Re: (TFT) Melee/Wizard Variant

["John Paul Bakshoian" <hailmelee@hotmail.com>]

Dan's Capture the Flag suggestion under Melee/Wizard Variant:
> > > This is all kind of intuitive and off the cuff but what
> > > do you think?  This sounds like it might be kind of fun to me.
> > > Dan<

Michael suggests
> > I think you should talk to John about it.../snip from another e-mail/ John 
> > B. from the Shadowhex company (who's on this list).
> > I think he's got some ideas for a game that sounds very similar to >>this 
> > idea...
> >
> > Michael

Michael is perhaps connecting this with my Fantasy Chess game which is for 
sale.  www.shadowhex.com.  This is a chess variant in which you move as 
normal chess pieces and you can checkmate the king normally, but you can 
have up to three of your own color in a square and when you capture an 
enemy, you don't remove him from the board, you fight for the square.  You 
can even send in reinforcements to help out in the Combat Sqaure.  Each 
piece has a attribute statistics of Stregnth and Dexterity which vary for 
each piece type, keeping in mind the value of the traditional chess piece. 
In addition to the core-rules, there is healing, withdrawal out of combat 
squares, Expulsions by the queen, and Carrying capabilites by rooks and 
horses.

I will be demonstrating this game at the Labor Day L.A. Con.

Or perhaps Michael is commenting on my suggestions for using miniatures in 
games.  The "Capture the Flag" scenario would be an easy and interesting 
thing to mock up.  Perhaps it's close relative would be "Blood Bowl".

Actually Dan, I see your "Capture the Flag" as a national sport of the 
gameworld the character is in.  Something like the ball games the Aztec's 
played or maybe Iraqouis (misspelled I'm sure) lacrouse.

Its the holidays and the PCs are in town and offend the public officials.  
Now they are in the pokey for a week.  But lo, some of the Apache Broncos 
have come down with gastral rectinitus and can't participate (foul play on 
the part of the Brujo Panthers?).  Guess who they want to attend this 
friendly game of flags?

The PCs won't only have to contend with Brujo despicablilty, but perhaps 
their ally Apache player's prejudice and treachery.  But if they play 
respectably, they may get Apache admiration.  And if they help trounce the 
Brujo's, they will be hailed heroes and will party with the chiefs.  But 
beware Brujo revenge.


Hail Melee

John Paul

Original message below:
> TFTers,
>
>  I just thought up a variant for TFT which might be kinda   fun.  
> Basically, its a "Capture the Flag" kind of thing:
>   two teams (blue and red) enter from the opposite side of
>   the arena, attempt to capture their opponents flag and
>   bring it back to the entry squares.  The flags can be
>   placed anywhere on the map (I'd suggest using a Wizard   map), plus 
> there can be obstacles such as fired, walled
>   or shadowed hexes.
>
>  There is no limit to the number of flags an individual
>  can carry.  If you want to pass the flags around like
>  a football, treat the flag as a thrown weapon for DX
>  adjustment purposes.  A successful hit means it got to
>  the intended target who then has to make a DX roll to  catch it.  A flag 
> must pass through one of the characters
>  front hexes in order for it to be caught.  A thrown  flag can be 
> intercepted by other characters along the
>  intended path.  A flag which is dropped falls to the  ground in the 
> target's hex.  A flag which misses the
>  target continues on for a number of hexes, toss a die
>  to see how many and then lands on the floor.
>
>  You can limit the armanent for each team to fists only,
>  shields only (to allow bashing) or give the characters
>  all the arms and armor they wish: the game can be made
>  as deadly as you like.
>
>  Winning side gets 30 ep each, survivors get 10.
>
>  This is all kind of intuitive and off the cuff but what
>  do you think?  This sounds like it might be kind of  fun to me.
>
> Dan


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