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≫ WHAT'S UP WITH GATEWAY ROLEPLAY? ≪

  • We've been radio silent for a long time now. We posted an announcement in our Discord server back in April of 2025, but never updated the forums. So what's up with Gateway Roleplay?

    After 5 long years, we've decided to place the development of Ties That Bind on an indefinite hold.

    This doesn't mean it's cancelled. We fully intend to run Ties That Bind: What Lies Beneath and Ties That Bind: City of Angels eventually. But to do so, we need to take a step back. In the meantime, we'll be working on smaller, invite-only projects.

    Thank you to everyone who has stuck with us this long! MindGate and I (Pika) have been working on this server for over a decade now. It truly is a passion project for us.

Guide Production/Wants/Circle-of-Life System

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Production of a luxury product; (cigarettes, cigars, various forms of alcohol, or gourmet food) may attract the interest of a world faction, chief among them being the CPF. If you attract attention and the interest is there, a representative from the faction will arrive at your base of operations or while you are in public and attempt to negotiate a monthly contract with you, wherein you will receive an increment of CPF coinage for bulk delivery of your particular product. These terms will ultimately be yours to negotiate, and to fulfill (or not to fulfill).

For larger orders, you will no doubt need to recognize the circle of life regarding the system itself. You may have to contract a character with farming experience to produce a certain crop you need to produce the said product or hire on employees to aid with production and delivery to the agreed-upon point! This will all come down to you, personally, managing your money and creating a healthy business relationship with other characters.


Some examples;

  • Blacksmiths/Gunsmiths may be approached to fulfill an order of weaponry.
  • Brewers may be approached to sign-on and produce a batch of moonshine regularly exclusively for the CPF.
  • Chemists may be contracted by raider gangs to produce drugs for them, an illegal activity that may be sought out and crushed by player members of the CPF, but may no doubt be more profitable.
  • Journalists may be contracted by a news outlet within the CPF to write a story for them.

In addition, our new system should allow for added encounters with characters and opportunities for banditry; perhaps you could set up an elaborate method to rob a caravan and steal said product to sell on your own! This allows for limitless opportunities. I encourage you all to live out your fantasies, be what you want to be, and do what you want to do.
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