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<blockquote data-quote="Olibarro" data-source="post: 1857025" data-attributes="member: 24888"><p>This is a challenge to the people here to create a new world on the spot.</p><p></p><p>As some of you might know (or not), over at Animalball Games, we've been working on a new project called <a href="http://www.animalball.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=abmisc;action=display;num=1099061927" target="_blank">Instant Game</a>. The concept is simple: we have several randomized tables from which we roll all the elements needed to set up a new RPG setting. We construct the world on the spot, the players all make characters, the GM rolls a random plot... and off we go.</p><p></p><p>We've played three full games on IRC so far and it rocks hardcore. It's hard to express how well these went off... and how much fun everyone has had.</p><p></p><p><strong>So here's the challenge:</strong></p><p></p><p>I'm going to randomly roll up an Instant Game setting, and I want to see how people define it.</p><p></p><p>Imagine that you are the GM, and these are the rolls that come up. Don't look at anyone else's ideas until you post yours up.</p><p></p><p>Use the Instant Setting rolls to define a world. Then go to the Instant Plot and come up with a plot for same.</p><p></p><p>I just really want to see how people utilize this stuff.</p><p></p><p><strong>Instant Setting</strong></p><p>Time/Tech/Culture: Prehistory</p><p>Tone: Despair</p><p>Setting Element: Mutants</p><p>Setting Element: Heaven and Hell</p><p>Location: Beach</p><p></p><p><strong>Instant Plot</strong></p><p>Plot Action: Kidnap</p><p>Plot Action: Assassinate</p><p>Plot Item: Mask</p><p>Plot Item: Alliance</p><p>Opposition: Military Force</p><p></p><p>[NOTE: Define the terms however you see fit. Use as much as you can, but feel free to discard a roll or two if they are troublesome--especially on the plot stuff. The intent of Instant Game is to inspire something new--not tie you down with restrictions.]</p><p></p><p>I'll give my own example next.</p><p></p><p>[PS--I've already tried a thread like this once <a href="http://www.animalball.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=abmisc;action=display;num=1100151943" target="_blank">over on our site</a> and it went well.]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Olibarro, post: 1857025, member: 24888"] This is a challenge to the people here to create a new world on the spot. As some of you might know (or not), over at Animalball Games, we've been working on a new project called [url=http://www.animalball.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=abmisc;action=display;num=1099061927]Instant Game[/url]. The concept is simple: we have several randomized tables from which we roll all the elements needed to set up a new RPG setting. We construct the world on the spot, the players all make characters, the GM rolls a random plot... and off we go. We've played three full games on IRC so far and it rocks hardcore. It's hard to express how well these went off... and how much fun everyone has had. [B]So here's the challenge:[/B] I'm going to randomly roll up an Instant Game setting, and I want to see how people define it. Imagine that you are the GM, and these are the rolls that come up. Don't look at anyone else's ideas until you post yours up. Use the Instant Setting rolls to define a world. Then go to the Instant Plot and come up with a plot for same. I just really want to see how people utilize this stuff. [b]Instant Setting[/b] Time/Tech/Culture: Prehistory Tone: Despair Setting Element: Mutants Setting Element: Heaven and Hell Location: Beach [b]Instant Plot[/b] Plot Action: Kidnap Plot Action: Assassinate Plot Item: Mask Plot Item: Alliance Opposition: Military Force [NOTE: Define the terms however you see fit. Use as much as you can, but feel free to discard a roll or two if they are troublesome--especially on the plot stuff. The intent of Instant Game is to inspire something new--not tie you down with restrictions.] I'll give my own example next. [PS--I've already tried a thread like this once [url=http://www.animalball.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=abmisc;action=display;num=1100151943]over on our site[/url] and it went well.] [/QUOTE]
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