Frank‘s Game Thread: And then Columbus arrived at the Edge of the World
Frank Tarcikowski:
Damn. I‘ve got an exam coming up on 5 October, a tough one at that. And so I thought, next year. And then I thought, edge, edge. What if you make it totally non-metaphorical? How about the literal edge of the world? I‘m seeing the Santa Maria anchoring close to where the ocean goes over the edge, with the edge being a tall cliff to which a city is clinging like a gull’s nest, with pterodactyls roaming the open skies beyond the edge and large boulders floating in open space. That’s all I got right now, but I’m exited!
I’ll have to limit myself, though. I’ll ponder the game this week and will allow myself an hour or two per day on the forums. If I have a solid concept by next weekend, I will allow myself one day to write it down.
Great to be doing this on the Forge, and good luck to everyone! I really like this year’s scoring method.
- Frank
Jason Pitre:
Very rich setting idea. Any idea on the mechanical underpinnings for such a game? How would the other ingredients be incorporated? Would you include skin or desert in your game?
Look forward to hearing more.
Frank Tarcikowski:
Thanks Jason!
I'll have to read up a bit on Columbus but if I recall correctly, many of the crew were actually prisoners sentenced to serve on those ships. I'm picturing player characters to be such prisoners, who desert their ship and make for the wondrous world beyond the edge. Imagine a group character generation where you play through some preset scenes (e.g. "farewells", "the storm", "at world's edge") in which we learn more about the characters. Associated on the character sheet, half finished sentences about the character for the player to answer.
I haven't settled for a mechanical system yet, maybe I'll use a Pool hack or a stripped version of Fate. Not anything with a very dominant mechanical System. I'll focus on Setting and Situation.
As far as ingredients go, the third one will be skin. I'm thinking "Selkie" right now, which should fit in well.
- Frank
PeterBB:
If they "desert" their ship, then you've got your third ingredient right there...
Frank Tarcikowski:
Heh. That's funny, I didn't even think of that. I guess I'm allowed to use all four ingredients, am I not? I rather like the Selkie idea...
- Frank
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