Modly Notes and Announcements

Welcome to Battle School Mafia! This is the thread to check for modly announcements, so we thought it would be a good idea to tell you who the mods are! Mai, Roz, and I are running this game. You’ll want to send questions, SKIDS, and other relevant communications to the three of us. ALL THREE OF US – especially SKIDS.

To those of you who are already familiar with Battle School and the Enderverse at large, we want to assure you that we, as fans of the books, aim to use the world Orson Scott Card created to play a fun and engaging game. We will be throwing out plenty of bones to the fans of the story. That said, we are obviously taking quite a few liberties here – we’re reasonably certain Battle School, while at times brutal, never had a rash of killings quite like this. Our mafia storyline (which you can start reading here) is a prequel to Ender’s arrival, though you will see brief appearances from some of the older kids that Ender later encountered. You will also hear from Graff, Dap, and Dimak at the very least, and possibly other adults as well. You ‘super fans’ of the books might also recognize the name Pinual, though he was only mentioned once by name. We’ll be borrowing him for the purposes of the plot, as our ‘throwaway’ character.

To new and old readers alike, we have opened up the floor for cannon discussion of the books here – spoilers and no spoilers. So jump in and start commenting!

To those of you who haven’t read the books – why not!?!?! Ender’s Game is one of our most heavily recommended books and widely available (you can most likely get a copy from your local library, free!). You have a couple weeks before sign ups for the game close – why not give it a try? If, however, you have no intention of delving into the Enderverse, wiki has an excellent summary of the story along with a number of other details on characters and settings here.

A note on the schedule – our start date will be August 29th, at which time we will kill the throwaway character. We will have a vote the following night, which will close at 11:00 PM EST. After that, SKIDS will be due, and the cycle will begin again, with one round taking place every two days. We will post here to remind people to vote and to announce any schedule changes, so if you’re confused about what you’re supposed to do when, check here.

That’s it for now!