Takshaka/Barghest

[soulping]

RULES:

• In this game you take control of a post-apocalyptic community attempting to build itself up over the course of one year, before the mysterious Frost Shepherds arrive to end the game. The goal is to rebuild the community through creative responses, and to survive!

• Every turn represents two months. The Frost Shepherds will arrive in the second winter - You need to be prepared!

• There will be eight seasons total.

• During each turn, a player draws a card. The characters discuss which response to answer, and turn in an answer. This answer will develop what happens to the community over the years.

• You can also submit an action for the community to take every round! This shouldn't be overly complicated*, and you can't magically make up resources - You'll need to rely on what you've got, and your answers to the cards.

• Drawing a card: Every card contains information and choices you can make. Here's an online card shuffler you can use.

Only draw the suit of cards that matches the season:
Hearts = Spring
Diamonds = Summer
Clubs = Autumn
Spades = Winter.

Do not repeat cards! If you get the same card twice, re-roll.

• Failure to build defences against the Frost Shepherds, improve the community or make all resources necessary for survival abundant by the last round will land you in trouble.

*If it is, you might not like where the action goes.

Your runner will be Cycles.

Comments

Re: DISCUSSION

[experiencepoints]

How open-ended... A new project, huh.

We need to make food an abundant resource as fast as we can. Why not try to set up a farm for raising animals to eat?

[terminalbanchou]

The farm can be both for livestock and crops.

[experiencepoints]

I don't think we have time. The game ends in winter, right? But we'd have to prepare the land, get seeds, grow it all, and last until they're grown. A farm, we can at least start getting chicken eggs right away, I think? If we can find some.

[terminalbanchou]

Very well. I know little of farming.

[experiencepoints]

... I think it's one of the things I learned in high school, honestly. I don't really know myself.

[experiencepoints]

Wait, shit, no. We should do the farm, there's eight seasons now.

[terminalbanchou]

Okay. We plant a few fruit trees - like apples - along with tomatoes, cucumbers, peas.

[experiencepoints]

I think we should aim for something more like potatoes instead of apples. They're hardier and faster.

[terminalbanchou]

Oh. Again, I know little.

[experiencepoints]

It's okay. Mostly I'm just using what I can vaguely remember and bullshitting.

[bloomnobly]

Oh, and they're much more versatile! You can make so many things out of potatoes, you know.

[ why is she so enthusiastic when food is involved, the mystery of the ages.

and it's not even real food. ]

[experiencepoints]

I think we have to wait a while before we can invent deep frying something.

[bloomnobly]

Well, there's always mashed potatoes and baked potatoes.

[experiencepoints]

That's true... We need a way to grow them, but that can be our project? Finding potatoes and growing them.

[bloomnobly]

It would get my vote. [ shrug ]