I've been trying to come up with the programming knowledge to make something like that, but I'm still sadly far away from that goal. I would love to play it, though, if others designed it.
Signed: Dakotah Rickard On 4/20/13, dark <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Tom. > > Your lotr monopoly idea reminded me of something I've been considdering for > > a while. As we were saying to charles,an rpg game does not need to be > complex. My brother has recently been playing regular board game sessions of > > a game called talismann in which players wander around a board, playing > fantasy characters like bard, warrior, wizard etc. Each character has a > couple of simple stats, mana, health and melee, as well as a few abilities, > > elves for instance get an extra turn while on the forest section of the > board. > > Combat happens by drawing a monster card for a specific board region and > having a very basic roll dice off (similar to the fighting fantasy rules > system), while other cards give items or treasure. Being on a board, each > square has a simple location written onto it, some cards get you to go to > specific areas of the board, or do quests. For example, you might be > instructed to go to the forest and kill a band of trolls, whereby you either > > go forward or back to the forest and when you reach it have some combat > fights and win money which can be used for buying items to raise your melee > > and magic stat. > > it's always truck me that with some of the ways jimm's board games like > monopoly work, a fantasy board game generator would be a really fun program > > to have. > > Very simple stats, no item or inventory management, simply randomly > progressing through various locations until a set goal is reached, indeed if > > the system were simple enough people could submit their own boards and sets > > of encounters just as for monopoly. > > I could write up a propper set of rules and design if you like the idea. > > Just something to considder. > > Beware the grue! > > Dark. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Thomas Ward" <[email protected]> > To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, April 20, 2013 6:32 PM > Subject: Re: [Audyssey] lord of the rings game thought - Re: Children's > Games was Audyssey Format > > >> Hi Charles, >> >> I suppose if done correctly, but I haven't known of a game developer >> who has done the series justice yet. As has been mentioned on list all >> or most of the mainstream Lord of the Rings live action games have >> turned out to be junk for one reason or another. You either get the >> combat centered games that simply go from one battle to another which >> makes sense from an action game perspective but you lose the story >> element that way. Other games try to fit too much into the game and >> fail from trying to do too much in one game. >> >> I think if I were going to do a Lord of the Rings action game I would >> try and break it down into a series of games that only have one >> setting and one objective which would be easier to code. >> >> For example, I might create a side-scroller called, "Lord of the >> Rings: Escape From Moria," which would essentially take place at the >> end of Fellowship of the Ring. You could pick one of the main >> characters and your goal would be to escape from the Mines of Moria. >> Along the way you might fight goblins and orcs, pick up torches to >> light your way, and perhaps find discarded armor and weapons. That to >> me seems like the only way to do a Lord of the Rings game and make it >> simple enough for a single developer like myself to program it. >> Of course, there are other Lord of the Rings games to consider. For >> example, I have a collectible set of Lord of the Rings Monopoly , and >> have created a board for Jim's Monopoly. However, there is a lot more >> to the actual board game than the board itself such as special rules >> for the ring, a special die for the Eye of Sauron, all of the chance >> cards, etc that could be made into an electronic version. I think if >> you and other people are interested I could create an accessible >> version of my LOTR Monopoly and make it true to the board game >> complete with chance cards, tokens, and special game rules. >> >> Cheers! >> >> On 4/19/13, Charles Rivard <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Not sure. A side scroller, maybe even a 3 D one, would be interesting, >>> especially when you get to Mordor. Maybe something along the lines of >>> Ark >>> of Hope. >>> >>> -- >>> If guns kill people, writing implements cause grammatical and spelling >>> errors! >> >> --- >> Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] >> If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >> [email protected]. >> You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >> http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >> All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. >> If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the >> list, >> please send E-mail to [email protected]. >> > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > [email protected]. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to [email protected]. > --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. 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