GULGALLANA

[soulping]

[You step into a very comfy, cozy room! A log fire is burning in the hearth, protected by a metal grate patterned with silver rose briars. In the center of the room is a glass table, surrounded by comfy chairs and couches in your team’s color. There is a window, but it’s completely fogged over . . . from the outside.

At the start of the game you’ll find the following items on top of the table:

- a sealed envelope labelled “Instructions.”
- a large glass orb containing 15 team-colored gems. This is in the very center of the table, and cannot be moved, broken, or tampered with in any way. A plaque at the bottom reads “Bank.”
- 6 indestructible cards, currently blank.
- 3 grooves in the glass, each just the right size for you to slot one of those cards into.]

Comments

INSTRUCTIONS

[soulping]

Each team starts with a hand of six cards and 15 points in the bank. At the start of each subsequent round, three new cards will be added to the teams’ hands.

Cards have a point value of between 1 and 10.

Teams may play no less than 1 but no more than 3 cards per round. Each card must target a different team, unless it is Paired. If a team refuses to play, two cards will be randomly selected from their hand and played against them.

Cards only affect one person unless explicitly stated otherwise. Effects will last at least until endgame unless explicitly stated otherwise.

If two teams target each other with Attack Cards in the same round, both cards are negated. You cannot target the same team twice in a row.

There are 3 types of cards!
Defense Cards
Attack Cards - Successful attacks are how you earn points!
Paired Cards - Cards of this type can only be played alongside another Attack Card.

Once per round, a team may also:
Discard their hand and draw six cards from the deck. (5 points)
Buy a lottery ticket. (3 points)
Buy a shield that protects them from all damage for one round. (25 points)

INSTRUCTIONS

[soulping]

[If you need Nyssa's attention, HOLLA HERE.]

ROUND 1

[soulping]

Bank: 15
Hand:
JIGSAW. (8) One person’s memory will be projected for their entire team to see. The memory will be significant.

DRAMATIS. (2) The afflicted can only speak in the most dramatic and flowery of ways, no matter how mundane the topic.

BLIND. (9) See no evil; this card Inflicts blindness.

BY ANY OTHER NAME. (1) The afflicted can no longer voice any proper noun. At all.

BRIAR. If successfully played against a team that targeted you, both teams will lose half of the Attack Card’s value. The Attack Card’s effect will be nullified.

MIRAGE. (4) Those afflicted cannot see teammates as anything but especially large, mysteriously mobile items of food. 5’5” talking broccoli, anyone?

DISCUSSION

[soulping]

SUBMIT

[soulping]

[Copypaste the whole card (including title, points value, and effect!) here, along with who you're targeting!]

RESULTS

[soulping]

Re: DISCUSSION

[debate_avenger]

So then, how do we intend to play this?

[lifehacker]

A'ight, I'm Panther, your sexy Cat helper for the game. What team is this?

Also Jigsaw sounds like the kinda shit this Echo would be into.

[lifehacker]

Just fuckin' tear into them. None of these cards look painful.

[debate_avenger]

I'd like to hear Punch's opinion before we make a decision, too. No matter what we're doing, I'd like to do it decisively, rather than running into the possibility of changing our minds halfway through.

[debate_avenger]

You're still you, I see.

[lifehacker]

Heyyyy, it's been a while.

[lifehacker]

Works for me. No half-assing anything.

[debate_avenger]

I think I might have passed you a couple times on my way out of the basement, but it's been a while since we spoke, yes.

[Basement, dungeon, same thing.]

[lifehacker]

Yeah, got put in time out with Robocock because I established dominance.

Now he's in a pod. What an asshole.

[acertaingravitas]

As long as we don't go up against Tiamat, I don't really have a preference here. You're the brains of this outfit, anyway.

[debate_avenger]

Then in this case, I'm inclined to agree with Panther: We go all out to gather as many points as possible.

After that, we need to figure out which teams are acceptable to Target. Everyone here gets the option to pick one team to not target... Though I guess your choice is obvious. I'll pick Dawon to not target, myself. Do you have anyone you would want protected, Panther?

I assume you don't, but sometimes people surprise me.

[debate_avenger]

I heard a bit about that... Something about you getting your arm chopped off?

[lifehacker]

We got into a swordfight, yeah. He took it off, so I shoved it down his throat. Picked flesh bits from his metal teeth for ages after.

[lifehacker]

Nah, I don't give two shits. The only people I really like get podded anyways, so they're not here. Just pick the biggest thorns in your side and let lose.

[debate_avenger]

Then, for now I would say... Blindness for Barghest, Jigsaw for Alectryon. I believe those are the two teams our team has theleast investment in overall.

I'd like to stay away from anything mind or sensory altering on Barghest, though. Lupus is... somewhat concerning.

[lifehacker]

What's that mean? She psychotic or something?

[ Because that sounds fun. ]

[debate_avenger]

I would more say schizophrenic, to be honest. It seems like she's prone to losing track of her identity. There have been at least two games where once the game ended, she believed that she was the role the game assigned her.

[lifehacker]

... okay, then. We have crazies of all types.

[acertaingravitas]

One way of puttin' it, I guess...

[Just. Quietly ponders that assertion as it pertains to her.]