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April 25th, 2008
12:29 pm - Another LoB Update
Whew. OK, casting is done and character hints have been sent out. I’ve even updated the in game schedule to show what songs will be expected at a minimum. Curious? You can see it at http://www.interactivitiesink.com/larps/broadway/doclib/Players/Schedule.xls
Also, if you are curious, the following characters are left uncast:
- Pepper, Annie (child)
- Pawnee Bill, Annie Get Your Gun
- Jake Oakley, Annie Get Your Gun
- Freddy “Bottle” Bates, Guys and Dolls
- Harry the Horse, Guys and Dolls
- Benny South Street, Guys and Dolls
- Minnie Fay, Hello, Dolly
- Barnaby Tucker, Hello, Dolly
- Bud Frump, How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
- Marcy Park, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
- Aldolpho Karpathy, The Drowsy Chaperone
- Winthrop Paroo, The Music Man (child)
- Eulalie Shinn, The Music Man
- Amaryllis Shinn, The Music Man
- Roger De Bris, The Producers
- Linus van Pelt, You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown
I recently ran Colonel Sebastian T. Rawhide’s Circus of the Spectacular at Relaxicon. It was a very good run, but one of the things I said to the players beforehand is “the difference between a good run and a great run is the number of players.” Tightly cast games, like Lullaby of Broadway work a level of magnitude better when they are full.
Ah well, I have months before the game runs and should get more players by then. Of course, I’ll also have more unexpected drops by then, too, but that’s LARP. Like any good game, Lullaby of Broadway can run missing a number of characters, and it’s something I always plan for and make contingency plans for who should step in should a character not be there.
So, this weekend will be a well-deserved break and then next week I start writing characters. 60 characters in 3 months; that’s 2 characters every 3 days or so. A brisk schedule, but one I can handle. I’m doing a number of things to make it easier on myself, though.
The first thing I do before I write any character is set up a template. The template will contain the sections the character needs to have (history, who you know, goals and motivations, &c), has formatting, and styles already set. Then when I write new characters, I can just plug them into the template.
For this game, I’m writing character sheets British style. This is similar to what we did in Brassy’s Men with bullet points. Instead of writing a detailed narrative, I’m going to write disconnected paragraphs with section headings. Since the characters have a lot going on, this will help them keep things organized. And, since we are asking the players to be familiar with the characters going into the game, I don’t really have to write a summary they can see on DVD anyway.
Ah well. I’m still very excited about Lullaby of Broadway and it might be all I can talk about here for the next few months. J
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Comments:
As evidenced, I can talk about this game almost as much as you can, so if you ever need someone to blabber at, you have my number, email address, etc.
I'm ever so excited!!!11!!
Thanks! I appreciate it. And I win!
That's funny - as I was just telling The Devil ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) equusaside, I have been reading your posts and thinking about LoB. Aside from the insuperable budgetary limitations, I had thought that there wouldn't be anything I could conceivably play in a game like this. No parts that I actually dream of playing - like roles played by Hermione Gingold... LOL. Nice one.
A. You'd make an excellent Mrs. Shinn.
B. Budgetary limitations can be worked around. E-mail me if you want to talk.
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Aldolpho remains uncast? Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?
Well, you know, there is a way to fix that. You ...could... register for the game, say, "I would like to be Adolpho," and quicker than you could say, "Adolpho," you'd have the part. |
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