Theme Test Market

[JacobSavage]

@ Cheery, the Issue i have is the low amount of Town PR's that you'll find (outside of role madness that is )

I can think of one non Vanilla D1 mislynch in all the games I'e played.

[borkjerfkin]

Thinking of running a large theme based on Xenoblade Chronicles for Nintendo Wii

Anyone familiar with the source material besides me? I've kinda already got a setup in mind I just want to know if I should bother to go further or not.

[Does Bo Know]

When I can mod themed games, I call dibs on Cyanide and Happiness, the webcomics. There are enough recurring characters to make a setup, and I can use comics for the lulz in the game thread and role PMs.

Would anyone be interested, and would they rather have it be a Mini or Large Theme? I feel like I can pull off both, but of course, Large Theme will take much more experience.

[Messiah]

Large theme. Do want.

[borkjerfkin]

Thinking of running a large theme based on Xenoblade Chronicles for Nintendo Wii

Anyone familiar with the source material besides me? I've kinda already got a setup in mind I just want to know if I should bother to go further or not.

Or I want to run a Xenogears (PS1 game, same(ish) developer) Large Theme. I've got decent setups for both. I haven't decided which, but the lack of response to the first doesn't leave me optimistic for that.

[GuyInFreezer]

When I meet the requirement to mod mini theme, I'm thinking of modding a touhou-themed one.

It won't happen soon (I just freshly /in'd to mod today ), but would anyone be interested when I mod one?

[serrapaladin]

Once I've modded a Mini Normal (hopefully soon), I'm looking to mod a few games in the Micro and Mini Theme queues.

From my f2f days, I still have a bunch of setups with flavour I'd like to run. Here are some themes I'd be interested in running in an amended form suitable for forum play, mostly TV/gaming related, which I haven't seen around recently:

• Arrested Development (could definitely be a series of games, with a new one once the Netflix ones come out)
  
• Assassin's Creed 1+2
  
• Boston Legal
  
• Chuck
  
• Community
  
• Firefly
  
• NCIS
  
• Okami
  
• Portal
  
• True Blood
  
• XKCD
  
• Zelda - Majora's Mask

Some of these are rather gimmicky, some are fairly normal setups with flavour, and some have well-refined non-standard mechanisms. Most of them are biased against flavour-blind play while some straight-out require good familiarity with the source material.

I also have a bunch of stuff based on individual books and plays, from Shakespeare and Chaucer to Dickens and Stoker, if there'd be any sort of interest in that (yes, we were a nerdy bunch...). Finally, I've done something akin to a book club/Mafia game, where a book is chosen that no one has read, and a reread is (cleverly) coordinated by the mod with in-game action. That stuff takes some effort to run, as well as commitment from everyone involved, but I've had some very positive feedback the few times I have run it.

[Maestro]

• Assassin's Creed 1+2 -
  psure one's been run before but if you've looked I'll believe you over my faulty memory
  
  
• Firefly -
  I definitely think I've seen one of these on-site before, but I'd have to dig - again, knowing the (expansive) fanbase it's likely but not 100%
  
  
• NCIS -
  same as AC 1+2
  
  
• Okami -
  if you do this, have fun with a special mechanic or two, the game certainly lends itself to them, IMO. also, should have Werewolves, just sayin'
  
  
• Portal -
  same as Firefly
  
  
• XKCD -
  ohdearGodyesplease

Some of these are rather gimmicky, some are fairly normal setups with flavour, and some have

well-refined non-standard mechanisms.

I'm listening

I also have a bunch of stuff based on individual books and plays, from Shakespeare

and Chaucer to Dickens and Stoker, if there'd be any sort of interest in that (yes, we were a nerdy bunch...).

you had me at "Shakespeare" - very interested in reviewing/coModding a Mafia "translation" of a Bard classic

Finally, I've done something akin to a book club/Mafia game, where a book is chosen that no one has read, and a reread is (cleverly) coordinated by the mod with in-game action. That stuff takes some effort to run, as well as commitment from everyone involved, but I've had some very positive feedback the few times I have run it.

this sounds like it would be awesome, but MIGHT need to be run as some kind of special game - and yeah, big commitment

[serrapaladin]

Well, my definition of 'not recently' is fairly liberal. If I haven't seen it run or mentioned in my time here, I mentioned it. I'm still months away from getting close to modding a themed game, but I thought I'd test the waters.

The Okami one is lots of fun. I wasn't sure if it's popular around here, but that one does have some funky mechanisms (think: ink wells & health points - might have to redesign away from a hurt/heal mechanism depending on how people feel about that).

The Majora's Mask one is probably my favorite. If you've played the game, I'm sure you can vaguely imagine what the mechanism looks like.

[serrapaladin]

As to Shakespeare, Measure for Measure lends itself quite well to Mafia "translation", as does Othello. I've run both of those, as well as Much Ado, but for each I just used a fairly standard setup and whacked some flavour on top. If I'm going to run one of those in a Theme queue, I'll revamp it and add some fun stuff.

[Maestro]

Mhm Mhm Mhm

[Does Bo Know]

Aww I also had a Zelda: Majora's Mask idea with non-standard mechanics.

And it would've been a

Kingmaker

Mafia to boot.

[Does Bo Know]

The Majora's Mask one is probably my favorite. If you've played the game, I'm sure you can vaguely imagine what the mechanism looks like.

I do, and I'm sure we are both thinking of the same thing.

[Maestro]

serrapaladin, meet Does Bo Know
Does Bo Know, meet serrapaladin

another happy marriage of ideas and creativity brought about by the Theme test thread <3

[fferyllt]

I have run a couple of cyberpunk SF themed games elsewhere and would like to run some small games in that genre, Particularly Bester's Demolished Man and The Stars My Destination.

[Does Bo Know]

Actually considering sending Serra a PM tomorrow about the ideas.

We'll have to see.

[serrapaladin]

I have run a couple of cyberpunk SF themed games elsewhere and would like to run some small games in that genre, Particularly Bester's Demolished Man and The Stars My Destination.

Ooh, I love me some classic cyberpunk. I've already done Dune and some stuff by Asimov, but Bester would be pretty cool.

Oh and how do people round here feel about RPing?

[Mr. Flay]

RPing is generally looked on as interfering with the goal of Mafia, which is figuring out the person's true motivations. Since Town generally has no need to lie, it muddies the waters.

[zoraster]

i think that's a shame, but it's true.

also, it's okay for people to run games with the same theme. You don't want to steal someone else's thunder, but really. it's okay. There's room for more than one harry potter mafia.

[fferyllt]

I have run a couple of cyberpunk SF themed games elsewhere and would like to run some small games in that genre, Particularly Bester's Demolished Man and The Stars My Destination.

Ooh, I love me some classic cyberpunk. I've already done Dune and some stuff by Asimov, but Bester would be pretty cool.

Oh and how do people round here feel about RPing?

I've not desgined an Asimov game, but I have done a couple of Dune games, and a Le Guin. Oh and a Wyndham.

Re RPG I did a game once that was based on forum personas. There was a side game for players and spectators to guess which forum personality each player was channeling. It became an insanely complicated game.

[Andrius]

Thinking of running a large theme based on Xenoblade Chronicles for Nintendo Wii

Anyone familiar with the source material besides me? I've kinda already got a setup in mind I just want to know if I should bother to go further or not.

I

love

Xenoblade Chronicles.
I don't imagine many people know about it though. :/

[T-Bone]

I'm sure the answer to this question is yes, but...has a hydra only theme game been done before? I've been toying with an idea for this but I want to see what history has to say about this.

[Cheery Dog]

At least these two

The Mafia with the Hydras
Hydra Mafia

Me collecting day 1 lynch data totally helps that purpose.

[AGar]

I'm sure the answer to this question is yes, but...has a hydra only theme game been done before? I've been toying with an idea for this but I want to see what history has to say about this.

As someone who played in one, they never turn out well.

[TehBrawlGuy]

I've played in several. They've either turned out well or failed due to unrelated reasons.