Leap is interesting for Treehouse and makes sense. I like your idea
for it for Coasters as well.
Redo I think I have some issues with. I think allowing someone to go
twice in Treehouse is likely to be unbalancing, as the other player
cannot respond with any sort of chance to change the house if one
player gets too close. As for the Redo in coasters, isn't that
strictly worse than TIP? (particularly in a game where higher is
always better) I guess my reasoning for Coasters is that any action
should POTENTIALLY be worthwhile using a Wild action on. TIP is
frequently chosen for Wild, I don't think Redo ever would be.
On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 3:47 PM, Bryan Stout<stoutwb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> You'd have to change the TIP action for coasters to = 9 movement at least
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> Indeed. Would that, with the larger die, throw things off? I guess
> we'll have to try it and see.
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> Well, as promised, here are my thoughts about an 8-sided action die:
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> Such a die would need 2 new actions for the extra sides, that
> hopefully would complement the games already using them -- Treehouse
> and Martian Coasters. I have no idea what the ancient Martians might
> have had, but my own creative juices started working, and eventually
> came up with something.
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> If any of you would like to think of your own answers to that
> question, you may want to stop reading and come back later. My own
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> My two new sides for a D8 Treehouse die, along with their meanings for
> Treehouse and Martian Coasters:
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> LEAP
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> TH: You may move any sideways piece to any other empty spot in the
> line, without changing its orientation. ("Empty spot" means one
> between 2 pieces or at either end of the line. You may not Leap onto
> or under a piece, nor Leap in place -- the practical order of the
> pieces must change.)
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> MC: You may move to an adjacent square without an arrow pointing
> there. (I'm not sure whether to allow this just once, or any number
> of times during your turn.)
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> REDO
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> TH: Roll the TH die 2 more times, and take its actions in order. Any
> further Redo rolls this turn count as blanks, allowing you to do
> nothing.
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> MC: You may re-roll the movement die once, before using any movement
> points; if you do, only the second roll counts.
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> WILD
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> Of course, the Wild side could count as Leap or Redo, as well as Aim,
> Dig, Hop, Swap and Tip.
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> Reactions?
>
> Bryan
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