AWKWARD ZOMBIE

Back on the Zelda Universe forum, there was this forum game that was really awesome that I really sucked at. It was known as "Land Wars". Essentially Total War, but requiring daily input. I want to (most likely poorly) import it to this site, even though I've only played very few games of it, and I perished within the first couple of days.

Most games of Land Wars were Hyrule Land Wars, which were set in certain Zelda settings. They were the only kind that I had the chance to play before I went inactive, and as far as I know, they may have been the better half. The other ones, I don't really know. For the first Awkward Zombie Land Wars, we should choose whatever game would make for a good land wars experience. That's part of the reason why this thread exists: to obtain sufficient input for my first go at hosting a land wars.

The other reason why this thread exists is because I do not know whether or not you would actually want a forum game in the first place, especially one which requires some form of commitment and a lot of strategic thought and manning. I noticed there wasn't a "forum games" section on this forum, so I figure that they haven't taken off yet. Anyways, I wanted to mention this stuff so that I would feel less depressed and lonely when you say that you wouldn't like this stuff.

I'd be down for a new type of forum game. Daily commitment might be a bit of a turn off for some people though. I don't know, maybe you should just give it a shot.

Thanks for the encouragement! It's great to see such friendlyhoods.

I am fully aware that that isn't a word.

Anyways, we should come up with a game setting to set our first Land Wars in. I would do Zelda, but that feels like copycatting, and we have a much broader range of games to choose in this forum than the ZU Forum. We could also use a Discussion Page for Land Wars. The actual Land Wars thread is only to be used for actions taken within the game, so we could use a separate thread for IRL discussions and the asking of questions.

It would help if you would actually tell us what the game is about/what you do in it

Essentially it's kinda like Total War but a forum game.

In Hyrule Land Wars you command the army of one of the many nations within the setting of a specific Zelda game. Of course, none of the actual happenings within the game affect the Land Wars. The goal of the game is to conquer all of the territories. Or just initiate Armageddon. Whichever is more fun. You devote certain slots to unit growth and different projects that last multiple in-game weeks. 2 in-game weeks equals one IRL day equals one turn. Like I said, it takes a lot of commitment, as you have to update daily.

One of the fun parts of the game is how you can mass produce whatever items are found within your region. You can trade blueprints, and even combine them to create great machinations of war, such as the Spinner modified to fly! And I essentially want to do this with a different game. You get to choose what game that is.

Can we do it with Battletoads?

Dunno. I've never played Battletoads. How many nations can you squeeze out of it?

Also, are there different items or technologies specific to each nation?

I know a simple forum game from a different (Terraria?) forum. I can't quite remember the name, but let's just call it in/out machine.
There's a machine that gives you something if you give it something. First, one poster inserts an item (there are no limits to what you can put in). The poster after that then thinks of an item that comes out (you can think of anything), and inserts an item him/herself.
Example:
Poster 1: I insert an IPhone.
Poster 2: Out comes an apple with a bite taken out of it. I put in an elephant.

Sorry, but that's kinda irrelevant, and I think you must've misunderstood the thread's purpose. This thread was made so that people could give necessary input towards the creation of a single forum game.

After thinking about it for a bit...

Is this something like a forum RP?

Is the forum active enough for rp? Even the mafia thing is a bit too slow to be exciting.

No, it is not an RP. It has RP elements, in the form of being able to send in-game messages to other nations, and thus being obligated to create some form of irrelevant persona. But no, RP-ing is not the meat of it. It's about strategic warfare, really.

I would send you a link to one of the Hyrule Land Wars, but the ZU Forums are temporarily down.

I don't think it would last long, unfortunately. It sounds interesting, but most of the games and rps in this forum don't last very long because not enough people are able or willing to check in and participate everyday. I don't think our sampling of users is big enough to find a good amount of people who can commit.

My mistake then.
/lurk

So is Battletoads Land Wars the only option you've given?

...okay then. I guess that makes sense, considering that none of you really think that people will actually want to play this.