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Add 'in media res'
authorZachary Vance <za3k@za3k.com>
Sat, 26 Feb 2022 00:47:13 +0000 (19:47 -0500)
committerZachary Vance <za3k@za3k.com>
Sat, 26 Feb 2022 00:47:13 +0000 (19:47 -0500)
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games/index.md
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+[za3k](/) > [games](/games/) > in media res
+
+3+ players tell a story together
+
+supplies needed: pencil and paper (optional)
+
+**not yet playtested. estimated time, 10 minutes**
+
+written by zachary "za3k" vance on 2022-02-25
+
+## the middle
+- **"Yep, that's me. I bet you're wondering how I got into this situation... here on mars... running from a jeep of bandits... wearing nothing but my underclothes..."**
+- start in the middle of the story
+- each player adds onto the sentence in turn. you can actually write down the middle if you want, but don't bother writing down the rest of the story
+
+## the beginning
+- **It all started one sunny day in Florida, when I missed the bus**
+- each player tells one sentence of the story at a time. once you get to the middle of the story, everyone cheers.
+
+## the end
+- **And that's how I became known as the Moon Emerald Kid.**
+- once the story ends, stop.
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@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ sometimes I made games. I make board games, card games, storytelling games, and
 | [doodle adventures](doodle_adventures)                                   | 2021-03-29 | drawing              | low        | 1-6          | no       | yes           | listen as a premade story is revealed, and doodle what happens.
 | [logic potions](logic_potions)                                           | 2021-03-13 | board                | high       | 2-4          | yes      | maybe         | a potion-brewing game. not about logical deduction, but about logical deduction clues themselves
 | [loot boxes](lootboxes)                                                  | 2021-02-08 | storytelling         | low        | 2-4          | yes      | maybe         | "Car trip" game. Players have an inventory of random items. They must use the items to solve a series of challenges.
-| [no, this cannot be! I AM INVINCIBLE!](invincible) v2                    | 2021-02-08 | storytelling         | mid        | 2-8          | yes      | yes           | Villains send wave after harder wave of enemies at the Heros, until they kill the Villains.
-| [ultimate archwizards vs the dark Lord](ultimate_archwizard)             | 2021-02-03 | storytelling         | low        | 3-5, plus GM | yes      | yes           | One-page storytelling game about the final episode in a fight anime.
+| [no, this cannot be! I AM INVINCIBLE!](invincible) v2                    | 2021-02-08 | storytelling         | mid        | 2-8          | yes      | yes           | villains send wave after harder wave of enemies at the Heros, until they kill the Villains.
+| [ultimate archwizards vs the dark Lord](ultimate_archwizard)             | 2021-02-03 | storytelling         | low        | 3-5, plus GM | yes      | yes           | one-page storytelling game about the final episode in a fight anime.
 
 ## untested
 
@@ -18,15 +18,16 @@ sometimes I made games. I make board games, card games, storytelling games, and
 |--------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------|----------------------|------------|--------------|----------|---------------|-------------|
 | [faux pas](faux_pas)                                                     | 2021-04-28 | cooperative          | mid        | 3-8          | no       | maybe         | a "visible role" game, where everyone knows your secret identity except you. try to enter the dining room in order of nobility rank.
 | [emperical zendo](emperical_zendo)                                       | 2021-03-19 | board                | mid        | 2-8          | no       | no            | a variant on traditional zendo, where you score points for predicting the rule but never guess the rule outright.
+| [in media res](in_media_res)                                             | 2022-02-25 | storytelling         | low        | 3+           | no       | maybe         | 3+ people tell a story
 | [deadly education rpg](deadly)                                           | 2021-02-12 | roleplaying          | mid        | 2-6, plus GM | no       | no            | a traditional pen-and-paper roleplaying game based on the affinity-based magic system from Naomi Novik's "A Deadly Education"
-| [ninjas ninjas ninjas!](ninjas) v2                                       | 2021-02-07 | storytelling         | mid-high   | 3            | no       | no            | Fast, diceless storytelilng game about how cool ninjas are.
-| [stupid conspiracies](conspiracies)                                      | 2021-01-17 | party, competitive   | low        | 10+          | no       | maybe         | Conspiracy nutjobs try to join as many conspiracies as possible, and get as many people as possibly to believe their conspiracy.
+| [ninjas ninjas ninjas!](ninjas) v2                                       | 2021-02-07 | storytelling         | mid-high   | 3            | no       | no            | fast, diceless storytelilng game about how cool ninjas are.
+| [stupid conspiracies](conspiracies)                                      | 2021-01-17 | party, competitive   | low        | 10+          | no       | maybe         | conspiracy nutjobs try to join as many conspiracies as possible, and get as many people as possibly to believe their conspiracy.
 
 ## flops
 
 | game                                                                     | date       | type                 | complexity | players      | tested?  | recommended?  | description |
 |--------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------|----------------------|------------|--------------|----------|---------------|-------------|
 | [doubledore](doubledore)                                                 | 2021-06-06 | card                 | low        | 2            | yes      | no            | a tower-defense card game. when you defeat a monster, it attacks your opponent instead.
-| [stupid russia](stupid_russia)                                           | 2017-10-29 | party, competitive   | mid-high   | 10+, plus GM | yes      | no            | Spy directors make deals with each other, trying to report more agents than anyone else, without getting their own agents executed.
-| [colony on the moon](colony)                                             | 2016-07-05 | computer (minecraft) | high       | 1+           | alpha    | no            | A minecraft modpack. Based around providing reductionist components and having the player do their own automation.
-| [volcano](https://github.com/za3k/volcano)                               | 2013-02-05 | computer             | low-med    | 1            | beta     | no            | An ASCII roguelike I made in college. Not much fun.
+| [stupid russia](stupid_russia)                                           | 2017-10-29 | party, competitive   | mid-high   | 10+, plus GM | yes      | no            | spy directors make deals with each other, trying to report more agents than anyone else, without getting their own agents executed.
+| [colony on the moon](colony)                                             | 2016-07-05 | computer (minecraft) | high       | 1+           | alpha    | no            | a minecraft modpack. Based around providing reductionist components and having the player do their own automation.
+| [volcano](https://github.com/za3k/volcano)                               | 2013-02-05 | computer             | low-med    | 1            | beta     | no            | an ASCII roguelike I made in college. Not much fun.
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@@ -69,7 +69,8 @@
     <section id="data">
         <h1>data sets</h1>
         <ul>
-            <li>go games from <a href="/ogs/">ogs</a></li>
+            <li>go games from <a href="https://archive.org/details/ogs2021">ogs</a> <a href="/ogs/">mirror</a></li>
+            <li><a href="https://archive.org/details/recipes-en-201706">recipes</a> in json</li>
         </ul>
     </section>