From 525b8d2525342e36117c4dd100804f4eefb6c4d8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Zachary Vance Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2022 19:47:13 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Add 'in media res' --- games/in_media_res.md | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++ games/index.md | 15 ++++++++------- index.html | 3 ++- 3 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) create mode 100644 games/in_media_res.md diff --git a/games/in_media_res.md b/games/in_media_res.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..118506d --- /dev/null +++ b/games/in_media_res.md @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +[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. diff --git a/games/index.md b/games/index.md index 5a7319d..338a83c 100644 --- a/games/index.md +++ b/games/index.md @@ -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. diff --git a/index.html b/index.html index a0aa6e9..71ba003 100644 --- a/index.html +++ b/index.html @@ -69,7 +69,8 @@

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