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[IcyTea31]

One Thousand Blank White Strings of Data

Coming soon to a forum near you

How about a card game where the cards are blank, ready for the players to fill out? Think Nomic or Calvinball, but with less and more defined rules, respectively. This game is usually hard to play over the Internet, but I have my solution. The rules for my version are as follows:

• Any rule, including this one, may be overruled by a card.
• Each player holds three cards not visible to others in their hand.
• The deck holds all cards admitted in by the GM, and some blank cards, to a ratio of 5:1, excluding cards in the players' hands.
• Rules and/or other text may be written on a blank card at any time. If the card is still blank when it is played, it has no effect.
• Each turn, each player plays one card by either PMing the GM or by openly posting about it, then draws one from the deck. Then, the played cards resolve their effects simultaneously, then they are placed on the bottom of the deck.
• The first person to win, wins. If multiple players win on the same turn, all players who won, win.

Rule outside of rules, completely immutable: Any card can only have an effect within the game. Rule #1, for example, does NOT allow you to break the forum or board rules and/or guidelines.

Now, in this thread I want to hear how interested people are in playing, and maybe make some cards. I'd like to receive most submissions by PM to keep the players (of which there will be around 6 per round, to keep it all organized) on their toes, but feel free to post them instead. A card should have a preferably humorous title and some rules text; other than that, anything goes, though I reserve the right to reject any card submissions.

Any comments/opinions/compliments/ideas/critique/blatant insults?

[Varee]

How do you win this? Write on a card "you win"?

[PrivateNomad]

Write a card that lets you steal a card when it is played.

[IcyTea31]

How do you win this? Write on a card "you win"?

For example, but that would be rather boring. Winning a game like this is quite arbitrary and only for bragging rights. Winning with a single card with as many as two words isn't much to brag about. Or, someone might even...

Write a card that lets you steal a card when it is played.

[Varee]

Sound cool how many card do we/should we summit?

[IcyTea31]

Sound cool how many card do we/should we summit?

The more the merrier. As many as you have creativity/work ethic/want for.

[High tyrol]

I'll play

[FallacyofUrist]

Interested. I'll submit a few cards.

[Urist Arrhenius]

Has cards.

Spoiler: Curator (click to show/hide)

The player of this card determines a subject, at which point all players must submit a set of five images (SFW, not necessarily OC, give credit), with original titles and blurbs, as would be found in a museum. The players then cast votes for the best collection, but cannot vote for themselves. The winner is given the title "the Curator" and 500 points.

Spoiler: Disciple of Armok (click to show/hide)

In order of turns, beginning with the player of this card. Each person must say something in Dwarf Fort which they have done (something steroetypically dwarfy), and anyone who has not accomplished that forfeits the play for this card. Every time people go out, all remaining players earn 50 points per player beaten. The person who wins the contest gets the title "Disciple of Armok" and 100 extra points.

Spoiler: Forumite (click to show/hide)

The person who plays this card gets 50 points times their current post per day stat, and earns the title "the Forumite."

Spoiler: Lurker (click to show/hide)

Playing this card grants the title "the Lurker." This conveys the ability to take 100 points instead of participating in any minigames. The Lurker may not be Challenged.

Spoiler: Challenge (click to show/hide)

Any title possessed by another player may be challenged, which consists of playing the original card as written. All players participate. The title is stripped from the previous owner unless they win again.

[Tawa]

I'll bite. One sec.

[Peradon]

So, we submit cards via PM, or here?

[FallacyofUrist]

From what I've gathered either via PM or here, although PM is probably better for clutter purposes.

[IcyTea31]

Honestly, I had already given up on this due to lack of interest, but there seems to be enough players for a game. I think I still have the files somewhere; feel free to join in and/or make some cards.

[Peradon]

I'm not good at making rules, but I'll play anyway....

[Furtuka]

So just to make sure, this is texts instead of pictures? I still have some old card pics lying around from previous iterations of the game but I can alter them if that's the case.