[ TBS ] Naughty Virus

Wai · 2009-06-20T10:01:36

Naughty Virus This is an expanded reply that is a design in its own right. The topic was strategy/tactics and the mechanic was rotating hex cell. The following is the definition of the game. If you feel like it you could code it, although the game is designed to be playable as a table-top game, which you could physically create using some scrap paper. Story: Happy Birthday! Let's take over the world! <3 Overview: In this multiplayer game, the players take turn to spread virus or anti-virus to everywhere by switching connections. The Board: A grid of your favorite size and shape (orthogonal, hex, etc). The players: First player plays the virus. Second player plays the anti-virus. Additional players can play additional virus and anti-virus. Tokens: A bucket-full of virus and anti-virus tokens. You may use your favorite breakfast cereal as tokens. Cards: Prepare a deck of cards that can fit inside a cell. You could make them out of other stuff such as plastic caps for example. Select a handful of cards to be special cards: For each special card, draw your favorite thing in the center and draw a circle around it. Draw a line from the circle to one edge of the card. Draw more lines until you are happy. For each normal card, draw a line that connects one edge to another. Draw more if you feel like it. The lines could represent separate paths. These cards are called connection cards. Setup: 1) Select a number of special cards you like and place them on the grid. 2) Shuffle the deck of connection cards and give each player some. 3) Each player select a special card on the grid and place one token 4) Setup is complete! Playing the game: In each turn, a player will first do one of the following: 1) Draw one connection card from the deck, then either place a connection card to the grid or return a connection card to the deck 2) Rotate one existing connection card or special card the player controls 3) Spawn one new token at a special card that the player controls 4) Move one token to a new location anywhere on the connected network Then the player may remove all opponent tokens that are placed on cards under the player's control. Cards under the player's control are those that can be reached by a connections. A player loses when they have no token left on the board. The last player or alliance that remains on the board takes over the world! ~ fin ~ [Edited by - Wai on May 30, 2009 7:09:02 PM]

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Started by Wai May 17, 2009 08:12 PM

172 comments, last by Wai 14 years, 10 months ago

theOcelot

498

June 06, 2009 01:28 PM

It still doesn't make sense to say that bunny is attacking D2 anymore than any other tile in that big mess of spaghetti, particularly F2, which is the one that Bunny is directly connecting to.

Star Command:
Spawn and move to D7.

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Wai

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Author

June 06, 2009 01:57 PM

I was just calling that group D2 because it looks like D2 is the tile in the center.

1UP's command:
Spawn and move new virus to E2.

Day 22 Bunny
[ NV050 (Image) ]
Bunny's option:
1) Pick one: [ Spawn | Place | Rotate | Wait ]
2) Pick one: [ Move | Stay ]
3) Pick one: [ Expose | Keep ]

[Edited by - Wai on June 10, 2009 8:57:10 PM]

[Battle Angel Valerie]

Wai

1,007

Author

June 07, 2009 05:56 PM

Bunny's command:
Spawn and move new bunny to H3.

H3 used to be dangerous, but not any more!

Day 22 Star
[ NV051 (Image) ]
Star's options:
1) Pick one: [ Spawn | Place | Rotate | Wait ]
2) Pick one: [ Move | Stay ]
3) Pick one: [ Expose | Keep ]

[Edited by - Wai on June 12, 2009 2:56:37 AM]

[Battle Angel Valerie]

theOcelot

498

June 10, 2009 07:42 PM

Star command: Spawn and move to H4.

This game is kinda stuck.

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Wai

1,007

Author

June 10, 2009 08:22 PM

1UP's command:

Spawn at F4. Stay.

Comment:
It seems that now it all depends on Star and Bunny, because if Bunny keeps spawning, 1UP can only follow and keep spawning. 1UP is stuck. If I am thinking right, I think Bunny can start killing Star. Star is almost dead. It all depends on what Bunny does. Bunny is the most powerful at the moment.

Day 23 Bunny
[ NV052 (Image) ]
Bunny's options:
1) Pick one: [ Spawn | Place | Rotate | Wait ]
2) Pick one: [ Move | Stay ]
3) Pick one: [ Expose | Keep ]

[Edited by - Wai on June 12, 2009 3:22:48 PM]

[Battle Angel Valerie]

Wai

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Author

June 12, 2009 02:12 AM

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theOcelot

498

June 12, 2009 11:29 AM

You mean Star's options, right?

Star command: Rotate G4 1xCW.

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Wai

1,007

Author

June 12, 2009 03:40 PM

[Battle Angel Valerie]

theOcelot

498

June 13, 2009 12:14 AM

1UP: Spawn and move to D4.

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Wai

1,007

Author

June 13, 2009 12:46 AM

Bunny's command:

Rotate H4 CWx2, move to H5.
Eat Star.
Eat Star.

** Yum! **

Day 24 Star
[ NV055 (Image) ]
Star's options:
1) Pick one: [ Spawn | Place | Rotate | Wait ]
2) Pick one: [ Move | Stay ]
3) Pick one: [ Expose | Keep ]

[Edited by - Wai on June 15, 2009 11:46:50 PM]

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