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UFGI: Unused Forum Game Ideas- Post, Discuss & Use
« on: October 18, 2010, 04:33:52 pm »

In short, this thread is for ideas for forum games which you've come up with, but haven't had time to use- or alternatively, go ahead and pick up one of these ideas. All the ones in the first post are up for grabs, as is anything else that isn't otherwise stated. Feel free to discuss forum game ideas you do perfectly well intend to use as well.

I hope that this thread can become a nexus of orphaned or half-baked plots, settings, mechanics, characters, and such things that make up a good game. Feel free to post your thoughts here even if you think they can't work or are too piecemeal to be used. Depending on the success of this thread I might try to collate ideas into an organized list in the front post as well. This is for underused or outright new ideas, not to be a compendium of existing forum game tropes (although some of that information might be needed).

Also OK in this thread: "Guys is this a good idea?", "Help me forum games are hard to run!", Etc

Terms you should know:
Text Adventure- a game where posters suggest actions for one character. Often uses a "democrabrain" to make decisions. It's a cool word, add it to your web browser's dictionary.
Party- a group of players who work together.
GM- the person who runs the game.


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Go ahead and post your own ideas.
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Re: UFGI: Unused Forum Game Ideas
« Reply #1 on: October 18, 2010, 04:43:39 pm »

What about ideas that were left unfinished?
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Re: UFGI: Unused Forum Game Ideas
« Reply #2 on: October 18, 2010, 04:45:43 pm »

What about ideas that were left unfinished?
half-baked... piecemeal
Go right ahead.
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Re: UFGI: Unused Forum Game Ideas
« Reply #3 on: October 18, 2010, 04:53:04 pm »

http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=60538.0

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Re: UFGI: Unused Forum Game Ideas
« Reply #4 on: October 18, 2010, 04:54:58 pm »

I made one that fell apart because it was too complex. It certainly can be hard to run.
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Re: UFGI: Unused Forum Game Ideas
« Reply #5 on: October 18, 2010, 04:56:42 pm »

http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=67505.msg1651992#msg1651992

My AI game. I want it to continue, but I'm out of ideas on where to go.
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Re: UFGI: Unused Forum Game Ideas
« Reply #6 on: October 18, 2010, 04:58:44 pm »

I'd play a Rock Raiders game. I still fire up the ancient strategy thing they did for the pc occasionally.

also, every Homestuck/Sburb related game I've seen has failed in the first few pages.
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Re: UFGI: Unused Forum Game Ideas
« Reply #7 on: October 18, 2010, 05:06:15 pm »

I like the dungeon keeper game, I have rules on how to run something like it since it is the same thing as an rpg i've already run a few times. Only difference is you are bad guys instead of good guys.
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Re: UFGI: Unused Forum Game Ideas- Post, Discuss & Use
« Reply #8 on: October 19, 2010, 06:22:41 pm »

Hrm, Aklyon, about your batman game. Considered a perspective change? Players seem to be complaining that there wasn't anywhere to go from being all-powerful; suddenly dropping in from a different direction might spice things up.
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Re: UFGI: Unused Forum Game Ideas- Post, Discuss & Use
« Reply #9 on: October 19, 2010, 06:39:58 pm »

That could work.
Maybe restart as a kinda a multiplayer-ish game? theres about 6 or so groups, and I could limit the B.A.T.M.A.N. but, a couple would be hard to balance out enough to be fair.
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Re: UFGI: Unused Forum Game Ideas- Post, Discuss & Use
« Reply #10 on: October 20, 2010, 09:52:39 am »

forum tribes game :( sometimes i miss you.

edit: if anybody liked that game enough and would like to host a similar game, i'd love to join

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Re: UFGI: Unused Forum Game Ideas- Post, Discuss & Use
« Reply #11 on: October 20, 2010, 11:18:09 am »

forum tribes game :( sometimes i miss you.

edit: if anybody liked that game enough and would like to host a similar game, i'd love to join
http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=64992.0

Tell me if you think that is similar enough. ;)
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Re: UFGI: Unused Forum Game Ideas- Post, Discuss & Use
« Reply #12 on: October 20, 2010, 11:52:08 am »

Not a game in and of itself but a possible game mechanic. To make random occurrences more interesting, what if the random outcome was based on an event that occurs in everyday life?

Let's say you're running a typical forum RPG. At the end of the day you post several possibilities for an event that will occur the next day. Someone could die, someone could find an interesting treasure, the party could run into a trap or an ambush, could be anything. To determine which event happens you could use one of the many state lottery results. Like if the powerball was below 10 the first event would occur, below 20 the second and so on. Or you could base it on sports results or some other current event.

It could be a good way to make players feel more involved with the game. Honestly I don't care for sports but it might entice me to check the scores every once in a while just to see what happens.
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Re: UFGI: Unused Forum Game Ideas- Post, Discuss & Use
« Reply #13 on: October 20, 2010, 12:26:53 pm »

forum tribes game :( sometimes i miss you.

edit: if anybody liked that game enough and would like to host a similar game, i'd love to join
http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=64992.0

Tell me if you think that is similar enough. ;)

someone should create a warcamp game with a world map, tech tree, npc races and multiple camps
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Re: UFGI: Unused Forum Game Ideas- Post, Discuss & Use
« Reply #14 on: October 20, 2010, 01:14:44 pm »

Ooh, do I have a lot of these.


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