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[Parsely]

A mercantile based game where you must build up your medieval merchant empire from the ground up?

Could be. Not precisely what I'm looking for though.

[Fniff]

You are a refugee wandering through a wartorn country. Your entire home is in your backpack. Try not to get shot by rebel forces.

[Parsely]

You are a refugee wandering through a wartorn country. Your entire home is in your backpack. Try not to get shot by rebel forces.

Think comically huge backpack. A bit too serious.

[kj1225]

You're a wandering adventurer/merchant who has one of the highest carrying capacities in the world. You take advantage of that by killing gobbo fortresses with the things people trade with you for and taking all the stuff in it.

[Remuthra]

You are a traveling backpack salesman. Venture forth into remote corners of the world in search of people without carrying space you can gouge.

"Hm, isn't that sad? You have all that gold you found and nowhere to put it? Well, as I see it there are two options here. You can give half to me in exchange for a nice large bag, or you can leave and let it all be stolen before you get back."

[Fniff]

You are a refugee wandering through a wartorn country. Your entire home is in your backpack. Try not to get shot by rebel forces.

Think comically huge backpack. A bit too serious.

Good, actually, cos thinking about it, I rather like that idea and I needed to come up with a suggestion game idea.

[Furtuka]

I want to make a game about a person who has a giant backpack.

Spoiler: Like This (click to show/hide)

If someone can give me an idea for a story I'll make it.

You are on a journey to see the world! No wait, not just one world, to see all of the worlds! and you are going to keep souvenirs from everywhere you go, plenty of space in your backpack after all. This what you're gonna do, and nothing is going to stop you. But no matter what, you are going to have fun, because this is going to be the best vacation ever!

TLDR: Multiworld Madness but as a suggestion game starring a Twoflower esque relentlessly cheerful tourist.

[Parsely]

You're a wandering adventurer/merchant who has one of the highest carrying capacities in the world. You take advantage of that by killing gobbo fortresses with the things people trade with you for and taking all the stuff in it.

Possibly.

You are a traveling backpack salesman. Venture forth into remote corners of the world in search of people without carrying space you can gouge.

"Hm, isn't that sad? You have all that gold you found and nowhere to put it? Well, as I see it there are two options here. You can give half to me in exchange for a nice large bag, or you can leave and let it all be stolen before you get back."

Too evil. The man with the comically huge backpack shall be benevolent and adorable.

[Fniff]

Question. When making a multichoice backstory in a suggestion game, like LCS, which is better: specific answers you make up or just letting the players come up with their own stuff? I would prefer the latter, but one player tends to dominate the whole thing.

[Remuthra]

Question. When making a multichoice backstory in a suggestion game, like LCS, which is better: specific answers you make up or just letting the players come up with their own stuff? I would prefer the latter, but one player tends to dominate the whole thing.

The latter. If only one player has any good ideas, well that's democracy. Constraining the game to specific choices is damaging to its natural creative progression.

[Parsely]

..one player tends to dominate the whole thing.

That's one of the fatal flaws of suggestion games I feel. Plus its hard for me to get involved when its been going for a long time (lots of reeeaaadiinngg to catch up), unlike RTDs or other kinds of forum games. Dunno if anyone else feels the same way I do.

[kj1225]

..one player tends to dominate the whole thing.

That's one of the fatal flaws of suggestion games I feel. Plus its hard for me to get involved when its been going for a long time (lots of reeeaaadiinngg to catch up), unlike RTDs or other kinds of forum games. Dunno if anyone else feels the same way I do.

It depends. If you can figure out what has happened recently in like, the last five pages it's fine but otherwise it's a bit much.

[Remuthra]

Depends on the game. It has to show enough promise for the read. I read the whole of You Are a New God and Space Voyage, but those are particularly engaging.

[monk12]

You are a refugee wandering through a wartorn country. Your entire home is in your backpack. Try not to get shot by rebel forces.

Think comically huge backpack. A bit too serious.

You are a kobold. You are small and weak, and lack anything resembling combat abilities, but you DO have a big ol' backpack. Thieve anything and everything you can get at, which often involves using the items you've already looted in interesting or unintended ways. You could go really zany Bottomless Backpack with it and have players stuffing pieces of furniture in there, or you could have a size/weight limit and make the players make choices about item utility + value vs space.

[Remuthra]

You are a refugee wandering through a wartorn country. Your entire home is in your backpack. Try not to get shot by rebel forces.

Think comically huge backpack. A bit too serious.

You are an elf. You are small and weak, and lack anything resembling combat abilities, but you DO have a big ol' backpack. Thieve anything and everything you can get at, which often involves using the items you've already looted in interesting or unintended ways. You could go really zany Bottomless Backpack with it and have players stuffing pieces of furniture in there, or you could have a size/weight limit and make the players make choices about item utility + value vs space.

Fixed.