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I need a few things from each person who signs up:
1. Choose what character you want to play as. This will represent you on the board. Can be anything from the Mario/DK universe regardless if it's ever been playable.
2. What is your level of experience with the Mario Party series? If everyone is familiar with at least one of the first 8 games I'll have less to explain before we start. Otherwise it will be a LOT, but don't feel deterred from joining if you're clueless.
3. (Optional) Vote for the board we'll play on in the poll. I'll count the votes from players joining:
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Deep Bloober Sea is a bit unpredictable, but is mostly gimmickless, making it easier for those who don't know the game.
Spiny Desert offers more control over your place on the board, allowing for more strategy, but is also unique in that it always has two Star Spaces you are aiming for: One real and one a mirage.
Also if you have any suggestions for mini-games that will work in a forum format, let me know. I already have Hangman, Rock Paper Scissors, 5 Card Poker, Blackjack, Liar's Dice, and a couple other extremely basic dice rolling games. Just has to be something everyone can easily and fairly play without being too based on talent or popularity (such as drawing or Quiplash-esque games). Teams, Free-for-all, whatever. There will be somewhat unbalanced games, as I spent a long time converting as many real Mario Party games into forum games as well, but hopefully nothing glaring. If it isn't obvious yet, this will be pretty experimental.
Infodump on how it will work:
Each player will take turns using the dice rolling plugin on the forum. It will likely be a pretty slow-paced, long, and potentially tedious game (especially if we get a lot of people) because each turn requires both a lot of decision-making from the player and updating of the game board and scorecards from me. The biggest factor is that I work a full time job and need my home PC to post board updates, so expect an average of one major update a day during the week. There are lots of junctions, shops, random events, etc. that will require your input as you move along the board, but as everyone figures out how things work it will likely get easier to streamline turns. You'll roll a d10 to decide how far you go, use one of your items if you have any, decide which directions to go, and the space you land on will determine what happens next. After everyone's taken their turn, we'll play a mini-game. Most will be pretty luck-based due to the nature of the forums, but the winner(s) will usually receive 10 coins and the next turn will start. We will be using Mario Party 3 rules this time because I think it's arguably the best in the series, and I've done a lot of research on exactly how the game works with things like probability and whatnot, so it should be a decent simulation of the real thing. This particular game will be 15 Turns long and will use the classic Mini-Game, Coin, and Happening Bonus Stars. If we end up finishing it, we may play again with slightly different rules, but we'll see how things go first.
Players
- Nae'blis (Goomba)
- TD (Toad)
- Jon (Dry Bones)
- shortkut (Boo)
- Rick52 (Luigi)
- Spiner202 (Yoshi)
- VashtheStampede (Boom Boom)
- Gloom-is-good (Lumalee)
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