Loot Boxes

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-# Stupid Conspiracy
+# Stupid Conspiracies
 Designed 2021-01-17 by Zachary Vance
 
 A 30-minute party game for about 10 players. Competitive but goofy, not really about winning. Can be played online.

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+# Loot Boxes
+Written 2021-02-08 by Zachary Vance
+
+A short storytelling game for 2-6 players. Play as long as you want, 10-60 minutes.
+
+- Each player describes their character in one or two sentences. They also have a starting inventory of any three items they want.
+- One player starts out as GM. The GM describes a challenging situation. For example the player's driver's license has expired but they need to get to the airport to pick up Rhianna.
+- The next player describes how they solve the challenge using an item in their inventory. For example, they use their Grouch Marx disguise to blend in with the orcish army.
+- When a player beats the challenge, the GM rewards them with a loot item. Items are totally random, and shouldn't relate to the challenge.
+- The player always loses the item they used to solve the challenge--all items are one-use only.
+- After the player beats the challenge, they become the GM. They choose another player, and issues that player the next challenge.
+- The game is over when it gets boring, or after a set number of challenges.
+- **Variant**: You can have one GM the entire game who does every challenge and loot reward.
+- **Variant**: When you succeed at a challenge, get two items, not one. Players start with only one item.
+
+## Acknowledgements
+- Thanks to Fenn for comments on [No, this cannot be](/archive/invincible.md) and Cards Against Humanity

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 | Game                                                                     | Date       | Type                 | Complexity | Players      | Tested?  | Recommended?  | Description |
 |--------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------|----------------------|------------|--------------|----------|---------------|-------------|
-| [Ultimate Archwizards vs the Dark Lord](/archive/ultimate_archwizard.md) | 2021-02-03 | Storytelling         | Low        | 3-5, plus GM | No       | Yes           | One-page storytelling game about the final episode in a fight anime.
+| [Loot Boxes](/archive/lootboxes.md)                                      | 2021-02-08 | Storytelling         | Low        | 2-6          | No       | Yes           | 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!](/archive/invincible.md) v2       | 2021-02-08 | Storytelling         | Medium     | 2-8          | No       | Maybe         | Villains send wave after harder wave of enemies at the Heros, until they kill the Villains.
-| [Stupid Conspiracies](/archive/conspiracies.md)                          | 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.
+| [Ultimate Archwizards vs the Dark Lord](/archive/ultimate_archwizard.md) | 2021-02-03 | Storytelling         | Low        | 3-5, plus GM | No       | Yes           | One-page storytelling game about the final episode in a fight anime.
 | ["No, this cannot be! I AM INVINCIBLE!](/archive/invincible1.md) v1      | 2021-02-07 | Storytelling         | Medium     | 2-8          | Yes      | No            | Villains send wave after harder wave of enemies at the Heros, until they kill the Villains.
 | [Ninjas Ninjas Ninjas](/archive/ninjas.md)                               | 2021-02-07 | Storytelling         | Medium     | 3            | No       | No            | Fast, diceless storytelilng game about how cool ninjas are.
+| [Stupid Conspiracies](/archive/conspiracies.md)                          | 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.
 | [Stupid Russia](/archive/ninjas.md)                                      | 2017       | Party, competitive   | Medium     | 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](/archive/colony.md)                                 | 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.