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(IC) Shipwreck Survivors type game.

Posted by CaptainHellrazor
CaptainHellrazor
member, 155 posts
Fri 3 Sep 2021
at 08:20
  • msg #1

(IC) Shipwreck Survivors type game

Just checking to see if there is any interest in a Robinson Crusoe/Swiss Family Robinson style shipwreck survival game.  'Survivor' but in the age of sail, no immunity idols, no weekly games for rewards, no TV audience :)
cdor
member, 2 posts
Fri 3 Sep 2021
at 09:01
  • msg #2

(IC) Shipwreck Survivors type game

I grew up with both of those stories, the idea sounds fun, struggling to just survive, and later learning to thrive.

 Do you have an idea on system?
CaptainHellrazor
member, 156 posts
Fri 3 Sep 2021
at 09:26
  • msg #3

(IC) Shipwreck Survivors type game

I have a home brewed system for another game in a similar time period that should be suitable for this concept.  Percentile dice for resolution, players have a standard set of attributes, Strength, Intelligence etc and then each character will have a set of skills and specializations depending on their background.
Dream Sequence
member, 73 posts
Certainly the loveliest,
most civilized of us all
Fri 3 Sep 2021
at 09:28
  • msg #4

(IC) Shipwreck Survivors type game

Are you thinking of a more social sandboxy type of game, or some GM-led plot?  Maybe a bit of Lost mixed in with your Gilligan's Island?  :)
CaptainHellrazor
member, 157 posts
Fri 3 Sep 2021
at 09:39
  • msg #5

(IC) Shipwreck Survivors type game

A combination of both.  I am putting together a series of pre-planned encounters (weather & other natural events + potential interactions with other people), to be interspersed with periods of player driven activities.
dparasol
member, 39 posts
looking to uh have fun
and destroy civilization
Sat 4 Sep 2021
at 07:31
  • msg #6

(IC) Shipwreck Survivors type game

I might be interested in this, yes...
CaptainHellrazor
member, 160 posts
Sat 4 Sep 2021
at 08:09
  • msg #7

(IC) Shipwreck Survivors type game

I think we would probably need 4-8 players, assuming there will be the usual RPoL dropouts/ghosting as this is not the kind of game that will have regular opportunities for new characters to join.
cdor
member, 3 posts
Sun 5 Sep 2021
at 05:38
  • msg #8

(IC) Shipwreck Survivors type game

Gilligan's ISland had new people show up and leave all the time :)


Or do it the Lost inspired way and they show up riding a Polar Bear.
Jarodemo
member, 946 posts
My hovercraft
is full of eels
Sun 5 Sep 2021
at 07:25
  • msg #9

(IC) Shipwreck Survivors type game

In reply to CaptainHellrazor (msg # 7):

New players could be survivors of another shipwreck…
CaptainHellrazor
member, 161 posts
Sun 5 Sep 2021
at 09:09
  • msg #10

(IC) Shipwreck Survivors type game

Is it worth setting up a game?  How many people are actually interested in playing as opposed to just discussing the concept?
Hunter
member, 1660 posts
Captain Oblivious!
Lurker
Mon 6 Sep 2021
at 00:35
  • msg #11

(IC) Shipwreck Survivors type game

I've done something like this before, with mixed success.   If memory serves, I had the players first create their characters in Traveler d20 before they landed on a D&D type world.
KAGOME05w
member, 9 posts
Mon 11 Oct 2021
at 00:34
  • msg #12

(IC) Shipwreck Survivors type game

this sounds really fun
CaptainHellrazor
member, 171 posts
Mon 11 Oct 2021
at 02:16
  • msg #13

(IC) Shipwreck Survivors type game

If I could confirmation of at least 4 players then I will register a game.
Girl Interrupted
member, 24 posts
Mon 11 Oct 2021
at 15:54
  • msg #14

(IC) Shipwreck Survivors type game

I'd be interested in this and happy to play Solo, too.
Plonk
member, 20 posts
Mon 11 Oct 2021
at 17:22
  • msg #15

(IC) Shipwreck Survivors type game

I'd at least be willing to give the game a go!
dparasol
member, 46 posts
looking to uh have fun
and destroy civilization
Tue 12 Oct 2021
at 08:14
  • msg #16

(IC) Shipwreck Survivors type game

I'll throw my hat in, here. :)
CaptainHellrazor
member, 172 posts
Wed 13 Oct 2021
at 00:34
  • msg #17

(IC) Shipwreck Survivors type game

OK I will register a game later today and we can discuss character generation etc  Thanks for the interest folks.
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