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[RoseHeart]

This is The Grid, a forum game where you control a random unit from a number of classic grid games. This is a cross-forum free for all!

The List
Suggestions are welcome, but depending on how familiar I am with it / how much learning is required a game may be delay, substituted, or denied. (prioritizing boardgames right now)

• Battle Hunter
• Battleship: The Classic Naval Combat Game
• Checkers
• Chess
• Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
• Fire Emblem 7
• Frogger
• Into the Breach
• Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red/Blue Rescue Team
• Snake
• XCOM: Enemy Unknown

Requested/Under review:

• • Civilization III

Hall of Fame
Game 1: ArchimedesWojak (Snake)
Game 2: a1s (Knight) - Accrovideogames (Troubadour)

Core Rules

Spoiler: Introduction (click to show/hide)

Introduction

Units are inspired by or taken from other grid-based games. You can suggest additions and if I am reasonably familiar with it, then it will be added to the list of games.


Rules

If one player is considerably slower than the others, they may be removed or replaced so the others can play at a reasonable pace.

Details will be sent to you by pm. Post your actions in a spoiler. DO NOT LOOK at anyone else's spoiler.

You can't automate your turn in reference to someone else's.

Spoiler: Overview (click to show/hide)

Unit balance will focus on being faithful but fitting the scale and simplified gameplay of this game. Join to receive a random unit.

There is no promise this will be a fair fight. First to 5 points wins!

Order of Play

Turn Order:
Melee Phase
Move Phase
Ranged Phase

Highest Initiative Goes first.

Mechanics

Ranged attacks aim at the target unit's current location, unless you declare somewhere else.

Goal

Elimination/King of the Hill

You win when either:
• All opponents are destroyed/surrender
• You obtain 5 points

If two or more players get to 5 points at the same time, the game will go into overtime (unless they ally)

Spoiler: The Grid (click to show/hide)

The Grid

The Grid points are represented by '◇' though you can refer to each point by the following:

A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6
B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B6
C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6
D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 D6
E1 E2 E3 E4 E5 E6
F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6

Spoiler: Unlisted Grid Games (click to show/hide)

Noteworthy grid-games I can't use as easily for some reason.

(No units)
Tic Tac Toe, Connect 4, Tetris, Dot Game, Hop Scotch, Maze, 4 square, Reversi, Othello, Sudoku, Scrabble, Crossword Puzzle
DM note: This copy has phase renames. Considered Changes: Greatest movement goes first, initiative is a secondary to break ties.

Waitlist
Players that earned points from kills (+2 ea) or ending a turn in the goal zone (+1 ea) can spend them to nullify games from the list when rolling their character.

• Secretdorf
• ArchimedesWojak (5 point)
• -

[Screech9791]

In, time to get slaughtered 2 turns in because of <INSERT REASON HERE>

Edit: This prediction came true, down to the turn I predicted I'd lose.

[Glass]

Screw it, I'll take a unit.

Can we add XCOM to the list?

[ArchimedesWojak]

I'm in

I've got a good feeling about this despite not knowing how this works

[Screech9791]

fuck it why not add brikwars to the list, too

[RoseHeart]

--> ◆⬙⬘⬗⬖ <--

Do these appear the same size for everyone? Are all 5 symbols visible?

[ArchimedesWojak]

Yes

[Glass]

I can indeed see all five characters, and they do appear to be of the same size.

I believe that teletype is also monospace,
So if you're worried about equal spacing,
You can just use this. It'll keep it even.

(It's the typewriter button in the options. (tt)(/tt), but with brackets.)

[a1s]

They are pretty small, how about a larger font size?
Also in.

[Glass]

Larger teletype is indeed an option.

[Screech9791]

^{what about smaller teletype}

[RoseHeart]

What about my post that already used teletype?

--> [tt]◆⬙⬘⬗⬖[/tt] <--

We'll start with 3.

• a1s added to replacements/waitlist.
• 0cratroper, because you ghosted or abandoned the last couple games of mine, I am going to require that you post your turn within 24 hours to not be replaced. If you get through 5 turns this requirement will be lifted.

Thank you for your patience. We'll start when I finish with the units.

[RoseHeart]

Prologue

Once every so often, the barrier between realities grows thin. Just as it is now. The grid takes the shape of these other realities, as a river and hill take shape. Bridges appear. An apple falls to the ground...

Atlas - Game 1
◇ ◇ ◇ ◇ ◇ ◇
◇ ◇ ◇ ◇ ◆ ◇
◇ ◇ ◇ ◇ ◆ ◇
◇ ◇ ◇ ◇ ◆ ◇
◇ ◇ ◇ ◇ ◆ ◇
◇ ◇ ◇ ◇ ◇ ◇

Legend:

• Goal Zone[C3, C4, D3, D4]: End your turn here to gain 1 point.
• River[B5-E5]/Bridges[A5, F5]: The river cannot be crossed, except at either bridge.
• Hill[A4, B3, B4]: Moving onto a hill costs an additional space of movement, but not again when moving between hill tiles.

Your Units are:

• ◆ 0cra_tr0per: Nu Mou White Mage (FFTA)
• ◆ Glass: Nomad Trooper (FE7)
• ◆ ArchimedesWojak: Snake (Snake)

If one player is considerably slower than the others, they may be removed or replaced so the others can play at a reasonable pace.

Details are being sent to you by pm. Post your actions in a spoiler. DO NOT LOOK at anyone else's spoiler.

Note: There's some wacky irony going on. There are Hills, but those don't give you points. It's just a coincidence. Only the goal Zone does.

First to 5 points wins! Ties go into overtime!


Game Start!

◇ ◇ ⬙ ◇ ◇ ◇
◇ ◇ ◇ ◇ ◆ ◇
◇ ◇ ◇ ◇ ◆ ◇
◇ ◇ ◇ ◇ ◆ ◆
◆ ◇ ◇ ◈ ◆ ◇
⬘ ◇ ◇ ◇ ◇ ◇

[Glass]

Spoiler: Action (click to show/hide)

Move to the snake's food.

[RoseHeart]

Shoot. Some of my notes didn't make it into the update and I didn't notice. (Glass can change their move)

Turn Order:
Melee Attacks
Movement
Ranged Attacks

Highest Initiative Goes first.

Ranged attacks aim at the target unit's current location, unless you declare somewhere else.