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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gilladian" data-source="post: 4504189" data-attributes="member: 2093">One thing I would definitely do is play up the crew. They're gonna be stuck with these people for months, so make sure there are plenty of possible interactions. The captain might be a martinet who drives his crew mercilessly, prays to the sea god every day in long sermons, and has his men beaten at the least sign of laziness. Or he might be a drunken layabout who spends most of his time in his cabin with his mistress.The first mate can be a petty tyrant, or a decent man battling against his relentless captain. The cook might be horrible, giving everyone inedible meals and getting terribly insulted when his food is maligned; or perhaps he's a prima-donna who demands fresh supplies and raids everyone's private stash for their secreted goodies, but he's so good everyone submits to his actions.Liven things up this way (maybe not to the extremes I'm suggesting!) and make each crewman unique in some minor way. That way when there's a murder on board, they  already have preconceived notions of who did what (right or wrong...).</blockquote>