The KTDARPG Tribal Story

Keep The Dream Alive Role-Playing Game

A role-playing game isn't just about the game... it's also about the story we players create together in a fascinating world.

We all agreed up front that the world of The Tribe fascinates us. It's the world we're playing in. After 9 years & more than 38,000 posts -- O_O -- well, we've created quite a story.

While we have a "summary post" to give new players relevant information & help them dive more easily into playing the game itself, the summary doesn't go very far in giving anyone--player or reader--the flavor of the KTDA story or the game's rich narrative history.

Early in my association with KTDA, I was searching for ways I could be more involved in our evolving game. To pay tribute to all our work, to leave a legacy to this ongoing saga that is so much more than just a massive collection of posts, I decided to turn all those writing efforts into a real story line. I called them "digests." Each digest takes a season in the game & condenses it into an easily-read narrative story. A season can represent months of game-play, so each digest is really its own story & its own length, depending on the complexity of the plot. Here's what we have so far:

Season 1: The Beginning (in 4 parts)

From the First Days to the Battle for Merchant Street

Season 2: Winter (in 6 parts)

From the Return of a Lost Tribe to a Last Great Battle

Season 3: Survival (in 3 parts)

From the Reapers' Return to a Killer Hurricane

Season 4: After The Storm (in 3 parts)

From Setting the Stage for Spring to Future Promises

We're currently in the game's Season 11: Viral Winter ... so you can see, I have a lot of digesting still to do.

It's a long process: selecting what's important to represent the story & all of its plots & twists, going through a season's thousands of posts, changing the format from post to narrative, making sure everything remains true to character development & interactions ... YIKES! Yes. A looooooonnnnnggggg process!

But it's a labor of love. Maybe it's like what The Tribe writers do when they put scripts together, but I have an edge they don't. I'm not creating all this by myself. I have tons of help.

The way things are set up, you have to "join" KTDA to be able to access the files where the digests are housed. If you like a good story, it's definitely worth it!

Go to http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/KTDARPG/info and chose "Join Group." Once you're a member, select "Files" & look for "Digests of Game Seasons" -- and enjoy!

If you're passionate about The Tribe, or if you just love a good story, I don't think you'll be disappointed.

-Chyna

Photo source: copyright Cloud-9 "The Tribe"