darkSpyro

Alright, so once again I got an itch to create a new forum game. Having gone through many failed attempts to create a really detailed, interesting one before, I've learned not to make things too complicated. Hence, I introduce you to Tribal Lords!


Tribal Lords is a forum game about running a tribe (or trying to, and failing spectacularly). If you've ever been to 4chan and seen those village threads where one guy draws a map with MS paint and the others choose what the villagers do next, then you already know what I'm talking about. I'm basically ripping off the idea, but also tweaking it a little bit to make it more suitable for slower forums like darkSpyro.


Simply put, I will post a map (MS paint quality) detailing the environment around the village, AND five Google Drive docs with some information about the current situation. The docs aren't novels, just a list of your population, the items that your people have and so forth.
You will then get to choose what the villagers do next. A turn (an unspecified amount of in-game time) changes, and I post what happens, along with an updated map, new information and some flavor text.
Then you get to make new decisions. And I mean all of you. Anyone can join up and play. All the details you need are in the docs, and those that aren't in there you either don't need to worry about or should be obvious. As times go on you'll gain access to new technologies and buildings.

That's it.

Whether your tribe crashes and burns or starts to thrive is up to you. If all your population dies then it's game over, and instead of a new turn report I will post a final "defeat report" detailing everything that happened with the tribe in question along with some flavor text, and restart the game from the beginning with a different map.

At the start of any game you know little to nothing about the world in which your tribe is based. Is there magic in the world? Do gods exist? What about mythical creatures? You'll find out as you play. The limit is my imagination, so anything could happen. The map also doesn't have a size limit, so get exploring!

Oh and yeah. I'm trying not to limit this thing to just gathering resources and building stuff. Take care of the basic needs of your tribesmen/women, but other than that, go crazy. Do you want to turn the tribe into a communist utopia? Go for it. Do you want to start worshiping a god and destroying everyone who opposes your beliefs? Sure. As long as it goes with the rules of the game, I'll try to make it work.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask me. You can do so on this topic, or by sending me a PM or a GB post.

Alright! Glad to see someone found the topic. I'll start the game later today when I've finished my exam.

Announcements:
- Game begins!

You can now begin to order the villagers around. Every new turn the announcements will tell you what happened during the last turn, but remember to check the links in the second post every now and then in order to see more detailed information. I won't keep reposting them over and over because that would just serve to slow things down.

The speed at which turns change will vary according to the number of commands/population/players.

Gotcha. Two villagers will take the spears and head south to hunt, while two will take a look at the bushes around the village.

There's still 16 villagers left with nothing to do. It should be noted that they won't stay completely idle, and may decide to do things on their own, but they won't build buildings or anything like that. I'm trying to keep things in the hands of the players as much as possible.

Also, if you've been wondering, the list of buildings also details everything that you can build. I'll update the list as the villagers learn to build new things.

You can only make buildings that are visible in the list of buildings in the second post. I'll add more as time goes on, so you won't be stuck with only a few options for a long amount of time.

We can also just change the turn and let the villagers do things on their own if you guys want to.

Alright, that sounds good! I'll change the turn.

Oh, and it's not out of malice that I don't allow random buildings. It's just that this forum game does have mechanics. I'm just handling them all behind the curtains so that it doesn't scare players away. Within those parameters you can do anything you like.

I also do take suggestions. If this game ever starts running with more players in the future I predict that it will change quite a bit.

Announcements:
- One tree was cut down, yielding 5 units of wood. 8 units of wood were used to construct a pasture. 1 unit of wood was used to fuel the campfire.
- Two hunters left south, revealing an area of rocky grasslands. The area was teeming with game, and they managed to return with 10 units of meat (food) and 4 units of leather.
- Two villagers foraged 12 units of berries (food) from the bushes near the village. There are still plenty of berries to go around.
- The construction of a pasture was started and finished with the help of 14 villagers.

Stats:
- Your population did not rise. Your current population is 20.
- 22 units of food were consumed by the villagers and the livestock. 0 units of food were stored due to lack of food storage space.
- 4 units of resources from your inventory were used in total. 4 units of resources were stored. Your inventory space is full.
- Your livestock capacity has room for 5 more animals.

I've been thinking about new things that I could add to the turn reports if needed. When the tribe reaches a certain size/point in time I could lists a few suggested courses of action every turn to keep the tribe running smoothly. The suggestions wouldn't be infallible, and would act as sort of a "voice of the people" on behalf of the tribe. Does that sound good or do you think it's too handholdy?

Quote: SoulFly

Cutting more wood won't hurt, and neither does exploring. Arm the 2 tribesmen again and go up alongside the northern stream.

Any chance we could get a storage pit going? We got some wood and leather. And idle hands.

Sure, villagers will do their best to complete your orders, even if they didn't have the needed things handy at the moment. If you want to build something and have no resources to do so, they will automatically set out to collect them before beginning the construction.

You can also specify where you want your buildings built, but it's not necessary to do so.

Quote: ThroneOfMalefor

This is reminiscent of /qst/, a board I promised I would frequent. I'd like to hop in.

Go right ahead. I actually got this idea from both /qst/ and the occasional village thread from /b/.

Yeah, I was actually going to change the turn soon. I've just been pretty busy for the last couple of days so I haven't had the time or energy to do it. I'll get it done later today.