Sapphire

[dramatispersonae]

[Upon entering your team's cloud of mist, you find yourselves transported to a bare stone room with a single stone table and chairs. (The chairs have been bolted to the floor.) On the table are a 16 red stones, 8 blue stones, and a 2 black stones. There are also indentations around the edge of the table, each one marked in the color of one of the teams.]

Comments

Instructions

[dramatispersonae]

[Jabberwock's voice echoes through the room]

Heroesss, the rulesss are ssssimple. The red stones are pointssss of attack that you mussst play againssst another team . . . or more if you ssso choosssse. The blue ssstoness are points of defensssse that you may play on othersss. They may not be played on yourselvesss. The black ssstoness are usssed to sssteal defenssse from another team. One ssstone is worth half the pointsss of defenssse they have accumulated. With both ssstones you will take all of the pointsss. However, if two teamsss thieve from the sssame target, the defenssse will be divided between them.

All red ssstones musssst be played, but it isss your choiccce how many of blue and black to play. When you have decccided, put the ssstones into the depressssion marked for your chosssen team or teamsss.

OOC

[dramatispersonae]

+Red stones are points of attack! You must play all of these stones.

+Blue stones are defense! You may choose to play only some or none of these stones, and you may not play them on your own team.

+Black stones are stealing! 1 stone steals half the defense points from the team it's played on. Both stones together steal all the points. You may choose to play none of these stones.
++++However if two teams steal from the same target, the points are divided. ie: X steals 100% of points from Z, but Y steals 100% too! They both get 50%. Or if X steals 100% and Y steals 50%, both get 50%.

+If there are further questions for Jabberwock, please ping Yayoi in IRC.

Discussion

[dramatispersonae]

Re: Discussion

[glorious]

...This sort of game, is it?

Re: Discussion

[deathandtaxes]

--Games like this exist?

Re: Discussion

[doesnothappen]

I'm afraid so. It's been awhile.

Re: Discussion

[deathandtaxes]

Shit...

Re: Discussion

[appleofhiseye]

This is the first time I've played this kind of game...

Re: Discussion

[deathandtaxes]

I... guess you've had good luck until now?

Re: Discussion

[doesnothappen]

Oh, not this again.

Re: Discussion

[glorious]

You remember a game similar to this, Mau?

Re: Discussion

[doesnothappen]

Three ran one like it a long time ago. Twice, actually, because the second time all the teams had agreed on a plan to mess it up. But that doesn't work with the new teams and the new people -- nobody will know to do it.

Re: Discussion

[appleofhiseye]

We have to attack other teams?

Re: Discussion

[glorious]

It seems we have no choice in the matter.

There are sixteen red stones that we must play across fourteen teams. We should try and spread out as much damage as possible.

Re: Discussion

[doesnothappen]

We might be able to attack ourselves, but...

Re: Discussion

[poker_face]

... Ranking teams, is it?

Re: Discussion

[appleofhiseye]

Attacking teams is more like it.

Re: Discussion

[doesnothappen]

That's a mild way to put it. How do you feel about putting eight red stones on ourselves?

Decisions

[dramatispersonae]

Re: Decisions

[doesnothappen]

8 red stones on Sapphire

1 red stone and 1 blue stone each for Citrine, Tiger's Eye, Carnelian, Peridot, Emerald, Amethyst, Iolite and Kunzite.

[dramatispersonae]

Foolsss . . . sssuch unfortunate foolsss. You were ssstolen from, and now you mussst ssssuffer for it.

[The walls begin to close in, and the table and chairs sink into the floor. This isn't a situation that can be survived.]

[glorious]

[Something about having the walls close in on me is very distressing.]

[deathandtaxes]

[what a fitting default, eventually]

[appleofhiseye]

[thaaaat's painful]

[doesnothappen]

[welp. ow.]