TNG infamously had an episode about an asshole captain who, among other things, made arbitrary and annoying changes to the scheduling system. Did you feel the same way about it then? It just seems to me that bureaucratic and management difficulties are a totally plausible problem to deal with in starfleet.

This is good advice but I will add that putting a timer on player’s turns is also itself a bit of a problem…it comes off as infantalizing.

People razz nasa about the tampons but then if you ask them what a reasonable number is they won’t give you a number

That’s not really how bots work. It would have to be coded to actually read and reply to your responses

By our standards it’s just a regular bathtub

In a world where any doctor can make the whole bridge crew into Klingons in an afternoon, outpatient, there’s no reason I can’t become my fursona.

Janeway would ABSOLUTELY release weaponized smallpox to get coffee.

Yeah we made a machine that burns a million miles of rainforest and drains a lake of drinking water every time you use it, and we’re forcing everyone to use it, but you’re the wasteful one for saying slightly more to it.

Rookie mistake.

“Computer, Anime Waifus, Hot.”

Ooh, this looks neat. I don’t think I’d use it for spurious notes but it might be a good replacement place to do the making-it-good part

You can use Google Forms to get the RSVP functionality you’re looking for. And maybe a dedicated Discord channel with suitable posting restrictions so it’s JUST DMs posting such forms? Or you could even have them DM you their pitches and you post them, such that you can make the channel so only you can post. I also like using this tool for scheduling: https://www.when2meet.com/

You need a method to quick jot stuff down in the moment. I use google keep for those thoughts/ideas. It’s on my phone, very low friction always to just pull it out and get something out of my head. Make it good later, just use your notes app (or an actual notepad if you’re oldschool) to get it out of your head so you can think of other stuff without worrying about losing it.

Also worth noting, when doing group stealth, you’re effectively limited by the least-stealthy party member, since it usually only takes one person getting caught to give the game away.

Sadly it’s not that there was “so much” it was that it was “so gay.” Berman cracked down hard on that, so there’s only hints left.

You mean y’all have adventuring parties that aren’t composed entirely of weird lil guys?

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Not the klingons, they eat their Gagh live.

Science Fantasy is usually a fantasy story in a setting typically associated with scifi. The classic example is Star Wars; it’s it a world with spaceships and lasers, but it’s about space wizards having swordfights.

Every custom, every belief, every fashion, every turn of speech?

No, of course not. Why would anyone waste effort on infinite irrelevant details? But everything there is to know, I know.

I do believe that player should be able to gain a basic understanding of the cultures their characters come from. The question is how much information can they get, and process?

You give them an overview at the start with the information you guess might be relevant or interesting to them, and supplement it during the game as necessary.