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What is a "Swine" game?

Started by NotYourMonkey, August 30, 2008, 11:19:58 PM

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Jackalope

#195
September 02, 2008, 04:45:15 PM
Quote from: droog;243243'one of Ingmar Bergman's greatest films'

Never claimed it was my personal opinion.  Just based that off what the film historians say, which they base off the amount of positive press the film gets, public reaction, industry awards, and other factors.
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droog

#196
September 02, 2008, 04:47:38 PM
Uh huh.
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Jackalope

#197
September 02, 2008, 04:49:41 PM
Quote from: droog;243277Uh huh.

God, I hate you.
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droog

#198
September 02, 2008, 04:53:47 PM
Quote from: Jackalope;243279God, I hate you.

Never mind. I'm sure lots of people do.
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Kyle Aaron

#199
September 02, 2008, 06:37:12 PM
Quote from: Age of Fable;243107I'd like to do something with the game, once I finish it, if it gets popular enough.
Pffft! Don't be so wet and woolly! Get writing!

Quote from: Age of FableI think I'd do it as a set of things GMs could put into their game worlds, rather than a worldbook (so there'd be no maps).
No maps?! Are you insane?
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NotYourMonkey

#200
September 03, 2008, 03:00:10 AM
Here's the thing, while I think making a whole game about trying to escape being farm raised as a polemic against meat eating is silly, I don't see a reason why you couldn't use an existing system for this, might even be fun if your in the mood for horror. (nWOD maybe?)

Or it might be an idiotic mess.  I figure YMMV.

And I'm certainly not going to try and say that someone other than me isn't having fun with it.
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Age of Fable

#201
September 03, 2008, 05:30:20 AM Last Edit: September 03, 2008, 05:34:20 AM by Age of Fable
Quote from: Kyle Aaron;243330No maps?! Are you insane?

I know that'd make it much less sell-able.

But if you have maps. then you have limits on what you can have in your game.

For example you might want an adventure where the characters leave Karrakara, and on the way to Atnos they come across a lost city. But then the map shows that there's no room for a lost city there...:(

I've sort of decided that the world is a bit like the one in 'The Never-Ending Story', in that the geography isn't fixed. Also it's meant to be connected to other fictional worlds, which 'explains' how hobbits are there.

Maybe it could have maps of things like individual villages, or a suburb of Karrakara.

But yeah, everyone loves their huge colour world maps...
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droog

#202
September 03, 2008, 05:55:47 AM
Quote from: NotYourMonkey;243561Here's the thing, while I think making a whole game about trying to escape being farm raised as a polemic against meat eating is silly, I don't see a reason why you couldn't use an existing system for this, might even be fun if your in the mood for horror.

Who said it was a polemic against meat-eating? Oh, J Arcane said it....

It's just a classic sort of horror scenario. As to why you couldn't do the situation in another system, obviously you could.
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NotYourMonkey

#203
September 03, 2008, 02:18:08 PM
Maybe I miss-typed.

It seemed silly to me to create a purpose built system for that game.

It would make more sense to me as, say, a nWOD adventure.

As for the anti-meat polemic, I basically went with the most extreme interpretation I'd seen for what the game is meant for.

Doesn't matter if it is or isn't, if that is something that somebody is going to find worth doing on a Saturday night, more power to them.
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Kyle Aaron

#204
September 03, 2008, 08:58:37 PM
Quote from: Age of Fable;243577I know that'd make it much less sell-able.

But if you have maps. then you have limits on what you can have in your game.
That's fair enough. Either way, get it out there! You've got all the ideas already, and they're half-written up - in that it's just a slight change from the Fighting Fantasy-style entries to a page an encounter. So get going! I want to buy this product! Or even get a freebie for being so inspirational?

...

No?

Oh well. I want to buy it!
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droog

#205
September 03, 2008, 10:07:09 PM
Quote from: NotYourMonkey;243738It would make more sense to me as, say, a nWOD adventure.

In the end, though, you can do everything with GURPS, right? Jared Sorenson writes more games than I eat breakfasts.
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Aos

#206
September 03, 2008, 10:46:31 PM
Quote from: Age of Fable;243577I know that'd make it much less sell-able.

But if you have maps. then you have limits on what you can have in your game.

For example you might want an adventure where the characters leave Karrakara, and on the way to Atnos they come across a lost city. But then the map shows that there's no room for a lost city there...:(

I've sort of decided that the world is a bit like the one in 'The Never-Ending Story', in that the geography isn't fixed. Also it's meant to be connected to other fictional worlds, which 'explains' how hobbits are there.

Maybe it could have maps of things like individual villages, or a suburb of Karrakara.

But yeah, everyone loves their huge colour world maps...

I've been thinking about this same subject for a quite a while. I love to look at maps, I like to draw maps. I hate to be constrained by them  My solution: have the maps, but make it a guiding principle of the setting that the maps are wrong. How wrong, ranging from a bit inaccurate to completely goofy is of course up to the individual GM, and, indeed can vary from location to location on the same map.
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NotYourMonkey

#207
September 04, 2008, 12:00:29 AM
Quote from: droog;244009In the end, though, you can do everything with GURPS, right? Jared Sorenson writes more games than I eat breakfasts.

Sure you could.  It just seems odd to me to make a whole system for one very particular scenario.  YMMV of course.
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Age of Fable

#208
September 06, 2008, 11:53:03 AM
Quote from: Kyle Aaron;243960That's fair enough. Either way, get it out there! You've got all the ideas already, and they're half-written up - in that it's just a slight change from the Fighting Fantasy-style entries to a page an encounter. So get going! I want to buy this product! Or even get a freebie for being so inspirational?

...

No?

Oh well. I want to buy it!

Do you think it should be systemless - or if not what system?
free resources:
Teleleli The people, places, gods and monsters of the great city of Teleleli and the islands around.
Age of Fable \'Online gamebook\', in the style of Fighting Fantasy, Lone Wolf and Fabled Lands.
Tables for Fables Random charts for any fantasy RPG rules.
Fantasy Adventure Ideas Generator
Cyberpunk/fantasy/pulp/space opera/superhero/western Plot Generator.
Cute Board Heroes Paper \'miniatures\'.
Map Generator
Dungeon generator for Basic D&D or Tunnels & Trolls.

Kyle Aaron

#209
September 06, 2008, 08:43:55 PM
Quote from: Age of Fable;245045Do you think it should be systemless - or if not what system?
I think systemless would be fine, if you were just writing up the encounters. But maybe you should start a new thread in the Design section?
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