The assorted finds of Artefact Publishing
The point of Artefact Publishing is the gathering of passionate friends to create and publish works that interest, move or inspire us
. While it’s not publishing, playing in a publically archived PBeM RPG is pretty close. Today I rejoined The Apple’s Vault, a Nobilis game of surpassing goodness that I played in last year.
When I last ran a PBeM (Beneath the Golden Moon, way back in 1996), I found that I enjoyed the creation of the world more than actually playing/running the game. Similarly, while playing in small dreams was always great fun, coming up with the deep history of the Dreaming gave me a richer pleasure. I think this is simply to say that I find potentials (background which can be the basis for all sorts of activity) more pleasing than actualities (a specific set of actions).
That said, I’m going to love being part of this game again, creating worlds with my fellow players, being encouraged and challenged by their excellent writing and imaginings. If I’m really lucky, I’ll get to know them as people and not just the source of crazy characters — I’ve met a lot of good people through online games, and count several as friends.
Posted by jamie on April 28, 2003 21:47+12:00