From: Glenn Overby II (guardcaptain_at_earthlink.net)
Date: Thu Sep 27 2001 - 00:57:04 PDT
Aron Wall writes:
>169:7
>>>>>>
>I roll a ten! I always had the greatest luck in this game. Having
>placed (not landed) my piece on the start, I move forward to space 10,
>tripping the piece that is already there back to 8. Note that moving
>past a blockade means moving from all the way behind it to all the way
>in front of it, so blockades on Start/1 aren't all that annoying at the
>beginning. Now since I rolled doubles, I get to go again. I stare in
>disbelief at my pair of zeros and watch in horror as space 10 disappears
>into ooze and fog, consuming my top hat piece. Next moment, space 10
>seems to have completely vanished, leaving a smooth connection between
>space 9 and space 11. So this is what happens on a double 0!
>
>Is my piece destroyed? No, it has merely entered the Void, from which
>all pieces come and to which they will inevitably return. All members
>of the FRC have a piece (even the Judge, whose piece is on the board).
> They come from it to start and they return to it when their piece is
>"destroyed".
>
>Fortunately, we all are provided with an extra life, so rather then
>re-entering the game as an abstract concept, I can provide my piece with
>a new physical form and enter the board again normally. The default
>pieces have 3 for all their stats, but for a new piece I have to roll.
>Let's see... my new plutonium horse piece has 5 strength and 2 magic. I
>can re-enter him next turn.
>>>>>>
>
Validity: INVALID. The last valid fantasy rule, 169:5, has from its first five words
possible die rolls of 3,2,4,1,0. You can't get 10 on two dice from that. Consolation
prize...You get your top hat back, should you choose to accept it.
Style: Sigh. Aron picked up on most of the technical goings-on, had a really cool
idea in response to the 0-0 question (+0.5), another cool idea with the Void (+0.5),
a third cool idea with the stats concept (+0.5), and was kind enough to give me a
piece knowing that I wanted to play (+0.1). Yes, he was also windy (-0.25). The
balance is +1.35.
Reflections: 169:5 made it impossible to throw a 5 on either die, of course.
Glenn E. Overby II "da judge"
Clinton Twp, MI
http://home.earthlink.net/~guardcaptain/
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Rule Date: 2001-09-27 07:58:26 GMT
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