June 2011
2 posts
Inane Confluence of Thought of the Week
Fresh off of my finishing the currently published portion of A Song of Ice and Fire, my braincauldron has tossed out an idea for A Game of Knights and Suchlike! (very minor pluralization-based spoilers ahead)
One of the interesting points of aSoIaF was that the kings fielded armies not by recruiting directly, but always by courting the loyalty of the various landed lords of the realm. As such,...
Inane Confluence of Thought of the Week
This week, i had an idea for a game mechanic: What if there were a game where a given unit’s HP was abstracted into a ranking of it’s method of avoiding destruction?
Instead of having 10 HP, 3 speed, 5 damage resist, and 1hp/turn regeneration, It simply has 3 Speed, 5 Soak, and 1 Stamina, and dies if attacks exceeding any of those values are directed toward it. Attacks would be...
