Basil_Bottletop Posted February 22 Clone Share Posted February 22 This will be a series of polls to help hone in before we get to Palette. The rules suggest someone just 'picking it' is appropriate, but a poll may help with keeping anyone invested in the themes. Name xDiceName xDiceResult xDiceString xDiceRolls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManicPixieFatGuy Posted February 27 Clone Share Posted February 27 (edited) I submit the idea of a colony ship More specifically sci fi that is grounded and pre hyper drive. Something like the expanse. Edited February 27 by ManicPixieFatGuy (see edit history) Name xDiceName xDiceResult xDiceString xDiceRolls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chimi Posted February 27 Clone Share Posted February 27 For Different I was thinking Modern/Near Modern. In conjunction with some of the Apocalypse poll, things like Modern Day with Fantasy or Scifi things happening (Magic Returns for Fantasy, Pod People for Scifi, or even something weirder like Pacific Drive's Olympic Exclusion Zone/Annihilation's The Zone, etc.) Name xDiceName xDiceResult xDiceString xDiceRolls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basil_Bottletop Posted February 27 Author Clone Share Posted February 27 While I could get easily be talked into a fantasy apocalypse, I understand others may have experienced enough of that in their playing to want something different. Generation/colony ship is the go to for microscope, I don't hate it, but the idea of a planet underneath the feet of the survivors does allow a wider range of tension and trauma to be delivered to them. Neon Apocalypse is not what I originally thought of for this, but it might be a solid compromise. Name xDiceName xDiceResult xDiceString xDiceRolls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManicPixieFatGuy Posted February 27 Clone Share Posted February 27 Hrrmmm what if we combine some of this stuff what about a near modern world where something alien and magical has returned and now there are slowly expanding areas of UV wasteland that are these high contrast neon chaotic zones similar to the annihilation stuff but louder and less subtle. Name xDiceName xDiceResult xDiceString xDiceRolls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basil_Bottletop Posted February 28 Author Clone Share Posted February 28 It says four members have voted, which means one hasn't and Claire hasn't joined the board yet. I need to figure out if I can see the results per player somehow...or maybe I don't need to see it and take it at face value. I don't know yet. I'm always going to be bias towards fantasy, even if the definition of fantasy is wildly harder to pin down than most sci-fi and/or modern settings. Currently, we're looking at a Sci-Fi game with near-future or modern baseline. Which can be anything we want it to mean until we do the Palette phase. Which is exactly what that phase is all about. We can still get a wild swing toward something else or if things end in a tie that results in people wanting to re-poll (which I'm happy to do if its easier). Name xDiceName xDiceResult xDiceString xDiceRolls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chimi Posted February 28 Clone Share Posted February 28 We can also throw a couple concepts together then vote on those. Name xDiceName xDiceResult xDiceString xDiceRolls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basil_Bottletop Posted February 28 Author Clone Share Posted February 28 That sounds reasonable. Slow rollout the polls in phases so as to not completely undercut any aspects of the system itself. I also need to get a template together for the mapping. I hope everyone is good with Google Docs/Sheets. I found it easier to have a template people could use so they weren't spending even more time on their turns trying to build the perfect box to slot their event into the timeline. Name xDiceName xDiceResult xDiceString xDiceRolls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManicPixieFatGuy Posted February 29 Clone Share Posted February 29 Alright I’d like to propose 2 broad but interesting categories as options. fantasy setting invaded by a traditionally sci fi element or the opposite, a sci fi setting invaded / dealing with a traditionally fantasy element. Name xDiceName xDiceResult xDiceString xDiceRolls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basil_Bottletop Posted February 29 Author Clone Share Posted February 29 (edited) I like the genre-void ideas less than I do the Strange Threat from Beyond idea. The Strange Threat from Beyond (aka, the Starfish monster) offers a straight forward antagonist with the burden being on the players to layer and complicate matters to show a more apocalyptic setting. So it too isn't my favorite, but I feel like it's more malleable than the genre-swap void plopping down into the world. P.S. We're wrangling our last potential player. If anyone drops out during this setup phase, we'll look for another. EDIT: Earlier, Manic mentioned a zone like in Annihilation. That is different -and I think still on the table- than the high fantasy plop down area. And I'm aware I might be splitting hairs here or fighting semantics, but when it's still a vague conceptual phase, I'm prone to it. Edited February 29 by Basil_Bottletop (see edit history) Name xDiceName xDiceResult xDiceString xDiceRolls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManicPixieFatGuy Posted March 1 Clone Share Posted March 1 I think splitting hairs at this point is fine. We are being careful and trying to get on the same page before defining our palette. Name xDiceName xDiceResult xDiceString xDiceRolls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penchant Posted March 5 Clone Share Posted March 5 (edited) I like what's been said so far. I think something two worlds have come together and are starting to merge, a Sci-Fi world and a fantasy world. Like the two planets have come close together and are starting to cross pollinate. Or maybe they're starting to merge across dimensions? Can be really cool if each world can see the other world in the sky Edited March 5 by Penchant (see edit history) Name xDiceName xDiceResult xDiceString xDiceRolls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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