Forum Games with a Roman Theme

[Stefan Kruithof]

Hi everyone,

 

as you may be aware there's a wide variety of forum games out there. Many are so silly and simple that they're hardly fun, but there's also a number of more complex and strategic games.

 

I would like to moderate one or two of these games on this forum, of course giving them a thoroughly Roman theme. Before I'd start anything like that up, I'd prefer to find out whether there is an audience for it. These games are great fun, but only if the people are active.

 

Mafia

Mafia is one such forum game. Here's an example of how mafia works:

 

20 players sign up

15 of these are 'townies' - they know nothing but their own role and cannot communicate with the rest

5 of these are 'mafia' - they know their mafia friends, and are the enemy of the town

 

Day mode: During the day all the players discuss in the thread on who to lynch. Of course the mafia pretends to be town.

Night mode: The mafia sends in a message to the moderator who they want to kill.

 

Day and night keep changing. The winner is the group that remains alive while the other group is gone.

 

Of course this is totally lame. To make mafia fun there are roles: Cop, a townie who can investigate someone at night to see if they're guilty or not. Doc, a townie who can protect someone at night from being killed. There are many roles with investigative, killing and protecting powers.

 

I hope you get the general idea, send me messages if you don't understand, or perhaps even better, check out this:

 

http://forums.utopiatemple.com/showthread.php?t=70237

- This is a general introduction to the game on the UtopiaTemple forums where it's been played for years

 

http://forums.utopiatemple.com/showthread.php?t=69930

- This is a game ran by me with the Roman transition from Republic to Empire as its theme.

 

http://forums.utopiatemple.com/showthread....976#post1471976

- Here is a link to the end of the game, when I revealed all the roles to everyone. The town, played by the traditional republicans, won the game.

 

Battlefield

This is a much simpler game. It's played on a board made on the forum like this:

 

http://forums.utopiatemple.com/showthread....987#post1538987

 

Every player gets a base and a number of points. The points work as an army. If a Green 5-pointer meets a Yellow 3-pointer, 2 Green points remains and the Green unit survives but is much weaker. It's as simple as that.

 

http://forums.utopiatemple.com/showthread.php?t=71331

- This is the link to entire game.

 

I want to convert this into a game about the Hellenistic period. The Seleucid Empire could have a slight numerical advantage but weaker defenses and stuff like that.

 

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So...

 

Is there enough interest to play these games? If so, I'll start one

[Lost_Warrior]

Perhaps...I think the idea of a Roman-themed forum game is really cool, but I don't know how much I'd get involved.

[Stefan Kruithof]

Perhaps...I think the idea of a Roman-themed forum game is really cool, but I don't know how much I'd get involved.

 

Yeah the nature of these games is that once you sign up you'd have to stay active (or be replaced) or the game will fall apart. A game doesn't have too last much longer than about a week though, as you can see in the links.