be taking place, feel free to subscribe for the heck of it, though I don't know how exciting that'll be if you're not participating. To subscribe, push this button and follow the instructions there:
That'll get you there. Anyhow, the actual mailing list address is at v13@yahoogroups.com, so that's where you should send posts to once you've subscribed. Well, I guess that's everything you'll need to know about joining up with the v13 e mail game, so I'll quit blabbering on at this point. Thanks for your interest in the game, and hopefully, we'll all be seeing you soon, adventuring within... Variant Earth 13!
Dramatic, eh?