WILD CITY

[idolpro]

[ Standing on the deck of a grand galleon rocking in the midst of clear, turquoise waves. In front of your boat is an island--deserted, of course--and next to the steering wheel you'll find two large chests, one filled with bags of gold and the other filled with dark, round, innocuous looking balls, as well as two maps--one clearly depicting the uncharted island in front of you, and the other--a treasure island. And apparently just for shits and giggles, there's a pile of pirate-themed accessories in your unit color(s) you can put on--eye patches, plastic swords and water pistols, fake stuffed parrots, bandanas, a Captain's hat--even a peg-leg or two.

Your phones chime and instructions to choose where to hide both the treasure and traps on your island based on your map appears. ]

[ Players, note that you have until 6pm PST/9PM EST to make sure your unit's card is completely filled out and ready to go! Feel free to thread out burying the treasure, just selecting the spots, or fighting over the accessories, whatever floats your literal boat. ]

Comments

ROUND 1

[idolpro]

A warning whistle resounds from the boat signaling game start, and the ship pulls away from the shore. It steers itself to a new island--one that looks just like the one on the bottom map/grid. Your phone updates with new instructions now:

Avast! Find as much booty as ye can while avoidin' the traps set by other scallywags. Six be the magic number o' plots ye can search each time.

DISCUSSION

[idolpro]

Re: DISCUSSION

[firstgrave]

....... what if we go in a row?

Re: DISCUSSION

[presentational]

Then we blow up or find everything in the whole row.

Re: DISCUSSION

[firstgrave]

[ ... !! ]

We're not really blowing up though, right?

Re: DISCUSSION

[presentational]

The treasure's probably fake too.

Re: DISCUSSION

[firstgrave]

[ oh... ]

They could at least give us real treasure.

Re: DISCUSSION

[presentational]

We'll have to see how much our points get us after.

Re: DISCUSSION

[iamverybadass]

... Let's go diagonally. If anyone did make a complete row, we don't know which row it would be on.

Re: DISCUSSION

[firstgrave]

[ ... not sure what a diagonally is but ]

That sounds smart.

Re: DISCUSSION

[iamverybadass]

............Do you understand what I mean?

Re: DISCUSSION

[firstgrave]

Y.... yes... ?

Re: DISCUSSION

[iamverybadass]

...

[ Mimes drawing an "X" over the guessing map ]

When you make lines at an angle like this, those are diagonal lines. If we make a diagonal line then it will cross over many more rows and columns.

[ He gestures horizontally for 'rows' and vertically for 'columns']

If anyone made a straight line, we'll have higher odds of catching them this way.

Re: DISCUSSION

[shutthefoxup]

Seconded. Spread out our chances.

Re: DISCUSSION

[iamverybadass]

One more and we'll have a majority.

Re: DISCUSSION

[shutthefoxup]

And then we can just sweep whatever row we hit on?

Re: DISCUSSION

[iamverybadass]

It's as good a plan as anything else we could come up with.

Re: DISCUSSION

[presentational]

However we play is fine.

[ helpfully! ]

DISCUSSION

[lacrime]

It’s a sound plan, though... [ That heart shape. Is it intentional? ]

Re: DISCUSSION

[iamverybadass]

Ah, I see you've noticed Challah's placements.

[lacrime]

It falls in line with her character. [ That they know of. ]

If it lands, it could be beneficial to keep repeating it. Any spectators might appreciate the artistic effort.

TURN IN

[idolpro]

Re: TURN IN

[iamverybadass]

B11
C12
D13
E14
F15
G16

RESULTS

[idolpro]

[idolpro]

Your search of space G7 yields treasure!

Arrgh! You thought you'd found treasure, but alas! It's a BOOBY TRAP at B2,E5, and F6!

• SHARK INFESTED WATERS! Ye'll be findin' your boat beset by sharks! *All sharks are inflatable toys made of plastic.
  
• SLIMED! Argh, no treasure here--just slime, all over ye now!
  
• CHRONIC BACKSTABBING DISORDER! You feel the urge to mutiny, all the time. From what? From anything.
  
  All other plots searched yielded nothing.