Castle Game: avante en garde

[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!)

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ROUND ONE

[idolpro]

[As of now, each nation's castle bears the same shape: a tiny, crumbling wooden castle, with an unwalled courtyard full of tents. Above each one hovers the number 0.]

DISCUSSION

[idolpro]

[Discuss your decision here.

Decisions must be turned in by 7:45pm PST!]

Re: DISCUSSION

[unbr8kable]

[fun fun fun]

I'd say I'd been beginning to miss these types of games but that'd be a lie.

[softlyfalling]

Well. I suppose it had to come around eventually.

Re: DISCUSSION

[dienamite]

...We just gotta make sure we don't fall below 7, right?

Re: DISCUSSION

[gigadevilbreaker]

[This is............. complicated]

We got the right theme for this, anyway.

Re: DISCUSSION

[composeur]

[ soft hums as he traces the flags on the table as if it's a connect-the-numbers puzzle ]

Ne... who do you think is the most popular unit around here? [ a question posed at anyone really ]

Re: DISCUSSION

[emptymind]

[ her eyes are wandering, as if by looking she might somehow find the source of the voices ]

...

For now, perhaps we should remain neutral.

[calmthefoxdown]

[ It's like Gold just aged fifty years upon arriving in this game. ]

... So everyone will at least survive if we all stay in our lanes. But we don't expect everyone to play that way?

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 3 rounds.]

Re: DECISION

[softlyfalling]

avante en garde will neither steal nor gift.

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 2. 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!]

Re: DISCUSSION

[emptymind]

... Then, we must steal. From Bad End Dead End, from future is now, and from Heart Soldier Senshi. Is that agreeable?

Re: DISCUSSION

[softlyfalling]

...how did that happen.

Hopefully this means that it's unlikely anyone will steal from us, for the time being...?

[calmthefoxdown]

[ Why is Wild City like this. ]

Re: DISCUSSION

[composeur]

... wahaha! Wild City is definitely going down next round, huh! Let's steal from them! Break down their walls! Pillage their riches!!

Re: DISCUSSION

[dienamite]

[ DON'T PANIC DON'T PANIC DON'T PANIC ]

We... We gotta steal now. Right?

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

[softlyfalling]

avante en garde steals from BAD END=DEAD END, future is now, and sensitIV.

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 8. 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

[dienamite]

What the fuck.

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.]

RESULTS

[idolpro]

[The enemy has arrived. Your castle is level level 9.

Outside, you hear the screaming of orders and rattling of armor. Then, the clash of steel -- your people are fighting a hard battle.

Hold your positions!

Don't let them overtake us!

Shit-- they've broken through the gate!

Quick, form a bucket chain!

The smell of smoke fills the room, and you hear the crackling of fire. A wall begins to crumble, and flames spread towards you, jumping out to lick at you, scalding and burning your skin and settling patches of clothing alight.

Though the smoke prevents you from seeing the battle, you can see the arrows as they cut through. They pierce you -- fortunately, the wounds aren't fatal, but you've all got at least one or two of them now.

Dread settles in -- you won't win, will you…? You're going to die.

But then, smoke turns to steam, as water splashes onto the flames and puts them out. Though weary, the soldiers outside still have energy to howl in victory, as they finally repel their enemy.

You've suffered losses, but your castle survives.

You may now move to endgame.]