Four Game Ideas

Arhra · 11-20-2011, 01:39 AM

Hello everybody. I'm thinking of running a game again and would like to see what people are interested in doing. I have four options I'm considering so please take a look.

Demons, Samurai and Peaches, oh my!

More than a little inspired by Raiden's Soldiers of Light games of many moons ago. A motley group of adventurous sorts running around feudal Japan to save the land, and a band of demons and evil minded sorts out to stop them.

You see, a century ago a demon caused havoc by sneaking into heaven, gorging on the celestial peaches and burning down the peach grove. The gods cast him down from the heavens and dropped a mountain on him, as gods do.

The problem is those peaches are needed to sustain the gods' immortal existence, so things have steadily gotten worse since then. The plan is to collect various items that will allow the heroes to get to the buried demon king and remove the peach stones lodged in his gut to restore the heavens and bring in a new age of prosperity.

Project CITYFIGHT

You must defeat an entire city to win the game.

Something of a sequel to Project MOONBATTLE.

This is not a terribly serious game. It's set in a dream-like world filled with gods and spirits and the unquiet ghost of Alice In Wonderland, where anyone can be a hero.

Trains, spiders, snakes, demons, doctors, princesses, teachers, policemen, angels.

You will have to defeat (and possibly fight) all of them.

The Secrecy Ruse Was A Distraction

Shadowy government agencies have been in a secret war for decades with alien infiltrators.

You are the aliens.

Eclipse Phase

Eclipse Phase is essentially higher tech cyberpunk in space. I will be running it mainly freeform because the chargen is a nightmare.

Years in the past (but not too many), the world ended. It was the classic story. Man builds computer. Computer becomes self aware. Computer hates man. Computer wages war of extermination (?) with man. Man dies. Man flees to space. Computer disappears. Alien mindvirus is possibly behind it all.

In the aftermath of the TITANs, humanity was left to rebuild. This involves a lot of cloning/building robots and loading the stored backups of dead people into cyborgs/robots/computers/roborgs. Mars is semi-terraformed and humanity's spread across the Solar System. Earth is a quarantine zone.

In this particular game, the players will be working in the exciting field of asset retrieval. And by 'asset' I mean 'a thing that exists' and by 'retrieval' I mean 'taking it away from someone else'.

Bard The 5th LW · 11-21-2011, 09:07 PM

Cityfight and Eclipse Phase seem pretty interesting to me.

phil_ · 11-21-2011, 09:52 PM

Just popping in to say that, as appealing as an Arhra RP is, I'm trying to not fail my classes this semester, so I'll have to pass.

CABAL49 · 11-22-2011, 04:17 AM

I could honestly go for any of those. But just to cast a vote, Eclipse Phase. I am a space geek first.

Overcast · 11-22-2011, 08:14 AM

In order to pull in the opposite direction, but maintain a possible majority, Go go Cityfight!

Steel Shadow · 11-22-2011, 08:43 AM

I'll throw a vote in for DS-P, m'self. Heroes v. Demons? Sign me up!

Astral Harmony · 11-22-2011, 09:35 AM

I like the idea of Project CITYFIGHT, although all of them sound fun.

Arhra · 11-23-2011, 07:20 AM

Welp, looks like CITYFIGHT and Eclipse Phase are the top contenders but I have discovered I am going to be swamped until this Wednesday.

But should definitely have a thread up after then.

Overcast · 11-24-2011, 06:55 AM

As a slight note, I also know Ruse, despite having so little details would have been awesome. But I wanted to compete against Eclipse Phase since I've been trying that one too often recently.

Geminex · 11-24-2011, 10:55 AM

I'd join Eclipse Phase. Still got a character I'd like to try. : p

11-20-2011, 01:39 AM	#1
Arhra Ara ara! Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Neo Venezia Posts: 5,013	Four Game Ideas - Interest Thread Hello everybody. I'm thinking of running a game again and would like to see what people are interested in doing. I have four options I'm considering so please take a look. Demons, Samurai and Peaches, oh my! More than a little inspired by Raiden's Soldiers of Light games of many moons ago. A motley group of adventurous sorts running around feudal Japan to save the land, and a band of demons and evil minded sorts out to stop them. You see, a century ago a demon caused havoc by sneaking into heaven, gorging on the celestial peaches and burning down the peach grove. The gods cast him down from the heavens and dropped a mountain on him, as gods do. The problem is those peaches are needed to sustain the gods' immortal existence, so things have steadily gotten worse since then. The plan is to collect various items that will allow the heroes to get to the buried demon king and remove the peach stones lodged in his gut to restore the heavens and bring in a new age of prosperity. Project CITYFIGHT You must defeat an entire city to win the game. Something of a sequel to Project MOONBATTLE. This is not a terribly serious game. It's set in a dream-like world filled with gods and spirits and the unquiet ghost of Alice In Wonderland, where anyone can be a hero. Trains, spiders, snakes, demons, doctors, princesses, teachers, policemen, angels. You will have to defeat (and possibly fight) all of them. The Secrecy Ruse Was A Distraction Shadowy government agencies have been in a secret war for decades with alien infiltrators. You are the aliens. Eclipse Phase Eclipse Phase is essentially higher tech cyberpunk in space. I will be running it mainly freeform because the chargen is a nightmare. Years in the past (but not too many), the world ended. It was the classic story. Man builds computer. Computer becomes self aware. Computer hates man. Computer wages war of extermination (?) with man. Man dies. Man flees to space. Computer disappears. Alien mindvirus is possibly behind it all. In the aftermath of the TITANs, humanity was left to rebuild. This involves a lot of cloning/building robots and loading the stored backups of dead people into cyborgs/robots/computers/roborgs. Mars is semi-terraformed and humanity's spread across the Solar System. Earth is a quarantine zone. In this particular game, the players will be working in the exciting field of asset retrieval. And by 'asset' I mean 'a thing that exists' and by 'retrieval' I mean 'taking it away from someone else'. __________________ This post is a good source of Ara ara, ufufu.* These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This post is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease. Last edited by Arhra; 11-20-2011 at 02:02 AM.*

11-21-2011, 09:52 PM	#3
phil_ Just sleeping Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: At home, probably in bed. Posts: 6,482	Just popping in to say that, as appealing as an Arhra RP is, I'm trying to not fail my classes this semester, so I'll have to pass. __________________ Be T-Rexcellent to each other, tako.

11-22-2011, 08:14 AM	#5
Overcast Cinderella Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Trespassing in the graveyard Posts: 3,076	In order to pull in the opposite direction, but maintain a possible majority, Go go Cityfight! __________________ Time to bust out the glow sticks!

11-22-2011, 08:43 AM	#6
Steel Shadow Mild Psychosis Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Aroundabouts thereish. Posts: 1,246	I'll throw a vote in for DS-P, m'self. Heroes v. Demons? Sign me up! __________________ Yeah, I'm understating. I do that sometimes.

11-23-2011, 07:20 AM	#8
Arhra Ara ara! Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Neo Venezia Posts: 5,013	Welp, looks like CITYFIGHT and Eclipse Phase are the top contenders but I have discovered I am going to be swamped until this Wednesday. But should definitely have a thread up after then. __________________ This post is a good source of Ara ara, ufufu.* *These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This post is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.

11-21-2011, 09:07 PM	#2
Bard The 5th LW Feelin' Super! Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 4,191	Cityfight and Eclipse Phase seem pretty interesting to me.

11-22-2011, 04:17 AM	#4
CABAL49 Not bad. Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Senatus Populusque Americanus Posts: 1,584	I could honestly go for any of those. But just to cast a vote, Eclipse Phase. I am a space geek first.

11-22-2011, 09:35 AM	#7
Astral Harmony Don't Hate Me 'Cause I'm Moe Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Harmonial Sanctum Posts: 6,798	I like the idea of Project CITYFIGHT, although all of them sound fun.

11-24-2011, 06:55 AM	#9
Overcast Cinderella Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Trespassing in the graveyard Posts: 3,076	As a slight note, I also know Ruse, despite having so little details would have been awesome. But I wanted to compete against Eclipse Phase since I've been trying that one too often recently. __________________ Time to bust out the glow sticks!

11-24-2011, 10:55 AM	#10
Geminex SOM3WH3R3 Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 4,606	I'd join Eclipse Phase. Still got a character I'd like to try. : p