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<blockquote data-quote="WayneLigon" data-source="post: 1587150" data-attributes="member: 3649">In his Strike Force supplement for Champions, Aaron Allston mentions an idea I've used to great effect: it's called 'Blue Booking', named for those cheap blue essay folders you can buy at any office supply place. Though today we might just use email or (better) a special blog set up for the purpose. &nbsp;It's like 'instant messaging play by mail' - Write out things in the book, give it to the player and they give it back when they're done. Or at the next session, or whenever. THis gives people who want to pursue their own agendas (and almost by definition pursuing an in-game romance is going to be a one on one thing where other people are going to be bored) a way to do it. &nbsp;With a romance subplot this is an especially good means of 'distancing' yourself from the characters; some people are just going to be uncomfortable with roleplaying their character being all romantic around others. This gives them a means of being objective. Also, the slower pace means more time to really put some thought into poses and descriptions. &nbsp;The books can be easily hole-punched for storage, or the blog printed out from time to time as a record for both parties.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="WayneLigon, post: 1587150, member: 3649"] In his [i]Strike Force[/i] supplement for Champions, Aaron Allston mentions an idea I've used to great effect: it's called 'Blue Booking', named for those cheap blue essay folders you can buy at any office supply place. Though today we might just use email or (better) a special blog set up for the purpose. It's like 'instant messaging play by mail' - Write out things in the book, give it to the player and they give it back when they're done. Or at the next session, or whenever. THis gives people who want to pursue their own agendas (and almost by definition pursuing an in-game romance is going to be a one on one thing where other people are going to be bored) a way to do it. With a romance subplot this is an especially good means of 'distancing' yourself from the characters; some people are just going to be uncomfortable with roleplaying their character being all romantic around others. This gives them a means of being objective. Also, the slower pace means more time to really put some thought into poses and descriptions. The books can be easily hole-punched for storage, or the blog printed out from time to time as a record for both parties. [/QUOTE]

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