Sure
it's fine to toss on your cammoflage and play a scenario game, but role playing will
take that game to a new level. The more people who are into character, the more
the other players around them will also get into character and the better the
experience for everyone involved. The bottom line is this:
Everyone is here to play the game. Nobody will make fun of you for being goofy or for looking different. The only thing you may get is a lot of people taking pictures with you or asking you how you made your costume...
That being said, let's get you
into character.
Dressing the part…
Pirates listening to player briefing.
So
you’re not going to take a role but your playing on the Mafia side. Why not
dress the part? Its not that hard and really not expensive. Take an old white
button-up shirt and a pair of black trousers, and add a pair of black and white shoes and a black tie
from a local thrift store. Add a black pin stripe suit with padded shoulders
and there you are. A "made man" from New York, ready to wheel
yourself a deal, or fit someone for cement overshoes.
Your on the OSS side, WW2 Army uniforms are ideal, or take an black coat white shirt and thin tie. Top it off with a fedora hat cocked to one side a "Lucky Strike" cigarette hanging from your mouth and a toy police badge in a folder. Now your an American undercover operative ready to save Democracy from the Axis!
Team Lockdown as Pirates, TAW Paintball "Pirates vs. Ninjas"
With
both costumes you could go further. Many Internet stores have extensive
costumes and accessories. Look at toy stores for rubber knifes, cap
pistols, even cheap handcuffs. However remember your playing paintball, it
will get dirty so don’t
spend too much.
Playing
the role…
Well you arrived looking like bona fide Made Man in your costume. You open your packet to find: Hey you’re a gambler! Think what would a gambler do if s/he were there. You may become an emissary to the OSS to throw dice for props. You might go to various players and try to play three card montie. You might even be able to get into the OSS HQ to play poker. Or maybe you find your the OSS bookkeeper. Your job is to make deals with the Mafia. Act the role, but remember, never forget you’re a player. While in that HQ you may assassinate the Mafia General gaining valuable points. You may be able to gain information on the whereabouts of a important prop they have hidden. Find your General and tell him/her who you are and what your role is. S/he may have an idea or two for you already.
if you don’t want to play that role turn
in your role
card so it can be issued to a player who wants that role.
A moll, a mobster, and a state police capt.
Pre
game roleplaying...
The
role-playing can start weeks or months before the game. If you know you
have a role, register on the forums here as that role's name, start your comments or
your smack talk there. Contact with other players in that role is fine,
negotiate for loyalties, missions, discuss third factions. Role-playing
at the field starts one hour before the briefing and continues throughout the game.