[ 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

Wai

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May 24, 2009 07:51 PM

In the story:

Star says,

"I want to call 1UP so much, but if I do that
Bunny will get to call me. What should I do?"

Papa Star:

"Self-preservation is the most important.
There is no tomorrow if you don't save yourself!"

[Battle Angel Valerie]

theOcelot

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May 25, 2009 12:25 PM

Ok, with that in mind...

Star command:
Rotate D7 1xCW, stay.

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Wai

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May 25, 2009 04:09 PM

[Battle Angel Valerie]

Wai

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May 26, 2009 03:30 PM

1UP's command:

Rotate D2 CCWx1, Move from F4 to E3.

1UP thinks:

"If Bunny rotates G2, I will rotate E3 to attack.
If Bunny attack again from G1, I will rotate E2."

Day 14 Bunny

[Battle Angel Valerie]

theOcelot

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May 26, 2009 03:41 PM

If Bunny attacks from either tile, it's already too late, is it not?

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Wai

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May 26, 2009 03:45 PM

Re: Bunny's Plan

Is screwed. In short.

[Battle Angel Valerie]

theOcelot

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May 27, 2009 12:00 AM

How? All Bunny has to do is turn G1 3x in either direction (3x to keep the networks isolated), and wipe out 1UP. What am I missing here?

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Wai

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May 27, 2009 12:03 AM

Re:

There is no path leading to 1UP after turning G1.
So if Bunny rotates, 1UP would get to attack first.

[Battle Angel Valerie]

Xelen

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May 27, 2009 01:49 AM

Bunny:

Place Left Tile at I1.
Stay

H2 can be rotated later for a disjointed network, and it should be relatively easy to reach the power plant or whatever that is within a few turns if things don't get too ugly.