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I've been bouncing around the idea of making a game set in Simon R. Green's Nightside.

For those not familiar with the series, the Nightside is a city within a city, supposedly in (or under) London, that's dark, decadent and very morally grey. It's always 3am, the moon is always full, and all the clubs, bars, and businesses are always hopping. Gods, demons, and Beings walk beside people from a thousand alternate timelines and universes, often in pursuit of every flavor of the forbidden. Everything is for sale and anything is possible. If nothing else the city itself is never, ever dull.

Details are very much still in the process of being hammered out, but I'm throwing this out to see if there's interest in the idea.

Also, on the hunt for people familiar with the Nightside who'd be willing to help mod.

Sounds like a sexier version of Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere.

Not nearly as well-versed in Neverwhere as Nightside, but yeah, there are similarities. Nightside is... wackier, imo? Definitely tackier. It's a tourist trap of epic proportions.

A lot of the things an RP in a canon setting would have to fudge already exist as part and parcel of Nightside--time travel, inter-dimensional travel, alternate timelines/universes, explaining why the locals aren't really surprised/suspicious of tons of new arrivals (more than they are of other natives, at least). People stumbling in (intentionally or not) is a common occurrence. Even dropping characters is easy enough--they got themselves a ride back home--and reapping (same person/different timeline) are feasible.

There probably wouldn't be an official network, per se, but there are all kinds of ways to talk to people at a distance available. For initial housing, probably a charitable group offering temporary space. In return for some kind of work, of course. It would be a game where characters would have to work to survive and get back home.

This sounds absolutely fabulous oh my god. Definitely intrigued!

cripes! I LOVE Nightside! You wouldn't even really have to nerf powers for the most part just because there's always something bigger and badder there to smack anyone down that gets too carried away (or offer them a deal they just can't refuse). The tricky part might be that you really do need people to play some of the NPCs pretty full time and some of them part time. A huge part of what makes Nightside so intriguing is the population. There's nothing like running into Sister Morphine in a back alley or finding yourself in the House of the Lamentation to really put a player in the right mindset for that setting.

oh man, i was in a nightside game back on lj five-ever ago. like, long enough ago that the dude who tanked the project scp game was still knocking around. i was godawful back then, but i still miss it.

tl;dr: NOSTALGIA ASIDE i would probably join up if you ever got this off the ground, but i'm way too busy with rl to do anything more than maybe help worldbuild or play a couple of minor npcs. sorry broseph :C

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