STEP ONE:
Everyone go check out the Play Mat. It's our virtual table, and everyone's "seating" actually makes a difference. Imagine there are index cards between each pair of players. One index card per pair of players will represent a Relationship between the both of you. By the end of Setup, there will be an additional index card as well, representing a Need, Object, or Location. We need at least one of each for the table, and it's recommended additional elements be Needs, since they drive the story more than stuff does.

STEP TWO:
Now imagine there are 2 white dice and 2 black dice per player. I'm going to roll them all. What happens then is we'll go around the table and take turns assigning one die to a Relationship Category or Subcategory in the Main Street Playset.

THE DICE:
Roll 1: 20d6: 20d6(5,2,6,1,2,5,2,3,6,1,3,2,4,3,4,1,3,4,5,4) = 66

Reagan grew up in the smallest town, and he's played before, so Reagan, assign the first die to a Relationship!

When you do this, feel free to bandy about ideas you're having and why you're picking what you're picking. Like, "I'm picking Crime because I definitely want Dave and Adam to have some sort of shady shit going on" or "I really liked the tv show the Americans, maybe we can assume this subcategory might bring in some weird espionage angle?"

Character ideas might start to develop as we do this, which is how it's supposed to work. Jump in here on the thread, because I would like to track all the choices here even if we're duplicating a little effort from the google doc.

First pick = 4: Romance, assigned to Adam and Robert's relationship. Gotta have a romance relationship!

You can drag the dice you chose to the relationship, and put it next to the element you select. That way, we keep track of what dice are available.

Also, keep in mind that you do not have to keep adding elements to existing relationships until they are done. While I assigned the broad relationship to Adam & Robert's relationship, Robert does not need to finalize it; he can assign whatever he likes.

Nice. OK! Mike, you're up!

Here's some banter between Robert and myself. It's important not to get too far into who exactly you're playing quite yet, but it's good to know where everyone's head is at.

My plan is to, if at all possible, play the kinda dumb guy who is by law mandated to be part of every caper.
Robert • 58 mins

lol
"I don't really have a day job." - Spike Jonze, Three Kings
57 mins
Adam Schwaninger

oh god why...Here, my brain just spit out the perfect title for a Pink Floyd porno: The Dark Side of the Poon.
Robert • 30 mins

hahahahahahaha
keep that in mind for the fiasco game ??
29 mins
Adam Schwaninger

Maybe I'll do a video store clerk!
Robert • 28 mins

oooh
it already sounds super shady.
24 mins
Adam Schwaninger

But yeah, a video store clerk with an unrequited crush on a regular customer...
Robert • 13 mins

and it's like "why do you rent from there, PersontoBeNamedLater? It's so... grimy."
"Maybe, but the customer service is really nice and they'll order it if they don't have it."
video stores are dens of iniquity.
well, we can make _anywhere_ a den of iniquity. ??
we're just that good
10 mins
Adam Schwaninger

Large selection of 4k Blurays!
(Disclaimer: 99% porn.)
Robert • 9 mins

lol
I ASSURE YOU WE ARE OPEN
9 mins
Adam Schwaninger

Exactly.
Robert • 9 mins

if you're a sad sack crushing on whoever I end up being, I think I'm required to be oblivious in general, not just to your advances.
ambitious and oblivious.
8 mins
Adam Schwaninger

Around criminal parts, we call that having vision
Robert • 7 mins

hehehe
you know? We are making the kind of people who get caught in a single episode of Justified.
7 mins
Adam Schwaninger

That's totes what I'm going for, yeah.
Robert • 7 mins
at best - at _best_ - we might rate a shooting death by episode end. ??
7 mins
Adam Schwaninger

Insofar as Kentucky is "the South".
I'm sure Dave can elucidate on the topic.
Robert • 6 mins

Main Street, Nowhere is pretty much the same no matter the state.
5 mins
Adam Schwaninger

Somebody is named Tammy Lee.
Robert • 5 mins

I might claim that
4 mins
Adam Schwaninger

There's layoffs at the mine/oil fields/factory.
Robert • 4 mins

her parents really liked Motley Crüe
everyone is a rabid supporter of the high school football team
2 mins
Adam Schwaninger

And for God's sake don't trust the Sheriff.
Robert • 2 mins

the sheriff would be a good one. Or a deputy.
deputy's better. not in charge.
Now
Adam Schwaninger

Sheriff in an election year.
Robert • Now

Admiral Duck Sauce wrote:

Here's some banter between Robert and myself. It's important not to get too far into who exactly you're playing quite yet, but it's good to know where everyone's head is at.

Agreed. A lot will change between now and when we are ready to start based on how we work to integrate all the elements that are ultimately selected, so don't get too set on a character idea yet. I know its a strange concept for a standard RPG player to do, but its the right approach! That being said, all the ideas tossed out above are 100% on brand!

Also, high school football-related ideas wouldn't necessarily be amiss, either.

It's not letting me drag dice, but I assign 1 (Family) to Reagan and Dave. Nothing breeds viciousness like family!

Added it in for ya! Robert, you are up!

Mike, you should have full edit privileges now for the play mat google doc. Sorry about that, I got your email address from Robert and promptly forgot to add you to the editors.

No worries. Waiting to see what my first relationship will look like now!

Egoistic as I am, I assign 3 (Crush) to the romance between Adam and me. Your move, Adam.

Gatac wrote:

Egoistic as I am, I assign 3 (Crush) to the romance between Adam and me. Your move, Adam.

Well done sir!

Mike and Reagan get a 5: CRIMECRIMECRIMECRIMECRIMECRIMECRIME... ahem.

Dave and Reagan. I chose a "2" under FAMILY. We're famiglia. How about a Prop Joe/Cheese "The Wire" situation? Uncle and Nephew.

edited by Admiral Duck Sauce on 2014-08-05 09:08:00

I like it!

I choose (again) 4 = Romance for the relationship between Dave and Adam. Adam now appears to be a lothario of sorts, or perhaps someone we ALL want to get with!

Mike, you are on the clock!

My name is Tammy Lee, and I was conceived in an IROC-Z Camaro to the sweet sounds of Motley Crüe. I don't think anything anyone could choose from this point on could really mess with that. hehe.

Now that we've been around the table once, and at Reagan's request, I'm updating the charts above with the additional Needs, Objects, and Locations chart. We need one of each, and I'm gonna recommend we need two Needs for the table.