'The Message'
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.
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PANDEMIC
A cure for the Blue Fever is discovered and Mumbai is cleared of zombies right before a new research center is constructed.
After accomplishing a whole lot in a short time, the Operations Expert draws Kolkata (Black) and Hong Kong (Red).
Meanwhile, Blue Fever spreads in Atlanta, putting it on the brink and the Red Death infects more of Hong Kong, putting it on the brink as well.
The situation:
I feel I should do something about all the Red Death around me. If I'm lucky, I might pick up a red card and be ready to distribute some Red Death knowledge.
PANDEMIC
I feel I should do something about all the Red Death around me. If I'm lucky, I might pick up a red card and be ready to distribute some Red Death knowledge.
Agreed
PANDEMIC
That is indeed a lot of Red Death. I think it's a good plan. Maybe then the Medic can bounce around the Blue research stations, clean them out. Could finish in either Chicago or Algiers for maximum curage. Even San Fran if it'd be good to finish close to the Researcher.
PANDEMIC
Sounds good, but let''s see what happens at the end of this turn....
PANDEMIC
Depending on what happens this turn, I might go for eradicating black.
PANDEMIC
Depending on what happens this turn, I might go for eradicating black.
Ooh, that's achievable, isn't it? Yes, if we don't draw any more Black this turn, that's worth considering.
General random question: a friend of mine is creating a "conspiracy theory" game, which has the players being rewarded for critical thinking, for evidence-based assessment, and/or for being influential.
He says: "It’s adult (like poker is adult - there’s are overt and covert aspects) and pretty abstract (no game board or pieces - people sharing or concealing evidence and trying to argue each other to adopt or deny theories - scenarios are proxies for real or imagined historical conspiracy beliefs)"
He's doing his research to see what's already out there. I suggested Werewolf/Secret Hitler, Illuminati, and BSG, but while those all meet the actions and behaviors they aren't really about conspiracy theories, which are usually multi-threaded and false.
Any thoughts?
I'm not sure if- it'd be directly applicable, but I think there was a game put out a decade or so ago, Android. It's based around solving a murder. There's also apparently an actual conspiracy that one is trying to uncover, but the main thing that brought it to mind is that you're not really trying to solve the murder. Rather you have a suspect in mind and you're trying to 'prove' it was them, regardless of whether it really was. (I think the conspiracy theory aspect works similarly.)
I haven't played it myself, and overall it's certainly a very different beast; but its notions of the truth being not what is but what you can make plausible, and what you want to make plausible being what benefits you, could have some application.
Oh, that sounds likely! Thanks!
(I also just added Paranoia and Dead of Winter to my list for him).