I’m in a very bored mood tonite, and in an idle moment I came up with this off the top of my head-it will kind of work a bit like the Corrupted Wish game, except that it is expected that each reply should at least make a pretense of trying to follow the previous reply.
Essentially, the thread will follow the adventures of Dirk, a daring and intrepid explorer. There is no GM per se; instead, each new post will advance the plot in some way, perhaps resolving the dilemma, puzzle, or choice that Dirk was faced with in the previous post. Sometimes you will take on the role of Dirk, and make a choice (as the straight man); other times, you are the GM, either setting up the next plot point, or giving an apt response to Dirk’s actions (typically providing the punch line). Assume that he has Wile E. Coyote-like powers of regeneration (wouldn’t be fun if we killed him off 6 posts in now would it?).
Example (the alterations in text format represent successive posters-note the setup/choice/resolution–>next setup format, tho it doesn’t necessarily always need to be that rigid):
After dusting himself off after the attack of the Cockney Harpies, Dirk spies a strange box on the ground inlaid with iconic markings.
Dirk picks up the box, and attempts to open it.
The box contains a black hole! Dirk is sucked into another dimension, and after a wild ride through the realms of hyperspace is spit out outside a cave. On a sign next to the cave entrance is a sign. The sign says, “Gnome Shriner’s Convention. Enter and be Merry!”
[Now, for real]
As Dirk is walking down the dusty hot road at midday, he spies a lone traveler coming the other way. The traveler is an old grey bearded man riding a rickety-looking cart, pulled by a miserable-looking donkey. [What do you do?]