Runtime

We expect to do some playtest experimentation here to find a reasonable and effective solution. Our initial thoughts:

Time	Action
1-3 days before	GM finds a group of N (N = 5) players available at a mutually agreeable time, in 1-3 days. Everyone agrees on a mutually acceptable video conferencing solution sufficient to host and run the game. We've used Skype and Google Hangouts successfully in the past. Zoom seems to be the current trending solution, albeit limited to 40 minutes of free time before someone else has to host. Do you have an account we can use? (We are still concerned about some of the cybersecurity issues that remain in Zoom.) Discord is also a practical solution. Do you know a server we can use?
1-2 days before	GM emails zipped collection of Tale directories containing player-specific PDF documents for each given Tale. Obviously, the player could read every Tale document and character they will be playing, rather than coming at it cold at run time. However, this will give the player time to apply any assistive technology they need to help them read and process the material. The player only gets the information they need to play the game. While it would be easier to ship everything to each player, we would have to produce a complicated set of instructions for each player, explaining who they'd be playing in each Tale. We know how to extract what we need for everyone.
2-3 hours before	GM sends out emails with details of the video connection.
Meeting time	Everyone connects. Technical issues are resolved. Given the ability to connect from various different places, it is our intent to mix people from different localities and LARP groups in a given run, to provide diversity in play. We never know who is going to provide that next amazing experience, and it usually comes from someone you don't know, when you least expect it.
t_start	GM calls everyone to order, doing a quick game briefing.
t_tale1, t_tale2, ... t_taleN	GM reads any Framing Text for the first Tale. The players Introduce their Characters by name and race: "I am Deep Dark, a young sentient starship, the child of a sentient starship and a Human." "I am Ultramarine, a Morphic Steev, and a Noble of the Overmorph, Defender of the Morphic." The Tale begins after these introductions. When a Tale completes, the GM will repeat the process, reading any Framing Text for the next Tale. This is followed by introductions and the Tale play.
t_end	The last Tale ends. The GM reads any Game Epilogue text. Game Wrap is called.