[Idea] The Puzzle

[ArlanKels]

It's a simple concept, drawing from such things as Saw, Cube and the various Mafia games.

Basically, the players are in a "maze". The maze itself(The Puzzle) is not a maze in terms of a maze, but a maze in terms of obstacles and puzzles. Getting past the massive enigma that is this place allows for victory.

Each chamber has it's own traps.

For example:

Group A enters into Chamber 2(Congrats on making it past Chamber 1).
Group A is faced with a chamber that is roughly the length and width of a football field.
Across the floor of the chamber are a variety of symbols. The first path symbols along the leftside of the chamber are of a cone. The second path along the middle is of a cube. The rightward path has pentagons.
The ceiling shows only three symbols.

The symbols on the ceiling are of a cat, a dog and a fox.(Left, center, right)


Players may vote on which path to take(Left, Middle, Right)

(The right path to take is the right path. Why? Both a fox and a square are different in some way from the other two choices. Dogs and cats are domesticated, cubes and cones are three dimensional)

Victory:
Escape from The Puzzle before the other team
When one team leaves The Puzzle the entire thing is sanitized.

Roles:
~ Ordinary Citizen -- Calm and collected, cool and awesome. The citizen has no advantages nor disadvantages.

~ Braniac -- One(Potentially more based on amount playing) person will be exceedingly smarter than the rest, and so will be able to get a hint from the GM.

~ The Selfish Thug -- A person who can shove others into the traps ahead of them. Very useful for self-preservation, but also are openly known to be selfish thugs at the start of the game.

~ The Child -- Like Newt this child is a master of survival and avoidance. The Child of the group will not die. Ever. At all. Immortality is yours. Until you get out of The Puzzle. Then it's the orphanage for you!

What are your thoughts?

(By the way, if someone else had an idea like this I apologize as I did not know)

[Masked Jedi]

This sounds awesome. I love trap RPGS.

[Wizardcat]

Awesome, indeed. Seems a lot like this game. It's quite similar and could be adapted for multiple teams and "roles".

[Fenris]

Sounds like a game. Start a sign up thread.

[Zilla]

I don't get the Child role, meaning it seems unfair... Plus once the selfish thugs figure out who the child is, wouldn't they just use that kid as the test every time?

Otherwise it's an awesome concept.

[ArlanKels]

Originally Posted by FenrisWolf

Sounds like a game. Start a sign up thread.

I'd like to pickle out all the details first, if you don't mind, oh mighty fenris of the pickle.
Fenris of the monkey.
Fenris, bringer of drunken clams.


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Re: Zilla::

I'm actually thinking of doing away with roles altogether. I'd like to add something in there, though, that could help stir things up so that it isn't just people going "Vote: Pickle is the answer" and then that's it. I'd like to cause discussions and debates and giant horrendous monstrous monkeys.

[ArlanKels]

Yar.
I removed the roles, but I also thought up a "Each team can ask for a hint once, and only once".

Basically a bunch of people on the team have to agree to the use of the hint before it can be given.


Also if a team gets 2 puzzles solved right in a row without a single mistake(Afterward the counter for this restarts) then they can choose 1 person on the opposing team to eliminate.


How do those sound?

[Pink Bunny]

Originally Posted by Zilla

I don't get the Child role, meaning it seems unfair... Plus once the selfish thugs figure out who the child is, wouldn't they just use that kid as the test every time?

Otherwise it's an awesome concept.

I would approve of that imbalance if the GM made hilarious flavor to describe these events.

But alas, roleless is probably for the better.

[Zilla]

There's a reward for being doubtful of the team's success but no drawback... Perhaps those who doubt a successful vote will be the target of the next room's traps?

[ArlanKels]

I like that idea, Zilla, and am going to implement it.