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### [Game] Pit Boss

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Post by Most Dog » Tue Jan 22, 2013 6:48 am

The less you have, the thinner the margin between success and failure lies. In Hell, even the highest ranking demons stand to lose what little power they've managed to cobble together over the eons during a turn in the markets or in an unexpected invasion from Heaven. Such souls are consigned to the abyss for centuries of torment, shoved into the maw of The Beast, and in special cases sent to one of Pandemonium's one thousand and twenty two fighting pits. As the head of a Ludus, you must purchase and hone the skills of these gladiators, the damned among the damned, and raise yourself to glory on their shoulders. However, only a fool believes that fortune and glory are won and lost on the ichor-stained sands of the Infernal Arena; the real action lies in the hands of the Wuqq bookies, whose wingbeats are a constant underscore to the daily battles. Those demons who cannot turn a profit are destined to become someone else's in the pit.
Swindle money from Infernal Investors and then feign outrage as your opponents do the same thing. Bid on the strongest and strangest gladiators the lower realms have ever seen and then settle for the one that's kind of cool if you're into webbed feet, because a rival school broke the bank for a ringer. Watch your last fighter get her antennae shoved up through her nostrils, then watch everyone's faces as you realize they all bet on you.
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Post by koz » Tue Jan 22, 2013 7:28 am

"The player who tells the best “Yo’ mama” joke goes first."
I foresee this taking a very long time for something this trivial. Why this instead of a roll-off? Also, for that matter, the best 'Yo mama' joke as judged by whom?
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Post by Avoraciopoctules » Tue Jan 22, 2013 5:26 pm

A plurality of the players present, I'd assume. Just vote when everyone's tried one.
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Post by ...You Lost Me » Thu Jan 31, 2013 10:33 pm

During the Purchasing Round, do the players who hide their point totals roll after those that reveal?
I don't like the mechanic of hiding points in the first place. It doesn't take much to record soul points (and thus determine ranking) for each player, which means the hiding of SP effectively amounts of a noob trap for catching people who don't track other players' points. That's an annoying aspect to have in a game.

> A player may only purchase three gladiators total, so if they win more than three bids they may only pick up three. Any failed points bid, excepting bids made during a bidding war, are returned to the player. Successful bids by a player who has three gladiators already are forfeit as well.

I'm confused by this bit. So if I win four gladiators, I need to give up points for all of those gladiators but I can only take three of them? What happens if someone else bid on one of those gladiators--are they allowed to take it and (if so) would both of us pay? Next time the gladiator comes up, do I have to pay for it all over again?

> If at least two players total have not volunteered to battle, all players who are able to battle roll a die. The lowest roll(s) are forced to place a gladiator card face down on the board.

I assume the "all players who are able to battle" means all players who did not volunteer and own a gladiator, but this should be clarified because right now it implies that single player could put down two gladiators if they roll low.
Hmmm, Opraose seems like the most overpowered. You can bet all but three SP on her winning, then have enough to heal her 3 times, which basically guarantees you doubling your bet and getting the 15 SP for being the last gladiator standing. You'll probably get 5-15 SP for winning combat rounds too, so the cost-to-benefit ratio is out the wazoo.
Yzmally seems really bad--he needs to stay alive for three turns of combat and gladiators deal an average per-turn damage of around 5, which means in a 1v1 he's a niche choice and in anything larger he's basically fodder.
A bunch of those gladiators, mostly the unnamed ones, are really awful. The 8 HP, and 1/1/1 from The Three F'gu is just pathetic compared to the [14] 3/2/0 of Pubol the Watchful Blade. It makes sense to have differences in strength between some gladiators, but why is the disparity so large?
The game sounds pretty awesome. I give you props, and I'd probably buy it if I saw it at a store.
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Post by Hicks » Fri Feb 01, 2013 9:26 pm

> Mister_Sinister wrote:"The player who tells the best “Yo’ mama” joke goes first."

Yo' mamma is SO FAT, the only thing she fits inside of is her own schwarzschild radius.
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