Everybody grows.

Over the past few months I've been getting a bit of flack & a snide remark every now 'n then about the premise of KTDARPG.

If you've visited the site, you know it states plainly inspired by "The Tribe." That "inspired by" holds some importance to those of us who've been around the game most of it's 3-1/2 years.

If you aren't aware, "The Tribe" was a great tv-show out of New Zealand that ran for 5 seasons -- a post-apocalyptic world where a Virus wiped out the adult population & left the kids to find a way to not only survive but to build a new society.

And so...that's where our rpg began. A world without adults, and kids left to rule.

In 5 seasons, which was just about 5 years real-time, "The Tribe" covered about 1 year of survival for the characters we grew to love & be fascinated by. (And isn't it amazing how much Jack, as well as a lot of other characters, grew in that short amount of time!)

In 7 game-seasons, working on 4 years, our rpg has surpassed our inspiration. Currently in the game we're about 2+ years past the Virus outbreak. We have a lot of characters, and things change fast. It's been fun watching characters grow & develop in the game, step by step.

See, that's the key. Our characters have grown. Our game has grown. We've solved some of the problems the tv-show characters were challenged by, and others we've grown beyond. Where the tv-show had to be worried about broadcast censors & a lowest-common-denominator audience, our game has no such limitations. It's been more violent at times; it's been more hormonal at times. I think that means it's shown more realism than the tv-show was allowed to do. But KTDARPG hasn't degenerated into fantasy or superman or ridiculous. (Ok, I might be wrong on the ridiculous; but who am I to judge what inspires some of our players to do what they do?)

Our plots have dealt with submission & slavery, violence & hope, survival & strength of self. I'd challenge anybody to tell me that doesn't mirror what we saw in "The Tribe," and what we admired about it.

For the future, who knows? We have some great creative players. The collaborations are often brilliant & always fun!

If you aren't a member of our game, check us out sometime. The story might surprise you.

If you are a member/player, hi! And thanks! You're the one who's made it fun!

-Chyna

Photo source: copyright Cloud-9 "The Tribe"