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Four gentlemen of The Athenaeum Gentlemens´ club of Liverpool board the first class area of The Aquitania. The maiden voyage of the ship that a few weeks earlier had been furnished and made ready for her first trip across the ocean.
The misfortune of last day on the sea had cast a dark shadow over the festivities but people were still cheering as the passengers boarded the ocean liner.

The center of the club, the library, had been where they had decided on making the trip. It was just after Liverpool had got kicked out of the FA Cup they´d decided that it wasn´t worth staying. They had to find amusement elsewhere. It was mostly a bet that had caused for this drastic solution. "Should the Reds lose - we´ll emigrate!".
Promises made in wine - never end well. The most beautiful ship in the world sounded like a splendid alternative to watching some other team than the Reds take the cup.

Posh drinks and fancy women would easily change their mood. Once they´d get to New York they´d surely find something other to pique their interest.

They enter on C-deck, along with the second class passengers, above the third class passengers. having been greeted by stewards and been offered a brochure on the ship´s restaurants and pass time activities their luggage arrive and is carried to their suite. As they enter their suites they quickly find their beds. Then after getting the luggage unpacked they take the promenade to watch the ship leave the landing. Beverages are served on silver trays and they move up a deck only to discover there´s a swimming pool sitting invitingly waiting for them.

This is an invitation to play the first part of a three part scenario idea.
PM me about getting a ticket.

Having released this intro, I ask my collaborators on this project to wish me good luck and hopefully join as either PCs or co-Keepers.
Yours, Dave

I might be interested, what time frame are we looking at? 1920's?

The Rat

It all starts in 1914, after a bet gone wrong. So, consider this installment of the game a 1920's one.
You will be taking part of the maiden voyage of the beautiful ship.

What can go wrong, right?

Anyho - welcome rich or poor look at the beauty!

The Aquitania

“The maiden voyage of 1914, 30 May is when everything started. To all not on board the ship, the journey went as predicted, without any problems.May 30 - June 5, Liverpool - New York.

Current News

1914

April 20 – Colorado coalfield Massacre or Ludlow Massacre: The Colorado National Guard attacks a tent colony of 1,200 striking coal miners in Ludlow, Colorado, killing 24 people.

April 21 – 3,000 U.S.Marines land in Vera Cruz, Mexico.

April 25 – FA Cup Burnley beat Liverpool by a goal to nil !!!

The day before… (May 29) – The ocean liner RMS Empress of Ireland sinks in the Gulf of St. Lawrence; 1,012 lives are lost. Read all about it!!!

Yea, sign me up. Couple quick questions.

1. Are there only going to be 4 of us?

2. Should we roll up our own characters, normal rolling rules?

3. What do you think the posting rate will be?

R E P L I E S :

a. I believe four is a good number. It´s manageable. Not hewn in stone, though. 3-5 players will work too. The prologue is written for four members of the Athenaeum Club.

b. No special rules here. I´ll allow rolling three sets of stats, picking the series that suits you the best. Also, you may switch the lowest in that series with one of the other series´ in that specific stat.

c. Initially there will be a flurry of posts. As norm. Then, when things set, hopefully once a day but realistically one major update every weekend. Those pbp games tend to take some time. Hopefully this doesn´t scare you off.

Cheers!
/Dave

Interested in joining this game any way you will have me.

Then we seem to have two passengers.
Great!

Regarding collaborating on the concept for the two other parts, I leave the door open. But first I´d like to see how this initial episode plays out.

When we get two more interested parties I can set up a forum.

Sounds good, I'll come up with something soon and PM you with the character.

Sent a character concept. Please let me know if it needs some changes.

Sounds awesome. Got room?

I'd like to come aboard too! I have my hands full running my own games, so I wouldn't be able to be a co-Keeper on this one, but I'd definitely like to play. Do I still need to send a PM?

Dear Madam and Sir, you are both cordially invited on a cruise with The Aquitania.
No need for further validation via PM. We have a full cast.
I will be able to squeeze in some extras if we have some stragglers.

I did send a note on how to roll up a character concept to one of the earlier patrons.

"Roll three sets of stats. Pick the one that fits your character the best. Then, you are allowed to swap one stat with the
corresponding stat on one of the other two sets."

The forum is up for anyone to check out.

The Aquitania

Welcome!