Re: [HOE] Competitive Deadlands

[Michael Shindler <martin_etc@yahoo.com>]

The first idea sounds more like what I want - a Series 7 style contest - except
I'd have them all build characters seperately... I'll put a notice up on the
RPG Club's message board and have people email me who want to play... sending a
character idea. Then I'd Marshal it...


... but then again, how would I keep players from using player knowledge? Maybe
two (or more) teams with seperate GMs, seperate rooms, and "moves" (i.e. what
do you do for the next X mins?). After each move, the GMs meet up, look at a
central map, and mark where their posses are? If they have run into each other,
bring the two into one of the rooms -> either a combat results (with other GMs
being informed of the location of the fight, and any ensuing running away that
goes on, to involve their players in case they come across meeting). 


Now I need to start writing things down.

--- Dirk <darklord@dark-sky.net> wrote:
> I actually had two ideas along this line a while back.
> 
> The first would be to have everyone take turns pulling cards until twelve had
> been drawn. Everyone makes a fresh character using the same 12 cards arranged
> to the
> player's liking for stats. Purchase equipment under the Marshal's
> observation, making the necessary rolls for the chance to purchase rare
> items. Stick them in a
> "battleground" of the marshal's choosing with a red white and blue each and
> roll quickness. Last man standing wins.
> 
> The second is a little more involved (as if the first idea wasn't...) and
> uses a lot more stuff then characters dueling. Everyone makes a character as
> in my first
> idea, and then gets given $20000 widgets to make a car to duel/race with
> using the road warriors rules. Think Car Wars but with a lot more role
> playing. Stuff
> could be bought straight out of the book or Junkers could be hired to make
> custom stuff. Thugs could be hired to rough up the competition and sabotage
> their
> vehicles. Cash awards go to the players based on finishing place (first would
> get a lot more then last, but everyone would get something. Players would
> then use
> the winnings to rebuild their ride or build new rides and add new stuff to
> them. It would be a lot for the marshal to keep track of, but it could make
> for an
> interesting ongoing campaign based around the monthly race... if your players
> are the competitive types.
> 
> What do you all think? Comments welcome.
> 
> --Dirk
> 
> Michael Shindler wrote:
> 
> > Probably been discussed a while back, but I've now had just over a spare
> week
> > on my hands (last quarter at UCI ended just over a week ago) and have been
> > thinking of this for a while...
> >
> > ... with a large player base, it could be interesting... my HoE group at
> school
> > meets once a week and has ten players.
> >
> > ... so I was thinking of running a HoE tournament. A very competitive one.
> >
> > I've got some ideas floating around, which I'm thinking of putting to
> paper.
> > Question is, does anyone already have a write up for how to run it?
> >
> > And would anyone be interested in my idea?
> >
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