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Author Topic: Roller's Block (RTD Brainstorming Thread) (HAPPY LATE BIRTHDAY) (Derm is 5k)  (Read 740043 times)

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Re: Roller's Block (RTD Brainstorming Thread) (HAPPY LATE BIRTHDAY) (Derm is 5k)
« Reply #9255 on: October 02, 2015, 03:57:27 am »

As-is, having a Big Brother game is a terrible idea. If you want to make it work, you need to put some really absurd/fun elements in there. Make sure to keep it minimalist too.
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Re: Roller's Block (RTD Brainstorming Thread) (HAPPY LATE BIRTHDAY) (Derm is 5k)
« Reply #9256 on: October 02, 2015, 04:20:32 am »

It can work. It's only matter of representation.

I have never bothered watch the show, so I don't know details. As always players will need problems to solve, choices to make, opportunities for RP and a reason to play. Two main problems are what kind of problems you want to present and what motivation to offer players.
I agree with Andres about minimalism, no need for numerical skill system. Perhaps simply ask what characters are trained for and what their hobbies are and grant roll bonuses based on that.
Audience should play a big role in this kind of games. Give them too opportunity to do something.
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Re: Roller's Block (RTD Brainstorming Thread) (HAPPY LATE BIRTHDAY) (Derm is 5k)
« Reply #9257 on: October 02, 2015, 04:36:56 am »

It can work. It's only matter of representation.

I have never bothered watch the show, so I don't know details. As always players will need problems to solve, choices to make, opportunities for RP and a reason to play. Two main problems are what kind of problems you want to present and what motivation to offer players.
I agree with Andres about minimalism, no need for numerical skill system. Perhaps simply ask what characters are trained for and what their hobbies are and grant roll bonuses based on that.
Audience should play a big role in this kind of games. Give them too opportunity to do something.
Definitely. However, this may be better in Forum Games and Roleplaying. The hobbies and training system could work, especially because the challenges tend to be themed. I could add some twists, such as two separate houses, or two players working as one, or something like that.
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Re: Roller's Block (RTD Brainstorming Thread) (HAPPY LATE BIRTHDAY) (Derm is 5k)
« Reply #9258 on: October 02, 2015, 04:53:02 am »

Big Brother itself isn't a good setting to make a game on: as it so aptly says, the future is a boot, stamping on a human face forever. The people who could care are controlled to tightly; the masses who could act don't care.

The world in Big Brother is no longer capable of change for the better. Not unless everything is razed and begun again from nothing.

The same unfortunately applies for a Jersey Shore game, too.

However, it's not at all a bad idea to have a game that has as its core concept that the players are awful people set upon each other for the entertainment of the masses. You need a couple of things.

Most of all you need an in-game method of mitigating crippling injuries or an understanding that injury works like it does in lawastooshort's games or early RTDs in general, in that it is an inconvenience rather than something you should pay much mind to. That includes decapitation, naturally. I'd expect Snooki to be capable of speech, locomotion and existential horror for at least three days after losing her head.
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Re: Roller's Block (RTD Brainstorming Thread) (HAPPY LATE BIRTHDAY) (Derm is 5k)
« Reply #9259 on: October 02, 2015, 05:04:12 am »

True, I could just give them a disadvantage in certain challenges and such, like *Liz has a -1 to endurance competitions because both her legs were cut off*, or something along those lines.
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Re: Roller's Block (RTD Brainstorming Thread) (HAPPY LATE BIRTHDAY) (Derm is 5k)
« Reply #9260 on: October 02, 2015, 06:09:21 am »

Well I rolled a 1 on comprehension there.
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« Reply #9261 on: October 02, 2015, 08:04:13 am »

What if the players were the people at the top of the Big-Brother-like dystopia, and the non-players post actions that the masses try to do each turn (like an SG)? The players can pm their actions, but the masses cannot (Big Brother is watching),  except for specific circumstances.
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Re: Roller's Block (RTD Brainstorming Thread) (HAPPY LATE BIRTHDAY) (Derm is 5k)
« Reply #9262 on: October 02, 2015, 10:57:34 am »

Big Brother itself isn't a good setting to make a game on: as it so aptly says, the future is a boot, stamping on a human face forever. The people who could care are controlled to tightly; the masses who could act don't care.

The world in Big Brother is no longer capable of change for the better. Not unless everything is razed and begun again from nothing.
Orwellian dystopias are quite common and perfectly workable, however.

For the dystopias, think of how it came about and why. These things can have an obvious main cause (such as the rise of Nazi Germany or Soviet Russia.)

The players, presumably, are fighting against such a regime. They should have to try to motivate the proles into action: distributing propaganda, sabotaging regime propaganda, assassination.

The players shoukd have to careful of everything. Informants, police... Even each other, if they have conflicting goals. It should be difficult for the players, and even if they win, what then?
It might be interesting if you combined Gig's misinterpretation of Big Brother as the world of 1984, and players were trying to start a revolution on the set of a reality tv series, where the people running it are a bit better at nipping that sort of thing in the bud than the Hunger Game people.

And so the producers of the show are trying to provoke interpersonal drama, and giving into that sort of thing makes the higher-ups trust you more/reduces your heat. Or maybe there's a point system in place, and giving into your emotions gives you points. Or maybe Big Brother is looking for naturally unstable people, so you have a Neurosis stat that gets rolled when you're provoked, and failing (or would it be succeeding?) causes you to freak out.

Also, some players might not be into the revolution. Players might get secret goals when they join, and some might be for the resistance, but others would be trying to get famous or trying to hook up, and there might even be a few counter-revolutionaries in there. So you don't know if your fellow players are trying to help you, might need some convincing to help you, or will absolutely bust your ass if they know for sure you're with the resistance.
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Re: Roller's Block (RTD Brainstorming Thread) (HAPPY LATE BIRTHDAY) (Derm is 5k)
« Reply #9263 on: October 02, 2015, 05:35:36 pm »

That sounds like a neat idea, but I'm not exactly sure on how to GM that.
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Re: Roller's Block (RTD Brainstorming Thread) (HAPPY LATE BIRTHDAY) (Derm is 5k)
« Reply #9264 on: October 07, 2015, 10:06:48 pm »

I'm considering maybe trying to run a "You at Final Boss 3" and was wondering if anybody would actually be interested in such a thing.
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Re: Roller's Block (RTD Brainstorming Thread) (HAPPY LATE BIRTHDAY) (Derm is 5k)
« Reply #9265 on: October 08, 2015, 05:38:24 am »

* Twinwolf raises a hand

I'd be interested.
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Re: Roller's Block (RTD Brainstorming Thread) (HAPPY LATE BIRTHDAY) (Derm is 5k)
« Reply #9266 on: October 08, 2015, 05:55:16 am »

Well, it is mostly minimalist, so people just come and go as they please.
Come in, "Fart at boss" and go out, it's like the Chinese takeout of RTDs.
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Re: Roller's Block (RTD Brainstorming Thread) (HAPPY LATE BIRTHDAY) (Derm is 5k)
« Reply #9267 on: October 08, 2015, 09:36:17 pm »

Maybe 'ROLL TO CHINESE TAKEOUT' should be the sequel to 'ROLL TO PIZZA'.
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Re: Roller's Block (RTD Brainstorming Thread) (HAPPY LATE BIRTHDAY) (Derm is 5k)
« Reply #9268 on: November 16, 2015, 09:28:19 pm »

Although I might not be able to manage running a game by myself now(though it might be possible), I'm wondering if anybody would care to try to run with me a Roll to Run an Evil SCP Foundation game, where the players all control a small SCP foundation bent on destroying all the others by weaponizing SCPs found in the world.
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Re: Roller's Block (RTD Brainstorming Thread) (HAPPY LATE BIRTHDAY) (Derm is 5k)
« Reply #9269 on: November 16, 2015, 09:29:14 pm »

Although I might not be able to manage running a game by myself now(though it might be possible), I'm wondering if anybody would care to try to run with me a Roll to Run an Evil SCP Foundation game, where the players all control a small SCP foundation bent on destroying all the others by weaponizing SCPs found in the world.
That sounds like fun. I'd be down to help out with that.
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