Comments on: Grind: Competition

By: Sebastian Hickey

Sebastian Hickey — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:03:48 +0000

The competition is now closed. Thanks for your genius.

I’ll be back soon with the results.

By: Jason

Jason — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:29:15 +0000

Note: Duplicated on Story games

Setting: The pinnacle of the great Aztec Empire following a wretched group of human sacrifices desperate to flee the wrath of their glorious leader.
Adversary: Ahuitzotl, the Great Speaker, the warrior caste and his jungle witches
Gore Threshold: 3
Connection: Villagers from the same tribe torn from their lives and tossed into this maelstrom.
Drop-off: Great Pyramid of Tenochtitlan
Objective: The Skull of Huitzilopochtli, a wrecked ship nested on treacherous rocks where some great power can be found.
Checkpoints:
- Flee Tenochtitlan and the warrior caste
- Enlist the aid of the heathen “Night Pygmy” tribe to capture a jungle witch
- Navigate the Blood River and it’s falls to the sea and the location of the The Skull of Huitzilopochtli

By: Eoin

Eoin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:07:51 +0000

Incidentally, it occurs that the above frame may be of particular interest to Dublin players, on account of the excellently named Duke of Guise, the villain of the piece.

By: Eoin

Eoin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:47:15 +0000

I think HfL can do history very well, especially persecution/escape.

The French Wars of Religion Frame

Setting: 16th Century France
Adversary: The Crown
Gore Threshold: 7
Connection: Huegenots of Paris seek to flee France during and after the St Bartholomew’s Day Massacre.
Drop-Off: Ile de France, Paris
Objective: Board a ship to England
Checkpoints: Escape Paris, kill the Duke of Guise on the road to Cherbourg, infiltrate the closed port of Cherbourg.

This model could work well for a slave escape, or the smuggling of Allied airmen out of France i the ’40s.