308. The Forces of Evil Gather [N]

[Thomas David Baker]

Rounds

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The beginning of the first player's Turn is the beginning of a Round.

Date

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The current date is January 1887.  Every proposal moves the date on a month.

Terror

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The current Terror Level is 0.  Each month the Terror Level increases by one for each Open Portal to the Other World anywhere on Earth.

If the Terror Level reaches 100, the world is overwhelmed by creatures from the Other World and all players lose the game.  

The current Terror Level is added to the total number of points required to win the game.

Statistics

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All players have Level 0 in Lore and Level 0 in Sleuthing.  All players have a Sanity of 50.  These values may change.

Any player whose Sanity reaches 0 or below becomes insane.  Their score is havled and they skip their next Proposal.  After they have skipped their proposal their sanity becomes 10 and they may continue as before.

A player loses one point of sanity for each point of Lore they acquire.

A player loses one point of sanity for each month they spend at a location with an Open Portal, per Open Portal.

Locations

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Every player must include a location in each proposal they make until two of their proposals containing locations are accepted.  A player need not include anything in their proposal other than the location details.

All players are currently in London.  All players have 100 shillings in disposable funds.

London, that great cesspool into which all the loungers and idlers of the Empire are irresistably drained.

London is a location.  When in residence for a turn one may do any or all of the following (once each turn):

    - Consult with Sherlock Holmes, paying 1 shiling and gaining 1 Sleuthing.

    - Visit Ye Olde Curiosity Shoppe, playing 1 shilling and gaining 1 Lore.

    - Gamble 50/50 odds (determined by judge) to gain 10 shillings or lose 10 shillings.  Players must have at least 10 shillings to do this.

    - Players with Sleuthing of 5 or higher may earn 1 shilling.

    - Players with a Lore of 5 or higher may earn 1 shilling.

    - Pay 1 shilling to send a telegram to anywhere in the world.  This may be done more than once.

    - Buy Hunting Gear for 10 shillings.

    

It does not have to be your turn to do these things, it's just that a turn must pass.

Portals

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At the beginning of every round a portal to the Other Place opens in a location randomly determined by the judge from the current list of locations.

Everyone in a location where a Portal opens loses 5 Sanity.

There is an Open Portal to the Other World somewhere in London.

Levels

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A player with Sleuthing of 10 may gain knowledge of the Exact Location of a Portal by visiting the location in which it is found.  They score 5 points for this.  Until the Exact Location of a Portal is revealed to a player they do not know it.  You may only reveal an Exact Location to another player by being in the same location for a turn, or by sending a telegram to that player.

A player with Sleuthing 20 can find the Necronomicon.  They must declare that they are looking for it and it is assigned to a random location by the Judge.  Only a player with Sleuthing of 20 or higher may retrieve it.  A player retrieving the Necronomicon loses 10 sanity and gains 20 points.

A player with a Lore of 10 who knows the Exact Location of an Open Portal may seal it visiting its location and declaring that they do so.  They score 10 points for this and lose 10 sanity.

A player with a Lore of 20 who knows the Exact Location of an Open Portal may close it by visiting its location and declaring that they do so.  They score 20 points for this and lose 10 sanity.

Any player reading the Necronomicon has their sanity reduced to zero.  The Terror Level is increased by 20.  If their Lore is 40 or higher when their sanity goes above 0 their score is quadrupled.

[ross miles]

i like it. i don't get it yet but i like it. i'm in- yes indeed.

[Kieran Symington]

Aren't these the rules to Arkham Horror?

[Thomas David Baker]

You don't get any points for recognizing my sources! Good artists borrow, great artists steal!

But to make you feel better here are some things that aren't in Arkham Horror that are in this initial ruleset: London, Sherlock Holmes, Sleuthing, Necronomicon, Monthly turns, adding further locations, quotes from Sir Arthur Conan-Doyle, telegrams, Hunting Gear, shillings, levels of abilities triggering possibilities, Ars Magica-style "seasons" (months here).

Plus I have some very un-Arkham Horror ideas for a future proposal or two but it works better if I reveal them later ...

[Dan Barrett]

I like Sherlock Holmes, but not mixing him with Lovecraft.

Also, this is about 50 rules changes/additions in one go, which effectively forces the game in a particular direction rather than allowing it evolve naturally by the whim of all players combined, and for that reason i'm voting against it.

Plus, if it's from a different game, we could've just played that one to start off with!

[Thomas David Baker]

Hey, you had a round to make the game interesting and you failed.

Ho hum. Snore snore.

PS Lovecraft + Sherlock Holmes + Jules Verne + Phileas Fogg + H.G. Wells + ... would have been awesome.

[Paul Young]

I'll vote yes, and imagine if Gary did not fuck up my rule change you would would of got a majority yes Tom. Guess Gary is to blame.

[Kieran Symington]

As you obviously put some effort into this only to have it voted down, you can have a pity yes from me.

Would have been funny to see Ben's reaction if he'd come back to this!

[Thomas David Baker]

It really wasn't so much effort ... I purposely didn't let myself get toooo carried away in case it got voted down. I let the idea bubble for a week then spent 30 mins writing it down.

Besides I can always propose it again next round when majority voting comes in :)

[Gary Lynch]

Wow I really liked this idea.

What idiot would not like this???

Paul it's not my fault this didn't get in it's dans.

I hope dan had a better proposal on his turn.

[Gary Lynch]

Oh almost forgot my pointless yes.

Gary Lynch said:

Wow I really liked this idea. What idiot would not like this???

Paul it's not my fault this didn't get in it's dans.

I hope dan had a better proposal on his turn.

[Tiff Leek]

I would be voting yes also, I thought we had majority voting now??

[Thomas David Baker]

Majority voting begins with my next turn. The proposal to introduce it sooner was shot down.