Census Game Suggestions Thread - looking for new ideas

I'm stealing it for sffbc if Raven is okay with it

 

Grendel is usually referred to as a giant or troll. Kennings for Grendel in the poem include "powerful monster", "herdsman of evil", "moor stepper", "demon corpse", "guardian of crime", "hell-serf", and "captain of evil" (thank you, Wikipedia).

 

That still doesn't really help in the terms of having a draft figure. I needed an answer that said Grendel was this and could do this and was this. Not possibly this and described as various evil metaphors. If you drafted it, how could you judge it if we don't even know what it really is?

 

Well how are we gonna judge Beowulf if we don't even know what he defeated?

 

I'm not sure LotR, by itself, has enough characters to sustain a draft.

 

He is still obviously a man, a hero. We know what he is physically, which is enough to at least give him a towel so he can shower.

 

Ah, okay. Missed the point a touch there.

I haven't read the poem in a while, but from what I can remember:

By inference from the whole thing of reaching into Hrothgar's hall and snatching people, I'd say that Grendel's got to stand a couple of storeys high and be able to hold at least one human in one hand. Aside from size, probably much like the minotaur - big, hulking monster, uses claws and teeth rather than weapons, no magical powers and frankly fairly unintelligent. Wouldn't last long against a major hero, but could squash (say) a unicorn between two fingers.

A last-round pick to add some muscle for the team matches, basically King Kong-style.

EDIT: Kypt, I got a rough list of 100+ characters from Middle-Earth which you can have a look at if you so wish - a few from LotR, a couple from The Hobbit, and the majority from the Silmarillion.

 

He defeated a Dragon.

Evil.

 

What kind of dragon? [face_smug_wink_cause_I_know_more_than_you]

 

I'm not sure, I've never actually read Beowolf myself. But I think it was the fire breathing kind.

Evil.

 

Man, I wish I had time to work on that Battle Royale post. Later. Yes.

 

Yeah, me too. But you're gonna have to call it something else from now on because somebody already took the very generic name of Battle Royale in the gaming thread. So quick, start thinking of names you!



Alright, first draft, no harm in adding Grendel. We'll just see what kind of showing it gets. Thank you Nemesis.

We'll see if I can do an updated list later tonight if not tomorrow afternoon.

 

Awesome. Thanks Tyi

Re names for the not-Battle-Royale game: I fancy Death Chess

 

Some ideas: Lord of the Flies, King of the grid/island/mountain/whatever, Grid Wars, Last Man Standing, Natural Selection, Social Darwinism.

I dunno.

 

Why not just call it Battle Chess? It seems to be along the same lines.

Evil.

 

Social Darwinism

 

I like it

 

Social Darwinism gets my vote

 

Mythology Draft? Coming Soon? Please?

Evil.

 

Mythology Draft


Here we are. I've added some Celts who I think can be in the first draft. But by all means, if I've missed someone (something) you think should be on, speak up now.

You may notice I didn't exactly go into the Arthurian legend(s)... not too sure about that one. I can be swayed, perhaps.


So...


+Grendel
-Asterix & Obelix
=Apollo specified
=Heracles/Hercules specified

Celtic mythology added:

Regular:

Arthur
Bran the Blessed
Ceridwen
Conall Cernach
Cormac mac Airt
Cúchulainn
Étaín
Fionn mac Cumhaill
Gwydion
Nuada Airgetlám
Oisín
Scáthach

Deities:

Aengus
Badb
Belenos
Brigid
Cernunnos
Dagda
Epona
Lugh
Manannán mac Lir
Morrígan
Nodens
Sirona



Which creates:

Regular list:


Achilles
Actaeon
Adrasteia
Aeneas
Agamemnon
Agilaz
Ajax the Great
Ajax the Lesser
Am-heh
Ammit
amphisbaena
Andvari
Angantyr
Antaeus
anubite
Argus Panoptes
Arthur
Asterix
Atalanta
Basilisk
Bellerophon
Beowulf
Bran the Blessed
Brynhildr
Cadmus
Caeneus
Calchas
Calydonian Boar
Cassandra
Castor
Cecrops I
centaur
Cerberus
Ceridwen
Ceryneian Hind
Chimera
Chiron
Conall Cernach
Cormac mac Airt
Cretan Bull
Cúchulainn
cyclops
Cycnus, son of Ares
Daedalus
Dag the Wise
Diomedes
Dvalinn
Echo
Egill Skallagrímsson
Eitri & Brokkr
Erymanthian Boar
Étaín
Fafnir
Fenghuang
Fenrisulfr
Fionn mac Cumhaill
Ganymede
Garmr
Geryon
Glaukos
Grendel
griffin
Guan Yu
Gudrun
Gunther
Gwydion
Halfdan the Old
harpy
Hector
Heiracosphinx
Helgi Hundingsbane
Heracles / Hercules [Specify]
Hikaru Genji
hippocamp
Hippolyta
Hjalmar
Houyi
Hreidmar
Icarus
Imperial guardian lions
Iolaus
Jason
Jörmungandr
Kappa
Kintaro
Kitsune
Lady Zhurong
Laertes
Lamia
Lernaean Hydra
Mare of Diomedes
Medea
Medusa
Melampus
Midas
Minotaur
Mopsus
Nemean Lion
Neoptolemus
Nestor
Nuada Airgetlám
Obelix
Odysseus
Oisín
Oni
Orion
Orpheus
Orthrus
Orvar-Odd
Ótr
Paris
Patroclus
Pegasus
Penthesilea
Perseus
Pheonix
Pixiu
Polydeuces (Pollux)
Qilin
Regin
Remus
Romulus
Saito Musashibo Benkei
Sarpedon
Scáthach
Sigurd
Sojobo
Sphinx
Stymphalian birds
Talos
Telephus
Theris Nordo Ichka
Theseus
unicorn
Wayland Smith
Wiglaf
Yrsa







Deity list:


Ægir
Aengus
Aeolus [Specify Incarnation]
Aether
Amaterasu
Amun
Anemoi [Specify Incarnation]
Anubis
Apep
Aphrodite
Apollo [Specify Mythology]
Ares
Artemis
Asclepius
Ate
Athena
Atlas
Atropos
Badb
Baldr
Bast
Belenos
Brigid
Caerus
Calypso
Cernunnos
Chaos
Charon
Chronos
Circe
Clotho
Cronus
Cybele
Dagda
Demeter
Diana
Dionysus
Eir
Eos
Epona
Erebus
Eros
Forseti
Fortuna
Freyja
Freyr
Frigg
Fujin
Gaia
Geb
Hachiman
Hades
Hathor
He Xiangu
Hecate
Heimdall
Hel
Helios
Hemera
Hephaestus
Hera
Hermes
Horus
Hypnos
Iðunn
Imhotep
Inari
Iris
Isis
Jade Emperor
Janus
Juno
Jupiter
Kagu-tsuchi
Khnum
Lachesis
Lei Gong
Loki
Lugh
Lü Dongbin
Ma'at
Manannán mac Lir
Mars
Menoetius
Menthu
Mercury
Metis
Minerva
Momus
Morpheus
Morrígan
Neith
Nekhbet
Nemesis
Nephthys
Neptune
Njord
Nodens
Nyx
Oceanus
Odin
Osiris
Pan
Persephone
Pluto
Poseidon
Prometheus
Proteus
Ptah
Ra
Raijin
Sarutahiko
Saturn
Sekhmet
Selene
Set
Shu
Sirona
Skaði
Sobek
Sol
Susanoo
Tefnut
Thor
Thoth
Týr
Ullr
Uranus
Venus
Vidar
Vulcan
Wadjet
Wepwawet
Yuki-onna
Zeus

(137 & 135)

 

Heracles/Hercules specified


Thank God. Stupid Romans.

 

It looks good. I say we go with this list and see what we can do with it. Meanwhile, I'll be looking through the Library, as the Internet doesn't have everything on most of the people on the list.

Evil.

 

Hey guys, I saw that some of you were talking about creating a battle royal type game with guns and stuff. Anyway, a very very long time ago there was a very similar game in the JCC that I some of used to play, called Laser Tag.

It was pretty fun and I vaguely recall winning the first edition. So I thought I'd show you guys how a similar game worked in the past. I hope it helps!

 

Cool. Thanks, Imrahil, I'll check it out.

 

Goooooooo... Mythology Draft!