To: inner-circle-of-sik@mit.edu
cc: ahi-red-team@mit.edu
Reply-To: dcltdw@MIT.EDU
Subject: Parley!  Call for panelists
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 09:57:43 -0400
From: David C Leung <dcltdw@MIT.EDU>

WHAT: Parley is the SIK equivalent to Ides.

WHY: Because we're running a lot of SIK games, and it's time we get our
shit together and teach people.

WHO: Parley is open to all, but is geared toward SIK GMs or wannabe-GMs.
Panels should focus on how to write a good SIK game for newbie GMs; there
should be high-level discussion of the Art of SIK for experienced GMs.

WHEN: Sunday, Nov 7th.  Time TBA; I'm guessing 1pm.  Parley will last no
more than 2 hours, because otherwise, our brains will start drooling.

WHERE: Location TBA; I'm guessing x-190.

URL: http://www.mit.edu/~dcltdw/RPGs/Assassin/Parley

HOW: Parley will be run by benevolent dictatorship; the dictator is me.

I am now inviting people to send me blurbs on subjects they'd like to
present.  1 or 2 sentence blurbs are fine; at some point, I will want an
actual abstract.  Sending me the abstract now is fine.  1 or 2 sentence
abstracts that are complete are also fine.  :)

Multiple people on a panel are encouraged.  Panel duration hasn't been set
yet.  This is partially dependent on how many panel abstracts I get.

As we get closer to November, I will send out a last call for panelists;
once that's finalized, I'll announce the agenda to the general Guild list.

Obviously, send me panel topics that you think would be interesting.  If
you're coming up with a blank, or need something to kickstart your
thinking, here are some ideas.

Topics I am especially interested in seeing:

	* How To Write A SIK Game.
	The top 10 things to do and the top 10 things to avoid.

	* The future of SIK games.  What's next?

	* SIK Mechanics.
	How to think about them, how to balance them, and how to know if
	you're on crack.

Possibly as part of SIK Mechanics:

	* Guns.  Lots of guns.
	Having laramis and wildfires and spell packets makes for a sexy
	game.  But understanding how they all interact means that you can
	have a good game.  And good games are better than sexy games.

Random ideas; feel free to merge with other ideas, or flesh out into their
own panel:

	* Topology, especially the new bldg 32 space.

	* Boffer combat, frisbee shields, and other weirdshit innovations:
	to use or not to use.

	* Training.  AHI is running PDA (Phyraxian Dominions: Academy) and
	FSA:OCS (Free Sagittarian Alliance: Officer Candidate School), but
	is this sufficient?  Also, feedback on PDA and OCS.

	* ____: Post-Mortem.
	If you ran a game and it went well, or especially if it didn't go
	well, having a post-mortem so others can (point out/learn from)
	your mistakes might be a good idea.  This takes gonads; mad props
	to GMs who do this.

dave