Here are universal rules players should follow when doing ‘detective work’ at ER:

Pay Attention to Clues

That off-hand remark by a random person on the street, a recurring nightmare, that random object you happened to stray upon… Very few things in an RPG are meaningless. Storytellers give you hooks designed to lead you to something important that helps in figuring out the obstacle at hand. Don’t make the mistake of thinking we won’t hand out red …

Your first post should be one where your character arrives in town. Be creative and original (but do be realistic), and remember that there’s no right or wrong way.

Do make sure to place your character in a location that makes him or her readily available for interaction. If you post your character sitting alone in an empty, isolated area, he or she will stay that way until you move the character to a place …

The purpose of Escaping Reality (ER) is to write an infinite interactive story by collaborating with other players. It is not a game with an end or a winner. Because of this, ER is an ongoing story and world continually being developed.

To play, you must take on the persona of a character you create and write his or her actions, thoughts, and speech according to the situations STs and other characters create. As in a …