Fleshmancy 3
Long ago your ancestors lived deep beneath the earth, eking out poor and harsh lives in the strange and mysterious caverns beneath the world. Several died on wonderful adventures which left their journeys wholly unfinished. Yet in time, one by one, they explored the caverns. Through sheer attrition, they Lost Tribe discovered which caverns were deadly, and which were safe. This went on for hundreds of years, but eventually, a way to the surface was discovered. The Lost Tribe rejoiced and made their way to the surface where they crafted wonderful meatcastles where they would live on happily forever. Spreading across the land, the Lost Tribe was lost no more and would live happily ever after...Until one day much much sooner than happily ever after, a great evil cursed the land!
The Darkness of the caverns followed the Lost Tribe out of the caverns and spread itself across the sky, casting it into eternal gloom. With no sunlight their crops withered and their newish way of life was certainly doomed by the gloom. In these dark times, the Lost Tribe turned to the only semblance of heros that they had ever known, the Fleshmancers. As Darkness spread across the lands, strange monsters appeared and crept across the horizon. They were hungry. They were angry. They wanted your beloved meatcastles! You must defend the lands at all costs and survive until morning!
Fleshmancy 3 departs from the traditional ISG format of the Fleshmancy games. Instead it is something new, strange, and twisted. There are several regions which must be defended against the encroaching monsters. Combining a mix of theoretical tower defense, rpg, and arms-race games, Fleshmancy 3 is definitely a weird game.
The Game:
The game is measured in Nights, which is a terrible unit of measurement since there really is no day. Each Night is approximately one year long. Each night monsters will assault the Meat Castles of your kingdoms and you must use your fleshmancy to create defenses, heros, and monsters of your own to fight off the horrible and mysterious scourge which seeks to eat your home. Players must work together to decide their course of action, and how to best defend the various meat castles. If a meat castle falls, it can never be regained and that area and all of its benefits are lost.
The Arftifacts:
The Seemingly Endless Pile of Flesh: Your nation's greatest treasure! A vast and totally not even a little bit smelly or disgusting wad of flesh which constantly regenerates and provides your fleshmancers with a supply of flesh. Each turn each meatcastle will produce a supply of 100 meat which can be used in the defense of that meat castle, or sent to reinforce another meat castle.
The Bone Furnace: A strange and mysterious forge which spouts blue flames from a skull-like smithery. Using this this bone furnace can turn meat into bone in a 2 to one ratio. The chewing and sucking sounds this artifact makes during this process are melodic in a gut wrenching sort of way.
The Organ Sage: Considered outcasts among most traditional fleshmancers, yet gifted fleshmancers who serve a vital role in the craft, each meat castle has a Court Organ Sage which is capable of answering questions about the process of Fleshmancy and can craft various organs for the war effort.
The Game:
Each Night will consist of an Assault, a research, and a preparation phase. These are fairly standard and simplified arms-race like turns. When not being assaulted you tend to Flesh Pile, gather resources, and reinforce your armies and defenses. During the assault, you will see how your preparations fared against your mysterious attackers. There will be five meatcastles, though there are several surrounding areas which may also be attacked by monsters or used to gather resources. Each player will be allowed to use their resources however they see fit, defending their home castle or aiding others. You will find that teamwork will not always be the best option, for if a Meatcastle falls, all who currently reside in that meat castle
will be eliminated from the game.
The Map:
If you have any questions or are interested in playing, just post below. The map, and the various meat castles will be coming soon. If anyone has any interest in writing up a bit about a meatcastle and having it be one of the one's in game, please feel free to do so.
Author
Topic: Fleshmancy 3: Meatcastles (Read 8528 times)