Drunken Strippers Ahead

by Dave Dobson (dobnarr)

The wacky party game where you ignore all the warnings and come up with improbably dangerous situations!

Introduction

Drunken Strippers Ahead is a game for three to eight players which turns our icon-heavy over-litigated world on its head. You've all seen those crazy warnings for obvious dangers, right? And you've often puzzled over the meaning of obscure little icons with unclear intentions - our modern hieroglyphics. In this game, you'll get a chance to fight back against both of these inane trends.

Components

The game requries the following items: - The Game Deck - a set of cards showing a variety of real-world icons meant to warn or advise the unwary (i.e. all the images from the contest image printed on separate cards). - Writing Paper - A pencil for each player - A voting token for each player - Choice cards numbered 1-7

Set up

Give each player a pencil and a voting token. Shuffle the Game Deck and deal three cards face down to each player. If there are more than four players, deal only two cards to each player. The youngest player goes first and is declared the first Chooser.

Game play

On a game turn, the Chooser selects one of his or her cards and plays them face up on the table. All other players must quickly come up with a short word or phrase that describes the warning in the picture. The only rule is that the word or phrase must not actually mean what the icon on the game card is intended to mean. The players write their descriptions in secret on a sheet of paper and turn it in to the Chooser without showing the other players. The Chooser does not create a response.

The Chooser shuffles the responses and then reads them aloud. As the Chooser reads a response, he or she plays a Choice card, going in order from number one up to the number of responses. Players should try to remember which response goes with which Choice card. The Chooser must re-read any response if a player requests it.

Once the players have heard all the responses, each player chooses one response as the best response. Players may not choose their own responses - they must vote for others. Ideally, players will vote for the most creative or funniest response to the icon shown. The Chooser reveals his or her vote first by placing his or her voting token on the Choice card matching the response. Each player then votes in turn, clockwise, until all have voted.

Players score one point for each vote their response gets. The Chooser then gets to assign a one-point bonus award to any player's response. The Chooser must justify the bonus award based on the response, but the Chooser's award is at his or her own discretion and cannot be challenged. Once one round is finished, the next player clockwise from the Chooser becomes the new Chooser for the next round.

Winning the Game

When all players have been Chooser twice each (or once each for games of five or more players), tally up the scores. The highest scorer wins. Note that each player will have one Game Card left at the end - the player chooses which to play as Chooser, and will not use all of them.

Variant Rules for Advanced Play

Deal double the cards to each player (six cards each for 1-4 players, four cards each for 5-8). Instead of playing just one card per turn, the Chooser plays two cards together, and the players must come up with a response that addresses both cards at once.

Conquest of Sector 74

by Scott Akkermans (scott)
A game of success and backstabbing for 2-4 players.

Sector 74 was an industrial sector that was booming ever since the discovery of Zanthyde, one of the most sought after resources remaining on the tiny planet of Abukumado. A select few local entrepreneurs have decided to cash in on the sudden influx of population to the region. With sabotage and misfortune happening on a daily basis, will you rise above the setbacks or fizzle off into the sunset, while trying to become Sector 74’s best brewmaster.

Game Contents

This game contains the following: - 1x Rulebook - 4x Game board/Player Mat - 180x Playing cards, by type as follows: - 40x Ingredient cards - 40x Machinery cards - 32x Hazard cards - 20x Finished Product cards - 28x Mishap cards

Component Breakdown

Cards

Each card contains five essential elements. - Card name - Phase symbol - Zanthyde score - Location - Rule/Flavor text (flavor is in italics)

Card Types: - Ingredients - Machinery - Hazard Cards - Finished Product Cards - Mishap Cards

Game Board

The game board six labeled areas are as follows: - mash turn - boilers - hopback - fermenter - bottling line - shipping floor

Numbers on locations limit how many cards may be played there.

Set-Up

1. Each player gathers the components that match his chosen color.
2. Each player shuffles his deck of cards then deals five cards into a pile.
3. The piles of five cards combine to make a randomizer deck, the remaining 35 cards combine to make the common deck.
4. Five special event cards are added at random to the common deck for each player.
5. Each player places his board in front of himself and is dealt 5 cards from the common deck.
6. Players may decide who is the first player, if there is a dispute Rock, Paper, Scissors is played.

Turn Sequence

Each turn consists of four phases.

Phase 1- Draw Phase

At the beginning of the turn players draw a hand of five tiles.

If a mystery card is drawn it’s effects are applied to a random player, determined by drawing the top card of the randomizer pile and matching the cards color to the players board.

Phase 2- Day Phase

.The first player begins by playing a card with the day phase icon (a sun in the top left corner) in it's appropriate playing area, (location listed on the card).

Play continues clockwise until all players have played their day cards. If a player can not play a card, excess cards are discarded to the bottom of the randomizer deck.

Phase 3- Night Phase

The first player begins playing cards with a moon icon on their opponents boards. Play continues until all night phase cards have been used or discarded to the randomizer deck.

Phase 4- End Phase

The end phase plays out in two ways depending if the common deck has been depleted or not.

If there are still cards remaining in the common deck, the first player privilege is passed clockwise around the table, and a new turn begins with the draw phase.

If there are no cards remaining in the common deck, scoring begins (see Scoring below).

Scoring and Game End

After the final turn has come to a completion it's time to find out who is the best brew master on Abukumado.

Players simply total all the numbers located in the lower right hand corner of the cards they have accumulated on their board. Positive values are indicated with a + sign, and are green in color, while negative values are indicated with a - sign, and are red in color.

If a player does not have an ingredient card played in certain locations, they lose 2 points per location. Locations include: mash turn, boilers, hopback, and fermenter.

A mystery card may be beneficial to a player and have a multiplier located in the lower right hand corner of the card. This will be designated by a x sign followed by a number. That takes all points for that location of the board and multiplies them by the number on the mystery card.

The player with the highest total is declaired the best brewmaster on Abukumado and is paid the corresponding numerical value worth of Zanthyde nuggets which he may use to spend on any vices he has become accustom to while living in Sector 74.

In the case of a tie, the player with the least amount of negative machinery cards in play on his board is the winner, if this is still a tie, the player with the fewest negative Zanthyde nugget values in play on his board wins.

Bad Guys Businesses

by Pastor_Mora

The BGB game is a management simulation that represents a competition between branch managers of a corporation. The player that generates the greater earnings will be proclaimed the new corporate CEO. The actual objective of the game is to generate awareness of the thought choices presented to managers running real businesses. The balance between risk taken and earnings required, spiced by a share of luck, will define your career. Will you gain market share from good practice and prestige, or loose it by foul practices and scandal? Will you behave or will you squeeze profits to the limits? Do you have what it takes to succeed in this competitive market?

Playability

The game can be played by 2 people and up to large groups, but is recommended for 5 players. Playing time is 10 minutes per player. All games last 25 rounds.

Setup

Print a player board and a set of cards for each player. Shuffle all cards together in a single deck. Give each player 20 Earnings tokens (common bingo chips). Arrange round by player's age.

Gameplay

The game has a simultaneous action mechanic, as each time a player updates his cashflow, any player may place in his Board a single token from his Earnings to cover one liability, pay a bribe, or support an organization (these are his costs). Players may either choose to cancel a single cost and return the placed token to his Earnings. Note that you can only support an organization if you have at least 3 liabilities already covered in that column.

Scoring

Then the player updating his cashflow draws a card from the deck and calculates its effect (pays fines, adds earnings, changes market share, etc.). Finally, he adds (or subtracts) the result of his operations in his column in the cashflow sheet. The round continues clockwise, with each player updating his cashflow one at a time, until the cards deck is exhausted.

Cards Deck

The cards in the deck (one set per player) contain these actions:

• PG Inspection (5 cards): unless you have covered the particular liability depicted in the card (there is one card for each liability), subtract a 2 Earnings fine for each liability you didn't cover in the Protective Gear column and give an Earning token to each player supporting the Labor Union. Only pay the minimum fine (2 Earnings) if you are paying bribes.
• EWD Inspection (5 cards): unless you have covered the particular liability depicted in the card (there is one card for each liability), subtract a 2 Earnings fine for each liability you didn't cover in the Efficiency / Waste Disposal column and give an Earning token to each player supporting the Ecology NGO. Only pay the minimum fine (2 Earnings) if you are paying bribes.
• SP Inspection (5 cards): unless you have covered the particular liability depicted in the card (there is one card for each liability), subtract a 2 Earnings fine for each liability you didn't cover in the Safety Procedures column and give an Earning token to each player supporting the Standardization organization. Only pay the minimum fine (2 Earnings) if you are paying bribes.
• Justice Department (4 cards): subtract a 6 Earnings fine for each bribe you are paying. Remove from the game all the tokens you used as bribes.
• Organizations (6 cards): if you support the depicted organization (there are two cards for each) gain 1 token from each non-supporting player.

Optional Rule

Keep written track of each card played to improve your predictions!