Battlegrinder
04-12-2013, 05:33 PM
I'm a big fan of the game Brikwars, a tabletop wargame system designed to be easy to use, easy to mod, and that uses legos for the models and terrain. I'm think of writing a few add-ons to the core rules to cover stuff from SL and PL (AL and DL wouldn't work as well) and add in some RPG elements, then run a few games on the forums. The rules won't be very complicated, since we can cut out a lot sections (I don't think we'll need the sections on vehicles, for example).
Here's how it will work: I'll create a dungeon, fill it with bad guys, and then a group of players can in and storm the place. They'll PM me and tell me what to do, and I'll roll for the bad guys and generally keep the game moving (you can find a good example of this kind of play on the Brikwars battle reports forum, but they have whole armies so its mostly a difference of scale). It will be a pretty short campaign, maybe a half dozen groups of bad guys in the whole place, plus the boss, and since Brikwars combat runs pretty quickly and only needs one or two dice rolls per turn, a whole group of bad guys could be taken down in only two or three turns. The whole dungeon might take a week or so to clear, with players taking a couple of turns per day. If people are interested, I might do a longer, more conventional RPG campaign if enough people are interested, but mostly I'm thinking of just doing the mini-campaigns. Note: the same group players won't be sticking together all the time. if ten people are sorted into two 5 person groups, after they beat their dungeons (or are killed), they can sign up for another dungeon, but will be matched with different people (if they want to be in a group with certain people, they can of course request to be put together).
I'll probably have everything set up and ready to go sometime around the end of the month, if people are interested. I'm don't want to spend a bunch of time setting something up and getting ready to run some games if no one is interested, so if you think that you'd be interested in doing this, please post here and let me know so I can get an idea of how much interest people have in this. if you'd be interested in having a longer running campaign, let me know as well, that's something I'd love to do if people are interested. If you have any questions, ask away, I'm pretty sure I've covered the basics but I'm not sure.
Also, where should I post and run the completed games? Seriously, I have no idea what part of the forums this thing falls under the umbrella of. I suppose I could do it in forum games, but it's a bit of madhouse over there.
Got questions? Comments? Ideas? Email me at stsbrikwars@gmail.com (the account isn't connect in any way to my regular STS email account and exists only to coordinate BrikWars games, so don't bother trying to hijack it).
Here's how it will work: I'll create a dungeon, fill it with bad guys, and then a group of players can in and storm the place. They'll PM me and tell me what to do, and I'll roll for the bad guys and generally keep the game moving (you can find a good example of this kind of play on the Brikwars battle reports forum, but they have whole armies so its mostly a difference of scale). It will be a pretty short campaign, maybe a half dozen groups of bad guys in the whole place, plus the boss, and since Brikwars combat runs pretty quickly and only needs one or two dice rolls per turn, a whole group of bad guys could be taken down in only two or three turns. The whole dungeon might take a week or so to clear, with players taking a couple of turns per day. If people are interested, I might do a longer, more conventional RPG campaign if enough people are interested, but mostly I'm thinking of just doing the mini-campaigns. Note: the same group players won't be sticking together all the time. if ten people are sorted into two 5 person groups, after they beat their dungeons (or are killed), they can sign up for another dungeon, but will be matched with different people (if they want to be in a group with certain people, they can of course request to be put together).
I'll probably have everything set up and ready to go sometime around the end of the month, if people are interested. I'm don't want to spend a bunch of time setting something up and getting ready to run some games if no one is interested, so if you think that you'd be interested in doing this, please post here and let me know so I can get an idea of how much interest people have in this. if you'd be interested in having a longer running campaign, let me know as well, that's something I'd love to do if people are interested. If you have any questions, ask away, I'm pretty sure I've covered the basics but I'm not sure.
Also, where should I post and run the completed games? Seriously, I have no idea what part of the forums this thing falls under the umbrella of. I suppose I could do it in forum games, but it's a bit of madhouse over there.
Got questions? Comments? Ideas? Email me at stsbrikwars@gmail.com (the account isn't connect in any way to my regular STS email account and exists only to coordinate BrikWars games, so don't bother trying to hijack it).