lilyvalley ([info]lilyvalley) wrote,
2005-08-06 09:42:00
I've decided I want to make a board game about terrorism. You start out at home, travel through subways, trains, streets, over bridges to get to work and then more of the same to get back home. You move by answering questions about the history of terrorism. The idea being that the more you know about the history of terrorism the better you can combat it. With chuckley stuff in, too, like some of those entries from my post a week or two ago about how the terrorists win.

Anybody want to help? I might cut you in on the profits after I make the game and sell it to Milton-Brandley for three hundred million thousand billion dollars. If, however, you decide to steal my idea, I will instead cut you into three hundred million thousand billion pieces and feed you to the cats.

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[info]karma_soupra

August 6 2005, 14:27:50 UTC 6 years ago

What level of knowledge are we talking here? Do you want to go back to pre-modern terrorism and guerilla warfare, or just the mundane PLO/Red Brigades type of thing?

Important! Will they buy it from you if you misspell their name in your correspondence? :p

More important! Do you get to be the terrorist at any point, or will you be a sissy "oh, you mustn't hurt the innocent babies!" future casualty civilian? I WANT TO BE A TERRORIST! (but don't tell the FBI that.)

[info]lilyvalley

August 6 2005, 15:37:29 UTC 6 years ago

The entire history of terrorism. Defining terrorism loosely as "targeting civilians in an effort to influence government policy." Like, what was the earliest documented case of terrorism? (I have no clue.) Not just the islam crap of today, I want to include old stuff, ancient stuff, and new stuff. Including tidbits about the U.S.'s early funding of bin ladin, "freedom fighters"-type stuff that came back to bit us in the ass. Not soley U.S.-centered, either, I want to include Isreal/Palestine stuff, northern Ireland stuff, home-grown terrosism (e.g., Timothy McVeigh), recent British subway stuff, everything. BUT (and this is a big but, no I'm not talking about my own big butt, pay attention here, there's only one "B"!), I'd like the questions and answers be fairly common knowledge. (No sense making a game most people wouldn't be able to play.)

I'm really getting into this and having fun. I've created an elementary game board. If this takes off, I might try to sweet talk the imp into prettying it up. :)

[info]fridgemagnet

August 6 2005, 14:41:20 UTC 6 years ago

I wrote a short text adventure last month. You started off on the top deck of a bus in the centre of London, and eight turns later it would say "There is a blinding flash of light", and you'd die. If you got off the bus and walked around for a bit, it would still say that. The idea was to realise that you were actually wearing a backpack with a parcel in it and do something about that (apart from opening the parcel, which was not a good idea).

I've given away the solution now, dammit.

[info]lilyvalley

August 6 2005, 15:39:33 UTC 6 years ago

I remember you posting about that. Don't worry, I won't tell anyone the ending.

I was hoping you'd reply. You're the history expert around here. Don't you want to help with terrorism-related trivia? According to my broad specifications to soupy above?

[info]fridgemagnet

August 6 2005, 20:41:16 UTC 6 years ago

Did I post about that? I didn't mean to... I'd not finished it, for a start. (Getting the bus to move around streets was a pain in the arse.)

The thing is that people have been using "terrorist" tactics for millennia. If you want to do an honest run-down of what "terrorism" means... well, the meaning itself is arguable, but if it's at all coherent it's going to involve things from the beginnings of recorded history.

[info]lilyvalley

August 7 2005, 00:46:33 UTC 6 years ago

Yeah, I googled "history of terrorism" and realized what a huge topic it actually is. Not many people will know most of the answers (well, except maybe you). I've decided the History of Terrorism questions will have no negative consequence if answered incorrectly, but a correct answer will have positive consequences, probably an extra turn. Most people would never be able to even finish the game if they had to go back or skip a turn if they answered incorrectly.

I swear you posted something about a game you were working on a few weeks ago. I didn't pay a lot of attention though because I knew I'd probably never play it.

[info]pallasathene8

August 6 2005, 18:18:57 UTC 6 years ago

Hehe, cool idea, Lily. :)

[info]lilyvalley

August 7 2005, 00:48:11 UTC 6 years ago

I thought so! What are you going to contribute to the cause? You can google for better "if..then the terrorists win" quotes. I need documented quotes from well-known people, the stupider the better. Whaddya say?? (I know you're busy, you can say "screw that!" and I won't get mad--much, that is. ;) )

[info]pallasathene8

August 7 2005, 01:49:45 UTC 6 years ago

Busy? Hardly. Give me all the assignements you like. :P

[info]pallasathene8

August 7 2005, 05:04:04 UTC 6 years ago

"Secretary of State Colin L. Powell urged the Red Cross and other nongovernment organizations -- as well as foreign contractors and the United Nations -- to stay in Iraq.

"They are needed. Their work is needed. And if they are driven out, then the terrorists win," Powell said in Washington."

"For example, Martha Stewart recently asked her underlings to forgo a big company Christmas party in favor of hosting small soirees for 10 in their own homes. She promised each volunteer $300 to cover costs, but said they wouldn't be able to choose their guests, according to a report in The New York Post.

When employees balked, Stewart fired off a memo: "To me, the terrorists have certainly succeeded if so few of you participate in a companywide effort to `get together.' "

[info]pallasathene8

August 7 2005, 05:08:21 UTC 6 years ago

From http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/features/1151647 -

According to other sources, we are also letting the terrorists win if we:

Don't send the marching band from Frank Scott Bunnell High School in Stratford, Conn., to the 2002 Rose Parade. (The New York Times)

Drill for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. (National Audubon Society)

Stockpile Cipro. (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)

Cancel even one event at the 2001 Temecula Valley International Film & Music Festival. (North County Times)

[info]lilyvalley

August 7 2005, 13:48:40 UTC 6 years ago

You're the best!

That almost deserves a reserved spot in my pants. :D

Anonymous

August 6 2005, 18:23:27 UTC 6 years ago

It reminds me of an old hippie board game from back in the 70's called Dealer McDope. You go through different countries buying hashish or pot and sometimes get ripped off or busted then head back to America where you could go into several cities to sell your stuff and either make a profit or get busted or ripped off. Pretty cool but they don't make that game anymore. Can't even find it on the interweb :(

[info]lilyvalley

August 7 2005, 00:50:13 UTC 6 years ago

Is that you, [info]saint_boner? Or are you an undercover spy for Milton-Bradley?!

[info]pallasathene8

August 7 2005, 01:50:41 UTC 6 years ago

Pssst.....if you wanna keep out the game sharks you should prolly make this a private entry... :P

[info]lilyvalley

August 7 2005, 13:50:21 UTC 6 years ago

Game sharks don't scare me! *sharpens harpoon*

But if/when get to the point of sharing the actual game, I'll lock that entry.

[info]saint_boner

August 7 2005, 15:30:07 UTC 6 years ago

yeah, I forgot to log in... who do the bastads think they are anyway.

[info]skeeser

August 8 2005, 19:27:36 UTC 6 years ago

it would be even funnier if, when you opened the box, a bomb went off.

[info]lilyvalley

August 8 2005, 23:01:52 UTC 6 years ago

AHAHAHAHAHA!

Holy shit, that made me laugh till I got tears in my eyes. Seriously. :D

[info]skeeser

August 9 2005, 15:52:12 UTC 6 years ago

the FBI is watching you now.
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