Castle Game: AlcheME!

[idolpro]

[Suddenly, you hear the wailing of a horn. Outside, tension is turning to panic. You can't see anything, but you can hear people gathering up their things, sobbing in fear or speaking in harsh whispers. A lone voice calls from the distance:

The enemy approaches!

Upon the map, an unfamiliar geography appears -- several small nations, clustered together. Outside of them, an endless sea of enemy forces, identified only by a symbol of a cracked skull. Each of the small nations is marked with a flag in one unit's colour, and a tiny model of a castle.

You are at war. How will you protect your people and yourself?


(Rules & questions are here. Cleo is your gamerunner!)

Comments

ROUND TWO

[idolpro]

[As everyone's decisions are made, the castle models on the map change. The current castle levels are:

LiliS - level 1
sensitIV - level 3
pep!pep! - level 0
Taisho Roman Revolution - level 2
BAD END=DEAD END - level 6
future is now - level 5
WILD CITY - level 8
☆ZRAEL - level 2
Heart Soldier Senshi - level 4
AlcheME! - level 3
avante en garde - level 2
BARiTONES - level 5

WILD CITY has mid-size castle with rough stone walls. Their courtyard is full of wooden buildings.

BAD END=DEAD END, future is now, Heart Soldier Senshi, & BARiTONES have small castles with wooden walls. Their courtyards are full of shacks.

LiliS, sensitIV, pep!pep!, Taisho Roman Revolution, ☆ZRAEL, AlcheME!, & avante en garde have tiny, crumbling wooden castles. Their courtyards have no walls, and consist only of tents.

Your castle is level #. Outside, the citizens have passed through fear and into fury. There are hands banging at the door, and angry voices:

Who needs such useless lords?! We'll take this into our own hands!]

DISCUSSION

[idolpro]

[Discuss your decision here.

Decisions must be turned in by 9:00pm PST!]

[holdhandsandsing]

Noisy.

[afailedmurder]

Indeed. Perhaps it's time we went a bit harder...

[holdhandsandsing]

Maybe two this time...?

[afailedmurder]

I'd be fine with three.

[holdhandsandsing]

Mm~... I will "vote" for two, but I will not object to three.

[withoutmeaning]

Noisy!

But, hmmm. Would this be 'doing okay' or 'doing badly'?

[holdhandsandsing]

Neither, I think.

[They didn't gain anything, but they also avoided losing anything.]

[withoutmeaning]

Kahaha, Wild City is gonna get slammed. If we wanted to get the biggest returns out of our thefts, we'd have to pick units that are also likely to receive gifts, but I don't think we'd want to touch anyone who's too down on their luck, right?

[holdhandsandsing]

I would not really want to, at least.

[irregular]

Hey, what's with this shit?

[K: Officially Not Helping.

[He gets up. Stalks to the door. Gives it two or three hard kicks, and then another for good measure.]

Oi! Knock it the fuck off! You're not even real!!

[holdhandsandsing]

[SCRUFFS

HIM]

[irregular]

Ow!

[STRUGGLES

[Life is difficult when you're five foot three and like to hit things.]

[holdhandsandsing]

[IRON GRIP]

Do not also be noisy. Bad.

[wantstheddd]

K, hush. Don't talk to the rabble.

[irregular]

I'm trying to fucking think here!

[That aimed squarely at the door.]

[withoutmeaning]

Would they even listen to us, K?

[irregular]

Christ, no. They're probably just holograms and some such shit and even if they weren't who's gonna be happy someone came out and said hey sorry, we're not your lords or anything, we just got kidnapped to be on this shitty murder game show?

Re: DISCUSSION

[wantstheddd]

Jesus, Wild City.

Re: DISCUSSION

[irregular]

Well, they got shit to steal.

Re: DISCUSSION

[wantstheddd]

Right, but now everyone is going to hit them. The nail that stands up, after all.

Re: DISCUSSION

[irregular]

Wanna hit Baritones again?

DECISION

[idolpro]

[You have 3 bundles of materials with which to build up your castle. Your options are:

• Use your own materials, remaining neutral.


• Gift some your materials to another unit.


• Steal from another unit.

You may gift some or all of your materials, and may divide your gifts between more than one unit. You may steal from up to three units per round. You may not gift and steal in the same round. Any materials in your possession at the end of the round will be used to improve your castle's defense level.

The enemy will arrive after 2 rounds.]

Re: DECISION

[wantstheddd]

STEAL FROM

- BARITONES

- FUTURE IS NOW

- WILD CITY