Join us in a thrilling evening of plotting, mystery and treachery. You will be in the middle of the action and it will be up to you to wheel and deal with the other guests. Can you achieve your goals, keep your secrets hidden and survive Death on the Gambia? It's up to you.
It is 1939 and across Europe countries are preparing for war. In the distant British colony of Gambia a smaller drama is about to unfold as the tramp riverboat Christabel starts a routine trip along the River Gambia...
Death on the Gambia is a murder mystery role playing game. Everyone is assigned a character. Each character has a specific role to play, as well as items and special abilities. This game is a really fun mix of boxed murder mystery and role playing. Instead of writing a narrative, youll be talking in character to each other. I'll explain it better later.
It's designed to be played during the course of a dinner, face to face, but I think I can set it up so it works over the internet.
I need at least 8 players, the max is ten.
Sign ups start now!!
1. Rosie
2. Peony
3. Sagetip
4. Groddil
5. Søren
6. LT Sandpaw
7. Chipster of Noonvale
8. Jet
9.
10.
I'll play! Excuse me if my role playing skills are terrible though :P
ME!
youll do fine rosie! its not like the usual role playing on this site
YES SIGN ME UP.
Gotcha Sage
Don't forget about me, b0ss.
I'M IN!!
*Giggles at Skye*
When Sky of all people uses all caps.
(http://www.guyandtheblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Getting-serious.jpg)
You two are making me crack up ;D
Don't forget moi.
Gotcha guys. :)
If it's not too late, I'm in.
youre not too late chipster!
I volunteer as tribute!
Welcome aboard Mr. Binturong!
Oh i forgot to mention, characters will be dealt randomly, because it's more fun that way.
Okay guys. The game will officially start sometime tomorrow.
To make this really easy for everyone, I request everyone gets a discord account. YOU DONT NEED TO DOWNLOAD DISCORD, it's also browser based. Please guys, this is really important. It'll just be easier for everyone if you do.
https://discordapp.com/ (https://discordapp.com/)
IF you ABSOLUTELY CANNOT get a discord account, then you can PM others, or, for public conversations, use the Gambia thread, but you will absolutely have to include me in the exchange. If you don't, I'll kick you out of the game ;)
Tomorrow, I'll PM you a character and the discord link. (if you can't use discord (>:[) then please PM me)
there was more i was going to say, but ive forgotten it. Ill post it later probably.
What is discord?
discord is a browser based chat thingamabob. You can use it to text chat, or talk with mics. For the game, you can just use text.
https://discordapp.com/ (https://discordapp.com/)
@Aimless Gallivanter: Everyone who's signed up has Discord. Yes, even you,
@Chipster of Noonvale.
Quote from: Groddil on December 19, 2016, 03:18:34 AM
@Aimless Gallivanter: Everyone who's signed up has Discord. Yes, even you, @Chipster of Noonvale.
I can't remember ever having an account over there. If I do, I've lost the password and would have to create a new one...
Quote from: Chipster of Noonvale on December 19, 2016, 03:19:23 AM
Quote from: Groddil on December 19, 2016, 03:18:34 AM
@Aimless Gallivanter: Everyone who's signed up has Discord. Yes, even you, @Chipster of Noonvale.
I can't remember ever having an account over there. If I do, I've lost the password and would have to create a new one...
Most likely. Although the Forum Discord channel has a user called "Chipster."
If you need to make another account, Chipster, go right ahead.
My discord account is Moose#9538
If we aren't friends already, feel free to send me a request
(im sorry for triple posting but it's necessary)
Here is a PDF file about "Playing a Murder Mystery Game"
Hopefully, you'll understand better just what you're getting yourself into :)
How long do you think this game will take, and how fast a pace?
If people are active, it could be rather quickly paced.
I think it'll be done in a week or so.
Considering Chirstmas, it'll be longer than that
Okay. I'm sorry but I've been thinking, and actually I'm going to sign back out. This week is looking a bit murky, and I'd rather leave now than have to do so in the middle of the game. I hope it's not too much of a hassle.
okay no problem Skye!!
Can I get in? I do t have discord on my phone or iPad, so can I just use the PMs and the public thread? Or is that a no go?
Whatever works. :)
Yeah you're in!
But you have a discord account, I just talked to you last week??
Quote from: Aimless Gallivanter on December 19, 2016, 02:51:12 PM
Yeah you're in!
But you have a discord account, I just talked to you last week??
(I think he means it doesn't work on his phone or iPad. How that happens, I dunno)
are you trying to use the browser version or the app?
@Banya are you still interested in joining this?
https://discord.gg/juYTX4Y (https://discord.gg/juYTX4Y)
This is the game's official discord server!
Anyone can join, even if you're not part of the game.
It's set up so that no one can say things yet, but soon I'll open it up to the players. Once you're in, if you're part of the game, I'll set your nickname to your character's name.
Once all the players are in, I'll send you your character info and you can start chatting. During this phase, you guys will want to get to know the other characters.
If you want to have a private conversation, you can ask me, and I'll give you access to a private text channel. Once everyone is introduced, we'll move on to the second stage of the game. It's kind of like an intermission, where the boat makes a stop at Mansa Konko town and some characters will want to send or receive telegrams. Next we get to the fun part. During the final phase, everyone will probably want to stay in the private channels.
You need to stay in the channel. No private messaging outside of The Cristabel channel. (
If you can't be part of discord channel, you can use the forum PM's. You will need to keep me as a recipient though.)
Only during the third and final stage of the game are people allowed to kill each other.
Come to me if you have questions or want to use an ability or item.@Groddil @Søren @LT Sandpaw @Chipster of Noonvale
@Banya JOIN THE DISCORD SERVER
Hey everyone the channel has been unlocked, you are free to start conversing with each other. Introduce yourself, all others harmless questions. If someone asks you a question about your past that wasn't covered in your character sheet, feel free to make it up.
Where are the character sheets?
theyve been sent to your discord
I don't think I got it.
Never mind, I found it.
AM I TOO LATE??
ah sorry
@TheMostSilentOfTheSams . Yes you are too late : (
@Banya @Jet the binturong you guys are missing out
heeeey guys gambia has dragged on long enough. im giving it one more week, then im declaring the winner(s). winners will be based on who was the most successful at achieving their goals.
At last the Cristabel arrives at Bathurst. Passengers gather their things, nodding at allies or glaring at rivals as they depart.
Jane Carter checks that her travel papers and passport are in order. She breathes a sigh of relief that she had been able to obtain blank travel papers from another passenger while he'd been unconscious. Without it, there'd have been no hope of leaving the country. In a neat script, she writes out her real name, "Miranda Sharpe", on the papers before leaving her cabin. Thankfully, she'd been able to avoid capture, even with the bounty on her head that her rich father had placed when she'd run away. She frowns at the lightness of her purse, she hadn't managed to make enough money on board for a trip back to America, where her fiance Tom was waiting. She leaves, a camera swinging from her hand. She never did find out who it belonged to...
(Jane Carter: 3/4 goals completed)
Dexter Fairchild curses quietly to himself as he leaves the boat. He had been unable to identify the Viper, despite confirmation from the outside that she was definitely on board. At least he was able to procure a bag of rubies, so the Germans wouldn't get their hands on it. The Idol of Bones had slipped his grasp though, as had any German technology. And what was with the French woman, asking him to "take care" of the German Doctor?? He was a British Spy, not some random merc! He disappears into the crowd, thinking about his blasted passport, with his real name, John Cannon, that he had lost. Luckily, being a master of disguise, whoever was holding it hadn't recognized him.
(Dexter Fairchild: 1/5 goals completed)
(Sam Ironheart was British Spy, who also secretly worked and smuggled for the criminal, Diamond Jack. He would've been easily bribe-able, since he needed money to pay off debts. He was searching for German technology (an order from the Britis), and rubies being smuggled (an order from Diamond Jack). Everything he found out was supposed to be reported back to Diamond Jack. He failed at all of this. His other goals were to be a Captain and protect the Christabel, which he did fairly well at.)
Joey Keene checks his pocket watch, and holsters his gun. What an eventful trip this had been for the British detective! Such a pity he hadn't actually managed to capture any villains. Carter had turned out to be a runaway, not the Viper, but her bounty would've been enough to pay back his debts to Diamond Jack. He would've gotten away with locking Miss Sharpe in a chest until reaching Bathurst, if it hadn't been for that meddling Townhill. He curses under his breath at the priest, who had shot him and stolen some of his stuff while he'd been unconscious. Lucky for him, Overblow was there to patch him up. Good thing the professor had survived this trip, the detective would've been in huge trouble with his superiors.
(Joey Keene: 1/3 goals completed)
Connor Mcdouglas, aka Angus McDougal, wanted for a murder he didn't commit, swaggers off the boat. Sure, he hadn't managed to clear his name or retrieve his real passport, but he wasn't dead. He'd sold that Idol of Bones, and the rubies he'd traded for, which meant he had just enough for a ticket out of the country. He wondered if he'd be able to apologize to the professor, or twist his arm a bit, until he gave up McDougal's passport. He probably shouldn't have shot at the man...
(Connor Mcdouglas: 2/4 goals completed)
Marie Renard watches as her fellow passengers leave the boat. Her eyes linger on McDougal; the man hadn't made good on their deal, so she never did clear his name for him. She glares daggers at Dr. Schwartz. She'd received orders to kill him, but the man had somehow managed to survive her poisoned spiders. She supposed every assassin had their off days, even the Viper, whom she happened to be. She checks her bag, frowning. She hadn't gotten the rocket fuel formula, or the camera with the unfortunate evidence of her attempting to steal said formula. The professor, whom she was also supposed to off, had evaded her as well. She still had no idea who they were. Silently, she leaves the boat, and disappears into the crowd.
(Marie Renard: 0/4 goals completed)
Gabe Schwartz limps off the boat. His hands shake, the effects of the spider venom still lingering. He checks his bag, the Idol of Bones weighs and a bag of rubies weighs it down. He's not really sure what he'll do with them; sell them in Bathurst, he supposes, since he hadn't been able to get money on board. A book of German codes disguised as an Agatha Christie novel is hidden away safely in his coat pocket. He really has no idea what to do with that. He looks around, wary for operatives of Diamond Jack. Being a smuggler and thief, Diamond Jack considered him a rival, and would do anything to get him out of the picture. He curses quietly to himself as he shuffles into the crowd, getting out of the country will be difficult without traveling papers...
(Gabe Schwartz: 1/3 goals completed)
(Caroline Tanner, who was supposed to be Banya's character, was secretly Diamond Jack. She wanted Overblow's notes, Townhill dead, and the ruby smuggling stopped. She also wanted the Idol of Bones)
Alex Thomas follows Keene off the boat nervously. This trip had been entirely too much excitement for him, he desperately wanted to get back to his lab, where there was peace and quiet, and he could be himself again. Not that his alias mattered, half the people on the boat had seemed to figure out rather quickly that he was really Professor Overblow. His rocket fuel formula was safely tucked away, and he was alive. That's all that really mattered. Before leaving the docks, he pauses a moment to dump some ashes from his handkerchief. What's left of John Cannon's passport floated down the Gambia. McDuglas really shouldn't have shot at him.
(Alex Thomas: 3/3 goals achieved)
Vic Townhill leaves in a hurry. All that had occurred must be reported back to his superiors. Being a German spy was risky business. It had paid off, a little bit. He gripped his bag tightly; in it was the Miniaturized Film Development Lab, which most only knew as a Heavy Black Device. What a pity he hadn't managed to get the rocket-fuel formula, his book of German codes, or his camera. During his chatting with the captain, he hadn't been able to determine if he could be turned into a double agent, and he hadn't been able to identify any other spies aboard the Christabel.
(Vic Townhill: 1/5 goals completed)
Thanks for playing, everyone! I'm sorry I took so long at the end, here. In terms of completing all your goals, it looks like Chipster is the winner!! Jane Carter came at a close second!! (Some people had more goals than others, varying in difficulty, so it's a little hard to decide who was really more successful.)
It was fun, even though I didn't accomplish any of my goals. :P We should do another one some time.