Playing by (e)Mail: Update

My AD&D 2nd Edition Play by Email game continues apace, and has reached the length of a good-sized novel. Here are some additional details about the player characters (and who is involved), updated statistics (because I like numbers), and collated links to the story (for those that care to read it all without clicking "previous post" 50 times).

Just a note: Due to the flexible nature of this format, new players are always welcome. Feel free to contact me if you want to join in.

The Party: (organized by Players)

• Darcy Quick:
• Lyra (A young half-elven psionicist with an overbearing mother).
• Paul King:
• Hrud (A barbarian who has trouble communicating with the others).
• Alan Knightly:
• Gendry (A minotaur pirate...stabbed in the back by an NPC "ally").
• Frantiska (An elven paladin...run over by a wagon).
• Yamtwit Cheeseater (A goblin priest and purveyor of magical dairy products).
• Sheryl:
• Donovan (A former herald for the local government, the party's organizer and father-figure).
• Sister Winona (A rather lax priestess of Tyr, the god of justice).
• Roger Brasslett: 
• Bo (A dwarf who we don't know much about yet).
• Mike Pruett:
• Shaddup (Annoying gnomish craftsman...currently on hiatus).
• Doug Noel:
• Amara (A somewhat sinister little girl with a magical doll).
• NPCs:
• Sister Rye (Winona's halfling "apprentice").
• Teldicia (A mysterious "elven" woman with unusual powers).
• Brother Rant (Another priest of Tyr and former international spy).

The Story So Far:

• Chapter 1: Arriving in New Phlan
• Day 1:
• Shaddup and Amara meet on a ship.
• Donovan, Lyra, and Gendry are introduced, and a party forms.
• Day 2:
• The ship lands in New Phlan.
• The party meets Amara's uncle for lunch.
• The party get their official "license" to be adventurers. (Woo politics and mundanity).
• The party heads into the Slums and gets in their first fight or two.
• The party faces off against a (small) acid-spitting dragon.
• The party finds a gate to the Nine Hells and Gendry gets killed.
• Lyra teleports back to town and meets Sister Winona,
• Donovan faces off against some kobolds and meets Frantiska and Hrud.
• The party reunites, deals with more paperwork, and Shaddup leaves the party.
• And everyone finally gets some sleep.
• Chapter 2: Handle with Care
• Day 3:
• The first "adventure" gets underway with the rescue of a girl in the Slums.
• The party goes shopping and stocks up on supplies for the road.
• The party meets Amara's father.
• The party unloads their unconscious rescuee and finally get on the road.
• The party does a drive-by of a creepy cemetery.
• The party investigates an old tower, fight some fish monsters, and find a lot of treasure.
• The party makes camp for the night and are scared witless by some undead.
• Day 4:
• The party fights about privacy rights.
• Lyra teleports back to town to do more shopping and Winona joins the party.
• Frantiska gets run over by a wagon and we meet Yamtwit.
• The party rescues Bo from some orcs and wake up covered with leeches.
• Day 5:
• The party stops to rest at Iniarv's Tower in the swamp and Frantiska leaves the party.
• Chapter 3: An Old Woman in Melvaunt
• Day 6:
• The party is ambushed by a large force of kobolds on the road.
• The party discusses how to save the old man's village from the kobold army.
• To Be Continued...

Now some statistics, mostly for my own benefit:

• First game post: 08/06/2013 (corrected from previous post)
• Runtime to date: 48 weeks
• In-game time elapsed:  5 days
• Total posts to date: 2289
• Average posts per week: 47.4
• Total Words:  129,610
• Combat Encounters: 10
• % Combat Encounters Involving Orcs: 40%
• Average combat duration: 3 rounds or 25 posts
• Average Party Level:  Still 1st level