Topic: 3J Forum Game? (Read 36100 times)

BerkaZerka · « **on:** July 29, 2016, 05:44:05 pm »

Quote from: 3J on July 29, 2016, 03:00:44 pm

http://chooseyourstory.com/forums/forum-games/message/20163#708265 <- That might interest some of you.

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Hi all,

I'm off on a road-trip for the weekend but I've got the framework for a new forum game worked out. I'm not ready to commit for an installment of Continent or Commander, but this forum game will divide users into teams and then pit them against each other. It will be a game of strategy and planning, with plenty of opportunities for devious back-stabs and ruthless plays. While your success will greatly depend on how well your team does, in the end, there will be only one winner.

3J

I think I'll likely host it here.

It will be a somewhat (but not extremely) complex game with enough rules to provide a framework for multiple successful strategies, and the thing I'm most excited about is the teamwork aspect that will have to devolve to individual interest at some point. I'm really excited to see what kind of deals will be made and then subsequently broken.

Oh, there will also be a roleplay element with real in-game impact, but it won't be the focus of the game.

King Playa · « **Reply #1 on:** July 29, 2016, 06:20:59 pm »

How in depth will it be? I don't have a computer or laptop, so would I feasibly be able to compete using only my phone?

TheConqueror · « **Reply #2 on:** July 30, 2016, 11:52:20 pm »

I'd really love to join in a famous JJJ game, so if anymore information is available it'd be appreciated.

3J · « **Reply #3 on:** August 02, 2016, 02:14:47 am »

Horrible traffic and just got back to Canada! I will post more information tomorrow, sorry for the delay.

Arthesul · « **Reply #4 on:** August 02, 2016, 11:02:58 am »

Time to get out your hype trombones!

Malkalack · « **Reply #5 on:** August 02, 2016, 03:36:23 pm »

Cool beans. I'd love to play.

Morgan_R · « **Reply #6 on:** August 02, 2016, 06:35:57 pm »

Potentially interested. Also, welcome back. ^_^

3J · « **Reply #7 on:** August 02, 2016, 09:29:17 pm »

Here's the link to the sign-up thread: http://chooseyourstory.com/forums/forum-games/message/20180#708839

The more the merrier! Let me know if you have any questions!

Not Aman · « **Reply #8 on:** August 02, 2016, 09:51:25 pm »

Man I am way overextended, but this game looks awesome 3J ha ha

3J · « **Reply #9 on:** August 02, 2016, 09:53:38 pm »

Quote from: Aman on August 02, 2016, 09:51:25 pm

Man I am way overextended, but this game looks awesome 3J ha ha

Hoping it will be! You're more than welcome to play if you find time!

King Playa · « **Reply #10 on:** August 03, 2016, 01:24:01 am »

Oh, am I so down!

mizal · « **Reply #11 on:** August 03, 2016, 09:51:27 am »

Just had a read over the rules, this is going to be fun.

Going to be getting a lot of overtime the next couple of weeks, but I'll figure out some way to participate.

3J · « **Reply #12 on:** August 03, 2016, 10:22:59 am »

Quote from: mizal on August 03, 2016, 09:51:27 am

Just had a read over the rules, this is going to be fun.

Going to be getting a lot of overtime the next couple of weeks, but I'll figure out some way to participate.

Works for me -- really glad to have you! Let me know if you find any ambiguities in the rules.

3J · « **Reply #13 on:** August 03, 2016, 10:36:19 am »

Cleaned up a couple sections of the rulebook and added this rule to Miscellaneous Rules:

"You can send money to any other Politician at any time in a round so long as its after the Presidential election. However, if you send money to a Politician not in your own party, it will be added as a minor controversy to your list of controversies."

BerkaZerka · « **Reply #14 on:** August 03, 2016, 02:38:39 pm »

Let me know when you are ready for a game board.

3J · « **Reply #15 on:** August 03, 2016, 02:41:09 pm »

Quote from: BerkaZerka on August 03, 2016, 02:38:39 pm

Let me know when you are ready for a game board.

Any time you get a free moment! The way I'm envisioning this is:

A main Politician board with a sub-board for each political party. I don't yet know how many parties there will be or what their names are though, so the sub-boards will have to wait.

BerkaZerka · « **Reply #16 on:** August 03, 2016, 02:45:45 pm »

OK, do you need a Hidden GM Board for your notes or the like?

3J · « **Reply #17 on:** August 03, 2016, 02:50:52 pm »

Quote from: BerkaZerka on August 03, 2016, 02:45:45 pm

OK, do you need a Hidden GM Board for your notes or the like?

No, the nature of this game means virtually all of my notes are going to be in table-form, so I'll just keep them in a spreadsheet. Thanks for the offer!

BerkaZerka · « **Reply #18 on:** August 03, 2016, 02:52:08 pm »

All right then - Your Game Board is here ---> http://www.bountyheadbebop.com/forum/index.php?board=171.0

3J · « **Reply #19 on:** August 03, 2016, 03:02:30 pm »

Thanks so much, BZ!

BerkaZerka · « **Reply #20 on:** August 03, 2016, 05:06:34 pm »

My pleasure!

Might also be a good idea to throw down an OOC thread in your board 3J, so that now folks know about it, they can chat/discuss it there.

3J · « **Reply #21 on:** August 03, 2016, 05:07:47 pm »

Quote from: BerkaZerka on August 03, 2016, 05:06:34 pm

Might be a good idea to throw down an OOC thread in your board 3J, so that now folks know about it, they can chat/discuss it there.

I definitely will once the game starts, but I want to keep all of the chatter here or in the CYS thread until the game starts, so that I don't have an additional place to monitor. Do you think there are a number of BHB players who might be interested but haven't seen it?

BerkaZerka · « **Reply #22 on:** August 03, 2016, 05:11:15 pm »

I think Daedalus would join, when he gets back from his drinking holiday sometime this weekend?

3J · « **Reply #23 on:** August 03, 2016, 05:11:51 pm »

Quote from: BerkaZerka on August 03, 2016, 05:11:15 pm

I think Daedalus would join, when he gets back from his drinking holiday sometime this weekend?

Drinking holiday? Damn! I'll send him a PM and he can join when he gets back. Thanks for the heads up.

3J · « **Reply #24 on:** August 03, 2016, 10:10:41 pm »

Information on the world: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VUcy81luXn72jGPpGvtsyNCND3V4qvrgMgYdUbKygCY/edit?usp=sharing. I will post information on the Topran states as soon as I can.

3J · « **Reply #25 on:** August 03, 2016, 10:35:24 pm »

Hey Berka,

How inconvenient is it to make boards and set board restrictions?

Ideally, we could start getting the sub-boards out before the teams are finalized (once a team has 5 players) so that they can chat and discuss adding more players, but if we do it that way, then you'll have to be semi-frequently adding people to boards and adding new boards, up until the game starts. If that's too inconvenient, then I can try to get teams to be really finalized before having boards created. The downside is that it's a semi-difficult process to organize via PM.

Arthesul · « **Reply #26 on:** August 03, 2016, 10:37:52 pm »

Are we to assume that similar specific historical-political events happened over the course of this world's history?
I.E. There were a lot of singular glorified and vilified world leaders coming out of WWII, there was alternate-universe weed, alien-earth-monster sex and slightly different Beatles during the Proxy War? Or did different things happen entirely? I had a bizarrely specific idea for a controversey that involves an IRL parallel to history.

3J · « **Reply #27 on:** August 03, 2016, 10:49:55 pm »

Quote from: Arthesul on August 03, 2016, 10:37:52 pm

Are we to assume that similar specific historical-political events happened over the course of this world's history?
I.E. There were a lot of singular glorified and vilified world leaders coming out of WWII, there was alternate-universe weed, alien-earth-monster sex and slightly different Beatles during the Proxy War? Or did different things happen entirely? I had a bizarrely specific idea for a controversey that involves an IRL parallel to history.

I think it will have to be on a case by case basis, unfortunately, but for the most part, we can just basically assume that if it happened on Earth it probably happened here in some form. PM me if you want to ask about a specific controversy!

BerkaZerka · « **Reply #28 on:** August 04, 2016, 09:28:36 am »

Quote from: 3J on August 03, 2016, 10:35:24 pm

Hey Berka,

How inconvenient is it to make boards and set board restrictions?

Ideally, we could start getting the sub-boards out before the teams are finalized (once a team has 5 players) so that they can chat and discuss adding more players, but if we do it that way, then you'll have to be semi-frequently adding people to boards and adding new boards, up until the game starts. If that's too inconvenient, then I can try to get teams to be really finalized before having boards created. The downside is that it's a semi-difficult process to organize via PM.

Adding Boards is easy. Creating a private member-group is more entailed, but once it is done, it's very easy to add/remove members to/from it.

If I understand you correctly, you would be looking for each Team to have its own board that only members and guests of that Team can see?

If so, I wouldn't need a finalization of who would be on the teams, but I would need a finalized list of teams/member-groups to create.

3J · « **Reply #29 on:** August 04, 2016, 09:41:13 am »

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If I understand you correctly, you would be looking for each Team to have its own board that only members and guests of that Team can see?

Exactly!

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If so, I wouldn't need a finalization of who would be on the teams, but I would need a finalized list of teams/member-groups to create.

So, essentially, you need to know how many teams there will be, and what the names of those teams are? Right on, I'll make sure I get that to you when I have that info.

BerkaZerka · « **Reply #30 on:** August 04, 2016, 09:49:09 am »

Yeah, that will work.

3J · « **Reply #31 on:** August 04, 2016, 05:06:26 pm »

I have updated the cheatsheet with a couple more important links.

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