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[FallacyofUrist]

Fists Race seems to have died out, unfortunately.

I'm reconsidering my Arms Race subject. I'm thinking a Mad Science Race, where every player can submit their own design, but teamwork works much better in every way than individual submissions.

[Tyrant Leviathan]

Oh I would love that. Team work for better results but everyone submits something so like two nations having it out and they hire mad scientist cabals?

[RoseHeart]

After thinking about Pantheon for a bit, I'm considering running a god game where players only use cards. Basic idea follows.

Sounds like a very good idea. But I would go more of a TCG route and have specific cards like meteor or flood, and you can combine certain cards or stack cards for greater effects.

[FallacyofUrist]

Oh I would love that. Team work for better results but everyone submits something so like two nations having it out and they hire mad scientist cabals?

Something like that.

There are still two teams, but each player has a design of their own. Each player can design something, but they can combine and collaborate designs for better, faster, and more reliable results.

One possible addition to this is within-team competition. The mad scientists want to get the most budget that they possibly can, so they all try to provide the best designs to headquarters... and try to stop the others from doing so.

Headquarters allots budget to each scientist based on how effective that scientists designs were in battle. While each scientist has a minimum budget that they can't go under, people are still going to try to get the best budget.

Scientists may submit actions in secret...

The main problem with this compared to a more traditional arms race is managing all the players. Unlike a traditional arms race, there would have to be a player limit.

[Tyrant Leviathan]

Of course. And when that happens I want in.

[Kadzar]

Speaking of arms race, did I ever share here my idea of a culture race?

Basically, the idea is that you start with two teams with identical stone age technology, and players work at developing not only military technology, but the art and beliefs and traditions and suchlike that define their civilization.

To encourage players to focus on things other than military development, there could be a way to win the game other than military conquest (like in Civilization) and/or teams would get an extra design phase (and possibly revision) that can't be used for making weapons (or there could be multiple design categories and design phases, but you couldn't do the same design type more that once).

Also, since the idea was inspired by Wands Race, and how the two teams had wildly divergent cultures by the end, I was thinking that there could be a magic component, possibly something rudimentary to start with, and maybe with no discernible cause, just a few people with powers that it's up to the players to determine the source of (maybe it's innate, maybe it's bestowed by gods or spirits, maybe caused by some runes they found, etc.)

I don't know about the best way to handle mechanics, and I probably wouldn't have the time to run it myself, but I figured I might as well put the idea out there.

[Supernerd]

A thought occurs. Who would be interested in playing a forum game version of Blood Bowl?

[FallacyofUrist]

Me. Especially if the players can design their own races.

[Supernerd]

Obviously I would let players design their own races. If it weren't for customization, forum games would be inferior to video games in every way.

[Tyrant Leviathan]

Speaking of arms race, did I ever share here my idea of a culture race?

Basically, the idea is that you start with two teams with identical stone age technology, and players work at developing not only military technology, but the art and beliefs and traditions and suchlike that define their civilization.

To encourage players to focus on things other than military development, there could be a way to win the game other than military conquest (like in Civilization) and/or teams would get an extra design phase (and possibly revision) that can't be used for making weapons (or there could be multiple design categories and design phases, but you couldn't do the same design type more that once).

Also, since the idea was inspired by Wands Race, and how the two teams had wildly divergent cultures by the end, I was thinking that there could be a magic component, possibly something rudimentary to start with, and maybe with no discernible cause, just a few people with powers that it's up to the players to determine the source of (maybe it's innate, maybe it's bestowed by gods or spirits, maybe caused by some runes they found, etc.)

I don't know about the best way to handle mechanics, and I probably wouldn't have the time to run it myself, but I figured I might as well put the idea out there.

Oh hell yes!!!!

[OceanSoul]

Obviously I would let players design their own races. If it weren't for customization, forum games would be inferior to video games in every way.

There's also the relatively cheap cost, the ease of multiplayer, the innate method of communication with others that can foster a different kind of community...

Anyway, I definitely support making this. I'm not so sure about completely customizing races; they should be at least based on the pre-existing races statistic-wise, with an allotment new abilities or such. But hey, that's just my opinion.

[RoseHeart]

There aren't too many video games, where the game creator is handcrafting the experience for the players Within a 24 hour or less time loop.

[Supernerd]

Hmm... For some reason I am now thinking of a "magical girl" themed version of Blood Bowl. That's what the people in this forum want right?

[ATHATH]

Hmm... For some reason I am now thinking of a "magical girl" themed version of Blood Bowl. That's what the people in this forum want right?

pls no

Note that I'm not opposed to making a forum-based version of Blood Bowl, I'm just opposed to a magical girl-themed Blood Bowl.

I mean, you could host it if you wanted to (without any (more) negative comments from me about it), but I wouldn't participate in it.

[Supernerd]

I guess they can't all be good ideas.

What are your thoughts on... Blood Bowl Arms Race?