Quote from: Old Geezer;751153I'm going to give some actual, non-sarcastic advice.

Harlan Ellison has already done the "I'm so much smarter and more clever than anybody else" schtick, way back in the 70s.  And yeah, I'm old enough that I was there.

But by 1980 that schtick had gotten really old.  And now, Harlan Ellison is of no interest to anybody but Harlan Ellison.  He is no longer "the Angry Young Man of Science Fiction," or the "Tempermental Artist," or the "Endearing Curmudgeon."  He's now "Harlan Ellison is just an asshole."

You don't want to go down that path.  Really, you don't.

He's a personal hero, so actually I'd take that as an enormous compliment.
Of COURSE Harlan Ellison is out of favour, he's got no more patience for this kind of bullshit than I have.

Old Geezer: The Irreleventing

Quote from: Ladybird;751146Sadly, "please take him back so he won't shitpost on our site" isn't grounds to lodge an appeal on someone's behalf.

My post count is low , but in general is high quality.

Quote from: Motorskills;751154Alright, I'll bite.

Care to elaborate on the depth of the gameplay?

Sure!

So, each player gets doled out a hand of cards and gets to examine them in secret first. They pick one of these as a trump card. This trump card comes into play at the end of the game and any card that contradicts it has to be discarded from in front of you.

You then take turns to play cards on each other. Obviously you're mostly trying to give yourself less privilege and others more, but you can get away with playing cards on yourself that seem to disadvantage you as a feint, knowing that your trump will get rid of them.

Since each card played has to be compatible with the cards already in front of a player it can be worthwhile taking a hit from a card that gives you privilege, if only to prevent something worse being played on you. If you can guess someone's trump that will also put you at an advantage.

You'll also come to learn which kinds of cards tend to 'win on ties' with your group when it comes to arguments. So there's a learning curve with each new playing group.

Quote from: Rincewind1;751160Repack the mechanics and sell it to SJG as Munckikin Tumblr.

The mechanics WILL be used for other games, but without the inbuilt design to lead to arguments (wider point scale).

Quote from: GRIM;751169Sure!

So, each player gets doled out a hand of cards and gets to examine them in secret first. They pick one of these as a trump card. This trump card comes into play at the end of the game and any card that contradicts it has to be discarded from in front of you.

You then take turns to play cards on each other. Obviously you're mostly trying to give yourself less privilege and others more, but you can get away with playing cards on yourself that seem to disadvantage you as a feint, knowing that your trump will get rid of them.

Since each card played has to be compatible with the cards already in front of a player it can be worthwhile taking a hit from a card that gives you privilege, if only to prevent something worse being played on you. If you can guess someone's trump that will also put you at an advantage.

You'll also come to learn which kinds of cards tend to 'win on ties' with your group when it comes to arguments. So there's a learning curve with each new playing group.

Ok that actually sounds hilariously devious.

Quote from: Marleycat;751172Ok that actually sounds hilariously devious.

The idea is to reskin it for something politically devious but that version needs a lot more playtesting.

Quote from: GRIM;751169This trump card comes into play at the end of the game and any card that contradicts it has to be discarded from in front of you.
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..each card played has to be compatible with the cards already in front of a player...

So, something like Christian would be incompatible with Atheist? Or, if someone played Cisgender on you, but you had chosen Bisexual as your trump card, the Cisgender ++ wouldn't be counted towards your score at the end of the game?

Quote from: GRIM;751164He's a personal hero, so actually I'd take that as an enormous compliment.
Of COURSE Harlan Ellison is out of favour, he's got no more patience for this kind of bullshit than I have.

No matter how well played, a single note eventually becomes tedious.

Quote from: Dodger;751176So, something like Christian would be incompatible with Atheist? Or, if someone played Cisgender on you, but you had chosen Bisexual as your trump card, the Cisgender ++ wouldn't be counted towards your score at the end of the game?

Yep, the Christian one would be incompatible with other religious cards, but you might be better off using the atheist one as your trump, since Christians are privileged, still it depends what you get in your hand.

I'm fairly sure you can be bisexual and cisgendered, but bisexual and lesbian, for example, would contradict (someone will be along to argue about that momentarily I'm sure).

I could definitely see options for booster packs or even different decks like how Onyx Path maintains seperate distinct game lines but same setting and mechanics.

I really can't garner sympathy for Postmortem, but I do feel sorry for anyone who remotely defended him, because they've been cleansed from that site.

Or maybe I should be happy for them?

Quote from: Sacrosanct;751191I really can't garner sympathy for Postmortem, but I do feel sorry for anyone who remotely defended him, because they've been cleansed from that site.

Or maybe I should be happy for them?

Being banned from RPGnet is a badge of honour though.

Quote from: Rincewind1;751160Repack the mechanics and sell it to SJG as Munckikin Tumblr.

I'm part of a munchkin group at a local café, we might actually play that.

Quote from: GRIM;751192Being banned from RPGnet is a badge of honour though.

More like a prize for competing these days .