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Channeling Terry
Aug. 7th, 2007 07:11 pmOver dinner Rachel and I were discussing possible scenarios for a Diskworld based game on the next prospectus. It's not likely to happen, as too few of the play group have read the series and one really needs exposure to pure Pratchett to "get it". Still, it's fun to speculate.
I'm a big fan of the books that include some aspect of Ankh-Morpork's cultural and technological revolution (The Truth, Going Postal, any of the Watch books, etc.) so I'd likely try to emulate one of those. The ideas that we felt had legs were introducing Mass Transit (some elevated rail lines running across the city - likely cars on ropes pulled by horses on treadmills on either end - and perhaps some tunnel lines under the city), Continental Transit (developing an actual rail line or the equivalent from Ankh Morpork to Genua) or an ER styled game in the city's new hospital. Any or all of these might work as a storytelling vehicle, even if they defy the usual concept of "adventure gaming".
Does anyone have other suggestions?
I'm a big fan of the books that include some aspect of Ankh-Morpork's cultural and technological revolution (The Truth, Going Postal, any of the Watch books, etc.) so I'd likely try to emulate one of those. The ideas that we felt had legs were introducing Mass Transit (some elevated rail lines running across the city - likely cars on ropes pulled by horses on treadmills on either end - and perhaps some tunnel lines under the city), Continental Transit (developing an actual rail line or the equivalent from Ankh Morpork to Genua) or an ER styled game in the city's new hospital. Any or all of these might work as a storytelling vehicle, even if they defy the usual concept of "adventure gaming".
Does anyone have other suggestions?
