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 THREE

[idolpro]

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

LiliS - level 8
sensitIV - level 8
pep!pep! - level 0
Taisho Roman Revolution - level 10
BAD END=DEAD END - level 4
future is now - level 9
WILD CITY - level 8
☆ZRAEL - level 8
Heart Soldier Senshi - level 4
AlcheME! - level 8
avante en garde - level 8
BARiTONES - level 9

Taisho Roman Revolution has a large, elaborate castle with smooth masonry walls. Their courtyard is full of sturdy stone & timber buildings.

LiliS, sensitIV, future is now, WILD CITY, ☆ZRAEL, AlcheME!, avante en garde, & BARiTONES have mid-size castles with rough stone walls. Their courtyards are full of wooden buildings.

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

pep!pep! has a tiny, crumbling wooden castle. Their courtyard has no walls, and consists only of tents.

Your castle is level #. Outside, the citizens are nervous but no longer panicked. You can hear them, muttering to eachother:

It could be alright… couldn't it? Maybe…]

DISCUSSION

[idolpro]

[As discussion begins, your characters receive an alert. The message on your phone simply says:

DANGER ROUND

Discuss your decision here.

Decisions must be turned in by 10:20pm PST!]

Re: DISCUSSION

[wantstheddd]

Okay, well, I feel like maybe we should just donate our goods to poor pep!pep! at this point.

Re: DISCUSSION

[holdhandsandsing]

Yes, let us do that. And maybe "heart soldier senshi" and "bad end", too?

Re: DISCUSSION

[wantstheddd]

Yeah, one on each? I have the feeling we'll probably do okay at this point. We don't need to win just live, so.

[holdhandsandsing]

Yes. I think that is the "best" we can do.

[wantstheddd]

[ calling around the room ]

Any objections?

[afailedmurder]

None here.

[irregular]

Go for it.

Re: DISCUSSION

[irregular]

They're fucked, aren't they?

Re: DISCUSSION

[wantstheddd]

I don't understand what they could even have done to stay at 0 through two rounds.

Re: DISCUSSION

[irregular]

Nothing? Christ, it's like they're not even in the game.

Re: DISCUSSION

[wantstheddd]

Like they just gave up right away?

Re: DISCUSSION

[irregular]

Looks like it. I don't get it. I thought they were popular as hell.

Re: DISCUSSION

[wantstheddd]

Yeah... well, we'll do what we can for them.

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 this round.]

Re: DECISION

[holdhandsandsing]

Gifting 1 to pep!pep!, 1 to Heart Soldier Senshi, and 1 to BAD END=DEAD END