Tonight the cards lead me and the beleaguered national guard forces in the defence of Metro against an invading behemoth. The city was lost due to (unexpected) in fighting amongst the different military units.
The Elite Guards managed to set up a Railgun Turret atop a skyscraper, but miscommunications between the Armored divisions prevented the proper ground support from getting into place. It didn't take long for the behemoth to bring down the office building and the Guards with it.
After that the city's defence forces were quickly wiped out as they scrambled to get their act together.
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ReplyDeleteGeoff Osterberg, can you elaborate on your use of cards? MGE cards sounds like a brilliant idea. Maybe you've shared it before, and I missed a post.
ReplyDeleteroryb bracebuckle definitely. I have a deck of cards which were designed for a game I don't play. The deck is similar to a a standard deck and either would function the same. I removed the higher value cards until I had 4 suits of 1-10.
ReplyDeleteWhen asking a yes/no question I draw a card. 1-5 is yes, 6-10 is a no, and 1s or 10s are exceptional.
If the odds are 50/50 I draw one card and go with the result.
If the odds are likely, very likely, or nearly certain I draw 2-4 cards and keep the lowest.
The inverse is true for unlikely, very unlikely, or nearly impossible. I draw 2-4 cards and keep the highest.
For the open questions I took some of the words from the Action Focus table and wrote them on the cards in the open spaces. For those questions I draw two cards and use one word from each.
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Right! I did see that before, but must have brushed off the implications in my haste. That's awesome!
ReplyDeleteI used the same method with the early drafts of the GMA cards; in the published version I included three different yes/no boxes to tweak the odds without needing I draw more cards, but the dirty secret is that I still draw more cards and keep highest/lowest in order to fine tune percentages... :-)
ReplyDeleteGeoff Osterberg I love this Lego stuff! The card system seems indeed along the lines of the GMA deck: it has been reviewed by Sophia Brandt here https://plus.google.com/u/0/+SophiaBrandt/posts/6PGK7R5symU
ReplyDeleteA subset of the deck is distributed free or PWYW. I printed it a while ago but I still have to put it to serious use. Basically, what you need to play is a YES/NO oracle and an idea generator. Decks like GMA or the one you describe provide both :-)
I'm still considering GMA. There's a lot of stuff on each card. I'm afraid my eyes won't find what I'm looking for at the speed I'm wanting. It's s good option though. I might still pull the trigger.
ReplyDeleteNathan Rockwood, have you considered an app for GMA? That would be pretty awesome.