Re: [piecepack] A Couple of Piecepack Ports

["Jorge Arroyo" <trozo@...>]

Wow, Interesting ports :) I've always been a fan of roguelike games on the
computer (played a lot of rogue as a kid and later mostly nethack). I'll
certainly try PieceHack. As for the Zombies port, I got rid of the original
game because it was too long (and monotonous) and with too much of a
"take-that" mechanic. But maybe this version solves those issues... It
certainly seems to be a quicker game, and with no cards to mess with your
opponent it might be better...

Welcome, and enjoy your new piecepack :)

-Jorge


On 7/10/07, frater_corvus <hoshi.yonagi@...> wrote:
>
> I've recently acquired an oak piecepack set from Blue Panther; all I
> can say is that I'm really impressed with it. As I wanted to give it a
> shot, and my girlfriend wasn't around to play against, I figured I'd
> try my hand at porting a couple of games over to it. To give me
> something to experiment with outside of Tula.
>
> ---=== PieceHack ===---
>
> Players: 1
> Length: 5 - 15 minutes
> Required Bits: one standard piecepack
>
> It's a straightforward dungeon crawl based on the computer game
> "Rogue." It's quick to play and about as random.
>
> 1.1 Setup
>
> Place 3 sun coins (suit side up) in front of you to represent
> character health. Shuffle or place the tiles in a bag. Use one pawn to
> represent your character.
>
> 1.2 Gameplay
>
> Draw your first tile to represent the first room. Match the suit to
> the following chart:
>
> Arms : Place 1 arms coin (suit side up) in front of you, see 1.3
> Crown: Combat, see 1.3
> Moon : Empty.
> Sun  : If you have less than 3 sun coins (health), gain one.
>
> Once a room has been resolved, move the pawn to an adjacent area,
> drawing a new tile.
>
> 1.3 Combat
>
> The number on a crown tile is the amount needed to meet or beat on a
> single die roll. If you succeed, place the crown coin in front of you
> to represent a win. If the roll is lower than the number on the tile,
> lose one health (discard one sun coin). Combat continues.
>
> Each arms coin represents a one pip bonus on the die. Rolling a null
> value with two arms coins is a total combat result of two.
>
> 1.4 Victory
>
> A player wins by defeating all creatures generated by the crown tiles,
> basically collecting six crown coins.
>
> ---=== ZombiePack ===---
>
> Players: 1-2
> Length: 10 - 20 minutes
> Required Bits: one standard piecepack
>
> A basic survival boardgame inspired by the "Zombies!!!" boardgame. I
> own it, but I wanted to see if I could do something akin to it.
>
> 1.1 Setup
>
> Choose a pawn to represent your character. Each player uses 3 arms
> coins (suit side up) to represent weapon tokens and 3 sun coins (suit
> side up) to represent health.
>
> Set aside the ace of arms tile and shuffle the remaining tiles.
> Randomly select 16 of the tiles and set those into a pair of stacks.
> Shuffle the ace of arms tile into the stack designated as the second
> (or lower half) stack.
>
> Draw the first tile and place it grid side up to represent the
> starting location. Place your pawn (or pawns) on this tile.
>
> 1.2 Gameplay
>
> Roll a die to determine the length of movement. Movement is orthogonal
> only, no diagonal movement is permitted. A null value means the pawn
> is distracted and does not move this turn. When a pawn is moved off
> the edge of a tile, draw a tile from the first stack (second stack if
> the first is empty) and look at the value of the tile. Place the tile
> grid side up in edge contact with the tile the pawn had moved from.
>
> The suit of the tile determines the following:
>
> Arms : If a player has less than 3 arms coins, gain one.
> Crown: No benefit
> Moon : No benefit
> Sun  : If a player has less than 3 sun coins, gain one.
>
> The value of the tile determines how many zombies appear around or
> near the pawn on that tile (maximum 3). All zombies are represented by
> either crown or moon coins (suit side up). Zombies can not be placed
> on a pawn. A player with remaining movement may continue forward and
> combat a zombie then use movement to continue forward again until all
> movement is complete.
>
> After movement is completed, one of the players rolls a pair of dice.
> One die represents the number of zombies that can move; the other die
> determines how far the zombies move. Null simply means no movement is
> done or no zombies move. All zombie movement is considered
> simultaneous, so zombies can never occupy the same square with each
> other. If one zombie lands on a pawn, the others begin to surround the
> pawn.
>
> 1.3 Combat
>
> When a player steps into a square with a zombie on it, or a zombie
> moves onto a square with a pawn on it, combat ensues. Resolving combat
> is rolling one die against a value of 3. If the die meets or beats
> that value, the player wins. If the die result is less than 3, the
> player may expend one or more arms coins to increase the result by one
> pip per coin used; the alternative is to lose one sun coin and reroll
> the result. Combat continues until the zombie is defeated or the
> player is dead.
>
> 1.4 The Second Half
>
> Once the first stack is depleted, the players draw from the second
> stack. As soon as the ace of arms is found, the escape point has been
> located. Move the player onto the tile and fill the previous tile with
> zombies if there are any left to deploy.
>
> 1.5 Victory
>
> If the ace of arms tile is empty when the player begins his or her
> turn on it, the player wins. If not, the player must continue
> combating the zombies until the ace of arms tile is clear.
>
> 1.6 Variants
>
> If you happen to have a treehouse stash, you could use two colors per
> player and possibly expand to 3 players. That would leave 24
> zombies for the board.
>
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