Feelgood 80's Movie Mafia
A Closed Setup for 12 Players
Created by Cantripmancer
Reviewed by Shadowlancer and Osie
The rusty orange Hornet skidded to a stop in the loose gravel driveway, pea gravel spraying everywhere. The driver's door creaked open and a leg, clad in white jeans and a pair of cowboy boots a shade of orange just slightly darker than the Hornet emerged. The driver stepped out and brushed a speck of imaginary dust from the sleeve of his black dress shirt, then smoothed the faux fur of his shag vest. The Taco Bell name tag on his trucker ballcap said "Ignatius Ordansky".
Ignatius stared up at his grandfather's three-story Victorian mansion. The old kook was on a cruise to Malaysia or somewhere and had asked Ignatius to stop by, water the plants, and make sure no one had decided to turn it into a squatter's paradise. He went around to the back, felt under the back porch stoop, and found the spare key, then let himself in.
Ten minutes later, he had watered all six venus flytraps, adjusted them so they were in the sun, and then found his way to the kitchen, where he confirmed that the fridge was well-stocked with the local microbrew that his granddad liked so much. Grabbing one, he popped the top and started ambling around the house, poking his nose into the corners and seeing what secrets his grandfather might be hiding.
He was passing by one of the who-knows-how-many bedrooms when he noticed a strange light coming from over by the fireplace. He went into the bedroom and, much to his surprise, discovered that there seemed to be a small hidden passage that had been inadvertently left open. A strange purple light emanated from within. He ducked inside and came face to face with what could only be described as the quintessential supervillain lair.
There was a large highbacked wingtip chair, upholstered in leather. There was a small table off to the side with a rather elaborate chemistry set, complete with burbling liquid, from whence the purple light was coming. There was a set of chain restraints bolted to one wall. And there was an entire wall covered in a large array of old tube TV's. Ignatius slid into the chair, sending up a small cloud of dust, and swiveled around to face the screens. He counted: thirteen in all. And beneath each one ("You've got to be joking," he muttered) was a VCR.
As he sat there, marveling at what appeared to be the world's most extravagant tribute to outdated technology, he noticed a small sheet of paper on the desk in front of him. He picked it up and read:
Step 1: Drop acid.
Step 2: Throw the switch.
Step 3: ???
Step 4: Profit.
He glanced back at the desk and saw a previously unnoticed sheet of what appeared to be stickers depicting a rather loony looking character in a large top hat. Acid, huh?
"Yeah, I got this," he said with a grin.
This is a closed setup (billed as role madness light) with no game-specific rules, medium complexity roles, medium flavor, heavy on fun. To join, type /in (or something else that makes it obvious that you want to play) and name your favorite movie from the 80's (if you have one). Same goes for /replace and /spectate, as your fancy tickles you.
Finger on the Play Button (/in):
1. Rhand
2. ZeDorkSlipeur
3. Axelrod
4. Highroller
5. Slothful
6. Ecophagy
7. TerRaine
8. Grapefruit21
9. Jackrito
10. Killjoy
11. ignoramus
12. gooLagoon
Ambush Krotiq makes me laugh so much. I keep rereading the card and it keeps not having Flash. In what sense is this an ambush again? I just have visions of this huge Krotiq poorly concealed in some bushes, feeling slightly sad that his carefully planned ambushes never seem to work.
KoolKoal: Feel free to take this with a grain of salt since self meta isn't particularly helpful, but I think I get scumread mostly for style over substance, but also for a certain lack of substance over style. It's not so much what I AM posting most of the time (though sometimes that can seem bad) but what I'm NOT posting. I've been told I come to non-obvious conclusions a lot, so when I post, quite a bit of the time there's jumps in logic that people can't follow and they think that's scummy. I get that accusation about a lot of questions I ask specifically. People call them "busy work" when the questions are legit etc.
As far as things to ignore, I can't think of anything. I would suggest you focus less on what I'm doing and more on how I'm doing it. That's probably more likely to be accurate. Like I've just said, what I do tends to come off a little weird, but if you look for how I do it, mindset comes into play and maybe you figure out something useful.
KoolKoal: Feel free to take this with a grain of salt since self meta isn't particularly helpful, but I think I get scumread mostly for style over substance, but also for a certain lack of substance over style. It's not so much what I AM posting most of the time (though sometimes that can seem bad) but what I'm NOT posting. I've been told I come to non-obvious conclusions a lot, so when I post, quite a bit of the time there's jumps in logic that people can't follow and they think that's scummy. I get that accusation about a lot of questions I ask specifically. People call them "busy work" when the questions are legit etc.
As far as things to ignore, I can't think of anything. I would suggest you focus less on what I'm doing and more on how I'm doing it. That's probably more likely to be accurate. Like I've just said, what I do tends to come off a little weird, but if you look for how I do it, mindset comes into play and maybe you figure out something useful.
Feelgood 80's Movie Mafia
A Closed Setup for 12 Players
Created by Cantripmancer
Reviewed by Shadowlancer and Osie
Ignatius stared up at his grandfather's three-story Victorian mansion. The old kook was on a cruise to Malaysia or somewhere and had asked Ignatius to stop by, water the plants, and make sure no one had decided to turn it into a squatter's paradise. He went around to the back, felt under the back porch stoop, and found the spare key, then let himself in.
Ten minutes later, he had watered all six venus flytraps, adjusted them so they were in the sun, and then found his way to the kitchen, where he confirmed that the fridge was well-stocked with the local microbrew that his granddad liked so much. Grabbing one, he popped the top and started ambling around the house, poking his nose into the corners and seeing what secrets his grandfather might be hiding.
He was passing by one of the who-knows-how-many bedrooms when he noticed a strange light coming from over by the fireplace. He went into the bedroom and, much to his surprise, discovered that there seemed to be a small hidden passage that had been inadvertently left open. A strange purple light emanated from within. He ducked inside and came face to face with what could only be described as the quintessential supervillain lair.
There was a large highbacked wingtip chair, upholstered in leather. There was a small table off to the side with a rather elaborate chemistry set, complete with burbling liquid, from whence the purple light was coming. There was a set of chain restraints bolted to one wall. And there was an entire wall covered in a large array of old tube TV's. Ignatius slid into the chair, sending up a small cloud of dust, and swiveled around to face the screens. He counted: thirteen in all. And beneath each one ("You've got to be joking," he muttered) was a VCR.
As he sat there, marveling at what appeared to be the world's most extravagant tribute to outdated technology, he noticed a small sheet of paper on the desk in front of him. He picked it up and read:
Step 1: Drop acid.
Step 2: Throw the switch.
Step 3: ???
Step 4: Profit.
He glanced back at the desk and saw a previously unnoticed sheet of what appeared to be stickers depicting a rather loony looking character in a large top hat. Acid, huh?
"Yeah, I got this," he said with a grin.
This is a closed setup (billed as role madness light) with no game-specific rules, medium complexity roles, medium flavor, heavy on fun. To join, type /in (or something else that makes it obvious that you want to play) and name your favorite movie from the 80's (if you have one). Same goes for /replace and /spectate, as your fancy tickles you.
Finger on the Play Button (/in):
1. Rhand
2. ZeDorkSlipeur
3. Axelrod
4. Highroller
5. Slothful
6. Ecophagy
7. TerRaine
8. Grapefruit21
9. Jackrito
10. Killjoy
11. ignoramus
12. gooLagoon
Paused in Action (/replace):
1.
Popping the Popcorn (/spectate):
1.
Well, should be a short game.
/in for Clue!
Do d-do doooo dun dun dunnnnn!!!!
(Sloth stole my Clue)
Ya *****.
Role PMs will be sent out later this afternoon/evening, when I have a bit more time.