Was over the easter bank holiday. A new system, Maelstrom has been set up by some of the people involved in the Omega system, mbased on a radically different set of ideals to most LRP out there.

I guess that the first thing they though was 'let's create a novel system that still has elements of fantasy so people know what they're in for' They achieved this.

The second assumption that they made is that people actually want to interact with whatever is going on. and in fact, the best way to create interactive plot was not to write any. Instead they have created a rich and varied backstory, ripe with the fruit of conflict, and simply let the players get on with it.

This resulted in greater depth of play than anything I have experienced previously, though it took a period of adjustment before we realised that we had to get off our bums and start making things happen; a lot of people have, in the face of heavily plot-based systems, developed a reactionary playing style and so they have to re-learn this a bit.

That a campaign could develop such depth in it's first event bodes well for the future.

Next event is in July

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