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-//For as long as history has been carved into the city's concrete bones, we have known only the endless reach of the ocean. From one horizon to the other, as far as any ship has sailed and further. Countless metropolitan empires have come and gone; towers that were once as mountains above the waves have crumbled; the sky burned like fire and darkness stretched for years; our bodies twisted into strange new shapes and eldritch vistas opened within our minds. Through all these this, ours was a life adrift across the fathomless depths.//\\
-//Yet today, on the horizon, there is a thin, dark strip beneath the sky...//\\
-//Land.//
-====== New Atlantis ======
-//New Atlantis// is a live-action roleplaying game about the people of the floating city, New Atlantis, and the transformation their society is about to undergo. Centuries ago, the world ended but the city survived: anchored out in the middle of the ocean she and her people endured the collapse of civilization. Since then the social and material fabric of the city has slowly eroded, and now it is a mosaic of factions vying for dominance amid the slowly crumbling megastructure.
-In the game players will take the role of people from the city trying to make the best of the changes that the sighting of land will bring. All players will be members of the city's factions, exceptional either by their skills or the circumstance they find themselves in. In-person players will be important faction members or their delegates at a meeting convened by the [[gm:faction:gm_faction:venerable_association|Venerable Association for Preservation]]  and the [[gm:faction:gm_faction:new_atlantis_reconstruction_council|New Atlantis Reconstruction Council]] in the North Meeting Hall to address how to split up the spoils on land, while remote players will be those who find themselves caught - by accident or design - in the changes unfolding from this exceptional meeting.
-//New Atlantis// is a game with three parts:
-  * **Uptime**: //New Atlantis// is a hybrid game, with some players participating in uptime via Discord, and others in-person. During Uptime, players in both groups will roleplay characters in real time, although online players will do this primarily via Discord voice call, while in person players will do this primarily via acting out their character’s actions in one of the game’s Uptime rooms. In-person characters will be able to communicate with online characters via voice call using laptops in one of the Uptime Rooms. Uptimes will typically be for high intensity roleplaying and dramatic events. In game it will typically be a month between these meetings.
-  * **Email**: Between uptimes players will be able to send in character emails to each other, which will represent their characters meeting and talking or otherwise communicating. This is intended as for low intensity, longer form roleplaying over the in character month between sessions.
-  * **Turnsheets**: After emails players will submit a description of what their character intends to do between uptimes to the GMs. Players will be asked to submit the description of one action to receive a prose response, and one which will receive a bullet pointed summary. The GMs will then respond by writing responses to each of the actions, describing what the outcome of the character’s actions are – the “[[gm:system:downtime#turnsheets|turnsheet]]”. Turnsheets will be used for longer term actions than what can be achieved in the Uptime session; significant actions that will reverberate around the city. In game a month will elapse over the course of most turnsheets.
-//New Atlantis// is a highly player-focused game. Most of the game’s conflict will be driven by the competing interests of different player led groups within the city, although characters will also contest with a harsh natural environment in which survival is frequently challenging. We expect the pace of the game to be relatively fast right from the first session as the promise of land and its resources triggers dramatic political, cultural and material changes within the city.
-===== How to Get Involved =====
-Character creation in //New Atlantis// is a highly collaborative process, both between GMs and players, and between different players. As such players will initially submit a form indicating their interest in playing rather than a finished character.
-To pay for our room bookings and website we ask that players who are able pay for their ticket. Concessions of up to 100% are available for those not in work (including students) and those with disabilities. More details can be found in [[gm:start:when_where_pricing|Ticketing, When and Where]].
-===== How to Sign Up =====
-The sign-up form (AKA the ballot form) will only be open for Players until **October 9th at 23.59 UK time**. You can find the sign-up form here: LINK FIXME
-The sign-up form is to give us an idea of how many players to expect, and what initial ideas each person may have.
-In the unlikely event that more than 35 players are interested, we will then ballot for admission to the game. After this ballot players will be matched with GMs for the purposes of creating characters and factions and be given tools to coordinate their character concepts with other players. At the end of discussing their character ideas with GMs and other players they will then be able to submit their final character to the GMs.
-If a ballot is necessary, we will ballot for in person and online places separately and anticipate being able to offer approximately 20 in person places and 15 online ones. If a ballot becomes necessary, priority in the ballot may be offered to some players based on having contributed to the game.
-===== Where to Get More Information =====
-We encourage you to join the Character Creation Discord here: LINK FIXME
-This is not the Discord we will be using for the main game. This is where we will be hosting the Character Creation for Online players on **October 13th at 19.30 UK time**, and it is also a place you can ask questions, both to GMs and others potential players. Joining this Discord is necessary, as this is where you will develop your character and potentially faction concept with the GMs.
-You are also welcome to email the GM team at [[gm@newatlantis.oxfordlarp.com]].
-===== Important Dates =====
-All Uptimes, the Character Creation and Debrief will take place over Discord in the New Atlantis server on the times and dates listed below. All times listed are UK time.
-^ Session	^ Date ^
-| **Sign-up Closes and Ballot Results** | 9th October 2026 at 23.59 |
-| **Online Character Creation** | October 13th 2026 at 19.30 |
-| **In-Person Character Creation** | October 17th at 19.30 |
-| **New Faction Submission** | October 19th 2026 by 23.00 |
-| **Final Character Submission** | October 20th 2026 by 23.00 |
-| **Session 1** | October 24th 2026 at 15.30 |
-| **Session 2** | November 7th 2026 at 15.30 |
-| **Session 3** | November 21st 2026 at 15.30 |
-| **Session 4** | December 6th 2026 at 15.30 |
-| **Session 5** | January 23rd 2027 at 15.30 |
-| **Session 6** | February 6th 2027 at 15.30 |
-| **Session 7** | February 20th 2027 at 15.30 |
-| **Debrief** | 13th Match 2027, time TBC |
-More details can be found in [[gm:start:when_where_pricing|Ticketing, When and Where]].
-===== Recommended Pages =====
-Everyone should first look at the [[gm:start:style_and_tone|Style and Tone]] page, which goes into more detail about the Themes and expected play of the game. After that it is important to read the [[gm:start:conduct_and_themes|Conduct and Themes (CAT)]] policy which sets out what themes are appropriate to bring to the game. We also highly reccomend you take a look at (and follow) the [[gm:info:checklist|player checklist]] for getting set up for the game! New players might then want to take a look at the [[gm:start:new_to_larp|introduction to LARP]] page.
-The most important setting pages to read are [[gm:setting:city|The City of New Atlantis]] and [[gm:setting:people|The People of New Atlantis]], which give you the general knowledge for creating a character. It may also be helpful to check at least one of the [[gm:faction:gm_faction|Faction]] pages to get an idea of what one of New Atlantis’ factions looks like. You do not need to read through every single faction page.
-The [[gm:start:play_if|Play This If…]] page offers some suggestions of how to get involved in the parts of the game you most enjoy.
-The mechanics of the game and more details on how to create your character are explained in [[gm:system:character_creation|Character Creation]].
-New players may find it helpful to read these pages to get a clearer picture of what the game will look like in play: [[gm:system:uptime|Uptime and Sessions]] and [[gm:system:downtime|Downtime]].
-Online players, even ones who have played previous Discord games, should be sure to look at the [[gm:system:remote_play|Online Uptime]] page to see how we are handling roleplay being primarily Voice Call based instead of text based.