Story design

The party's over. This page is for those who are curious about what goes into designing a role-playing party, who'd like to know the motivations of the other characters, or who missed the party and want to know what might have happened.

• For who played what, see the guest list.

• Most of the character descriptions, in no particular order.

• The relationship diagram I sketched to design the story. It was an evolving picture, as you can see from the changes. In particular, Vann half-jokingly told me he was going to come as the Spirit of Apathy, and I made use of that; I had to change it later when he and Joyce decided on their characters. As I wrote each person's knowledge card, I circled their name.

• Notes on the final story design as shown in the knowledge cards.

• The knowledge cards, starting with the backs of the cards, again in no particular order. A couple of folks (Sisina and Dan) used the spare cards I'd prepared.