And I myself will be wearing pink taffeta as chenille would not go with my complexion.

Giles ,'Touched'


Gaming 1: You are likely to be eaten by a grue

A thread for the discussion of games: board, LARP, MMORPG, video, tabletop RPG, game theory etc. etc. and all attendant news, developments and ancillary subjects thereof, as well as coordinating/scheduling games either online or IRL. All are welcome to chime in, talk about their favorite games or learn about gaming of any sort.

PLEASE TO WHITEFONT SPOILERS for video games, RPG modules or anything for which foreknowledge of events might lessen one's enjoyment of whatever gaming experience.


Volans - Aug 17, 2015 1:52:09 pm PDT #24666 of 26133
move out and draw fire

That's so very cool! I'm wearing a LEAF fitness/lifetracker right now, which is jewelry that works with an app.

The Fibonacci nautilus would be a good visual representation, and pretty much all natural things grow according to the Fibonacci sequence, so games that sort jewelry designs into radial, alternating, whatever, and show how the sequence applies?

Let me ponder..


DavidS - Aug 17, 2015 2:42:07 pm PDT #24667 of 26133
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

The Fibonacci nautilus would be a good visual representation, and pretty much all natural things grow according to the Fibonacci sequence, so games that sort jewelry designs into radial, alternating, whatever, and show how the sequence applies?

Oooh!


Sean K - Aug 17, 2015 8:37:02 pm PDT #24668 of 26133
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

A music aspect would work very well with the fibonacci sequence as well. For an example of this in practice, see the Tool song Lateralus, which is largely based on the fibonacci sequence, both musically and lyrically (at least the meter of the lyrics, anyway).

Black
Then
White are
All I see
In my infancy
Red and yellow then came to me
Reaching out to me
Lets me see

There's many more levels to it, but that's enough to give you the idea.

Also, the chorus of the song is a measure of 9/8, followed by a measure of 8/8, followed by a measure of 7/8. The number 987 is the 16th number in the sequence.


Volans - Aug 18, 2015 6:32:04 am PDT #24669 of 26133
move out and draw fire

That's cool. I was actually thinking about Loom (the game) and this, and somehow using the jewelry to activate or play music, or add new musical sequences to your inventory.

Hec, are you looking for a game for the pitch, but not as part of the actual toy when it's marketed? Or are you looking for something that could be the actual play, but is used as as example for the pitch?

Also, Rule #1 of Game Design is: what behavior do you want to incentivize?

  • Physically making jewelry
  • Buying pre-made pieces
  • Learning to code
  • Learning math theory
  • Playing cooperatively
  • Playing competitively
  • In-game purchases
  • Recruiting friends to buy the toy


Volans - Aug 19, 2015 6:02:01 pm PDT #24670 of 26133
move out and draw fire

Insent a longer letter - if you need/want help fleshing out a game, let me know!


DavidS - Aug 19, 2015 6:03:49 pm PDT #24671 of 26133
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

That's super helpful, Raq.


billytea - Aug 22, 2015 5:49:31 am PDT #24672 of 26133
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

RftG

Heads up, we'll probably start up the second game in a day or so. There's room for one more if anyone wants to sign up; if not, we'll go ahead with three.


Laga - Aug 22, 2015 9:20:09 am PDT #24673 of 26133
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

RftG

I'll give it a shot. er.. prepare for launch.


Connie Neil - Aug 22, 2015 9:24:36 am PDT #24674 of 26133
brillig

RftG

I'll be curious to see if I can go Evil Empire again.


billytea - Aug 22, 2015 11:16:40 pm PDT #24675 of 26133
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

RftG

We are almost ready to start! Our players for this game are:

  • omnis_audis
  • Connie Neil
  • chrismg
  • Laga

I've shuffled and dealt out the starting worlds; this game, we have:

Epsilon Eridani: chrismg
Alpha Centauri: omnis
New Sparta: Laga
Earth's Lost Colony: Connie Neil

Two questions. First, in the first game I referred to players by their board name. Would anyone prefer I used a different moniker? Second, in the Round summaries, I show everyone's layout value and the VPs they've earned through consumption. There's one last piece to the score, namely the value of 6-cost developments. I've set things up to calculate that automatically (to make my life easier). Do you want me to include that running total in the Round summaries as well? If I do, then it becomes very easy to work out everyone's scores at any point.

In the meantime, I'll send everyone their starting hand. We are using the predetermined starting hands again, which can be seen here: [link] You can look at that to see what everyone else has in their hand if you wish. Once all the cards have gone out, we can begin!