2) All posts should be in third person form, as if continuing the story of the previous post.

3) All posts in the "Saloon" are "in character." If out of character discussion becomes necessary, feel free to create a separate thread within the forum for the conversation. Please label these threads appropriately.

4) "Private" conversations between characters can be held by creating a new topic titled "Table #X." Feel free to invite characters from the main conversation to sit at a table with your character. The first post in the table should contain a list of all the characters that have been invited, so that unwanted posts can be deleted.

5) Within the saloon, keep in mind that an author’s character is speaking and not the author themselves. All character interactions are permitted and encouraged, including bar fights, insults, and shouting matches.

6) If another author’s character behaves rudely/violently towards your character, DO NOT take it personally. The point of the saloon is to test the realism and depth of your characters, by viewing how realistic their interactions feel with other, unpredictable personalities in the mix.

7) Moderators of the forum reserve the right to remove any inappropriate post for any reason, including out of character comments in the wrong topics and RP that would not be appropriate for younger readers.

8) I will add additional moderators as the forum requires them. Reliable authors with the best standing within the Saloon will be given first priority to become moderators.

9) Feel free to play any character that is appropriate to the western genre. Using characters from stories you have posted on fictionpress is encouraged, as well as characters you wish to use in future stories.

10) When at all possible, spell-check your posts before submitting them. The topics are meant to read as a finished (if unpolished) story in itself, and good spelling and grammar reflect that.

--The "NPCs":

The bartender, Riggs, is a character I created to serve the other patrons in the saloon. As I can't be around all the time to control him and would eventually like to make use of the Wide Range with my own characters, I hereby relinquish my control of Riggs, so that anyone may use him for any plot advancement that is required. Later I may add more NPCs, as is needed.

If you so choose to make use of an "NPC," Please ensure their actions are true to their original personalities.

Name: Jason Riggs.

Age: 43

Occupation: Bartender

Riggs likes to think of himself as grumpy, but is actually a kindhearted soul and an excellent bartender, but likes to stay out of others business and just do his job. He keeps a shotgun under the bar, but only brings it out in absolute emergencies, that is, if his patrons are about to bring the saloon crashing down around everyone, or are about to break his mirror. Other than that, he doesn’t interfere, letting his customers do and say what they want, as long as they pay for their drinks.

The same sort of extension of control may be used with other authors' characters for the purpose of advancing the story, but ONLY if the original author allows it.

--The "Time Warp":

The Saloon will technically be on the same night forever. The actual starting of an Adventure is when all authors involved with that adventure write for their characters going to bed for the night. The next morning the actual adventure will begin, and the characters involved will be in a time-warp compared to The Saloon. When/if a character returns to The Saloon after leaving it they will return to the original night the Saloon opened.

The time warp is necessary for the main Saloon thread for the fact that its job is to coordinate the meeting of all other characters in all other threads. It's not realistic or economic to try and force everyone in the saloon to "go to bed" at the same time; there are far too many authors and characters involved for that to be done smoothly and quickly.

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