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[Gargantuan]

Hi. Loong time lurker and idea brewer, decided to take a chance at doing an ISG ( be gentle).  My initial premise is in the title, a very low fantasy version of xcom, except replacing the XENOS with things that go bump in the night.

My initial plan is to start small ( controlling very few characters  ) before expanding out into full on xcom-iness

Also would you be partial to random genned characters for max !FUN! ?
So yeah that's my wimpy opening. Hopefully I can drum up some interest

[Squeegy]

What format would you be doing it in? I assume it'd have to have graphics, or it wouldn't be very XCOMmy.

[Gargantuan]

Sadly no graphics, I am no artist, so it will be in text based updates

[TCM]

Sounds cool! :3

[Squeegy]

Well, I guess it would blend right in with the rest of the games here...

If you'd like to put a little more effort into it, though, might I recommend at least using an ASCII art tool, for that Dwarf Fortess feel?

[Fr0stByt3]

I'll join in this madness.

[alamoes]

It depends, is this a suggestion game?  Because I already have a character an x-com like game.  I will be watching though. 

[Gamerboy4life]

Well, I guess it would blend right in with the rest of the games here...

If you'd like to put a little more effort into it, though, might I recommend at least using an ASCII art tool, for that Dwarf Fortess feel?

Like X@COM? It's an ascii-based X-com.

OP, check it out, you could probably use something like what they do.

[Squeegy]

Also, heads up, an X-COM-like game would probably be a lot of work. From my own experience I can tell you that running a strategy, turn-based game with any kind of real game mechanics is a hellish nightmare of a timesink.

[Gargantuan]

Alright So I have some interest. To be clear, just the premise is similar to X-COM, I could of said MiB with monsters and low fantasy, but I just like X-COM that much more, It will be more rpg-ish, without a whole lot of upfront number crunching

[Fr0stByt3]

Oooh, We're the MMiB:
Medieval Men in Black.

[Kestrel_6]

I'll join.

[Xantalos]

I approve of this and wish to join up in the endeavor.

[kaian-a-coel]

This immediatly made me think of good old warhammer 40k. One primarch (I think it's the dark angel one, Lion el'Johnson) has crash landed as a baby on a monster-infested, medieval-tech level planet, grew up, joined an organisation of monster-killing crusaders and cleansed everything with sword and lance.
I am interested.

[alamoes]

Also, heads up, an X-COM-like game would probably be a lot of work. From my own experience I can tell you that running a strategy, turn-based game with any kind of real game mechanics is a hellish nightmare of a timesink.

I can vouch for that.  Even one without mechanics is hard to do.