I have like a quarter of a concept for a tabletop game
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I have like a quarter of a concept for a tabletop game
I have like a quarter of a concept for a tabletop game
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Inspired by the sci-fi novel Hyperion
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an abstract storygame about a group of people on a journey to visit the devil
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the following things are known to be true at the start of the game:
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- At the end of the road, they will meet the devil.
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- The devil will grant any who reaches it one wish
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- Only one of them will make it to the end of the road alive
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The game plays in rounds
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in each round, each character takes the spotlight once
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they can use it to reveal something about their past, or what they're wishing for, or how they got here
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then, at the end of the round, one of them dies
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the method of their death is up to them
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the devil does not just show up and kill everyone one by one like a slasher villain
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the certain truth is not that the devil will kill all but one of them, just that all but one of them will die
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this is how it always happens
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all details of the world, including tech level and laws of reality, are left unclear at the start, and only filled in as characters start expanding their stories and the world they take place in
Uncle Royd
/quietly singing the Wonderful Wizard of Oz off to one side
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when only one character is left alive, they meet the devil
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the devil is played by whoever died first
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I don't know what happens then
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perhaps the rules have no sway over it
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and the story's resolution is determined entirely by the last player and the devil
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the game has no GM
Uncle Royd
I imagine it has to do with what that character's story is
Uncle Royd
This sounds wild though
Uncle Royd
How do you determine who dies? Is it just luck of the draw?
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I'm not sure
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part of the inspiration was a very different game Dragomorph found on 
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about a group of adventurers getting killed one by one in a battle with a giant spider
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all your moves are things like revealing your tragic backstory and the promises you made before the battle and shit
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and every single character absolutely dies
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there is no game mechanic allowing anyone to not be killed by the giant spider
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this sounds dope ngl
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I think each turn is one night
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and each person asks one question to another player, off a list
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things like
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- What are you going to ask of the devil?
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- When did you meet the devil once before?
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- What did you lose that drove you to seek out the devil?
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- Who among us are you keeping a secret from?
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Some characters might be disinclined to answer such questions, but
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there's something about a campfire in the final days of this journey
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that makes secrets slip to the surface
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perhaps it's the fact that most of you will be dead soon
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perhaps it's the devil's influence
Echo
Shit, I like it.