tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1818073417709561773.post3581015119883725840..comments2024-03-28T08:40:42.144-04:00Comments on Daniel Solis: [In the Lab] Dung & Dragons - Loose Notes and PitchDaniel Solishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07683491911441126187noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1818073417709561773.post-1154009736468729882011-05-08T09:18:40.181-04:002011-05-08T09:18:40.181-04:00I would imagine so. Whenever you are ready for peo...I would imagine so. Whenever you are ready for people to play, I will be the first to volunteer. I keep going tot he list of suggested names and see Dragon Dung Derby... that sounds like a great expansion name for when/if the time comes :)<br><br>Do you know the tone you will go with it? I mean, I can see a more Candyland or My Little Ponies feel, but becuase we are dealing with Dung there could be a Garabage Pail Kids with a Pokeman approach.<br><br>An interesting note on "Pellets" my daughter is in 5th grade and recent her science teacher had them take apart owl pellets and determine the diet of the owl... sounds like a good job for a farm hand to reclaim those alchemical riches.Dave Bozarthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03674939157306733734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1818073417709561773.post-46744942828688375152011-03-14T13:37:45.583-04:002011-03-14T13:37:45.583-04:00Lets see, 5th graders are usually 10-11. So they a...Lets see, 5th graders are usually 10-11. So they are right in the thick of getting puns and delighting in the idea of the "gross." <br /><br />My daughter may not be representative of the norm, but she loves to look at the art of my old Rifts collection but hates the World of Darkness books... and yet likes Munchkin Cthulhu. Might be worth some crowd-sourcing to see where other kids are at for that sort of thing.Dave Bozarthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03674939157306733734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1818073417709561773.post-34664360473004242792011-03-14T12:19:27.824-04:002011-03-14T12:19:27.824-04:00Awesome! How old are kids in fifth grade? Maybe th...Awesome! How old are kids in fifth grade? Maybe that's the right base age for the game.<br /><br />As far as tone, I imagine it as a pretty straight-faced presentation with most of the humor coming from wordplay, puns and so forth. For example, if I were to do a dragon-breeding expansion for Dung & Dragons, the subtitle would be "Love is in the Air." :PDaniel Solishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07683491911441126187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1818073417709561773.post-6776147935792467282011-03-14T08:13:47.566-04:002011-03-14T08:13:47.566-04:00I would imagine so. Whenever you are ready for peo...I would imagine so. Whenever you are ready for people to play, I will be the first to volunteer. I keep going tot he list of suggested names and see Dragon Dung Derby... that sounds like a great expansion name for when/if the time comes :)<br /><br />Do you know the tone you will go with it? I mean, I can see a more Candyland or My Little Ponies feel, but becuase we are dealing with Dung there could be a Garabage Pail Kids with a Pokeman approach.<br /><br />An interesting note on "Pellets" my daughter is in 5th grade and recent her science teacher had them take apart owl pellets and determine the diet of the owl... sounds like a good job for a farm hand to reclaim those alchemical riches.Dave Bozarthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03674939157306733734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1818073417709561773.post-74901239740975360962011-03-13T22:31:39.996-04:002011-03-13T22:31:39.996-04:00Thanks so much, Dave. This actually helps flesh ou...Thanks so much, Dave. This actually helps flesh out some of the activities for the game quite a bit. I'll figure out how to best emulate this kind of stuff. I'm still trying to find the game's precise "center" before I stretch out the branches. I guess that's the next step of the development process, eh? :)Daniel Solishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07683491911441126187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1818073417709561773.post-23841666211684895932011-03-12T17:48:22.921-05:002011-03-12T17:48:22.921-05:00Honestly, this gives me so many ideas that its a b...Honestly, this gives me so many ideas that its a bit of an overload... so take all of this with a grain of salt.<br /><br />One of the aspects I loved about the Chocobo was the creation of something new and cute sure, but also the training and racing that you would do to bring it to peak performance. If there is a fair that judges the dragons, what are the criteria for the judging? Obviously, size or wing span might be there, but what about the wonderful colors that a dragon can be or some special talents or "stupid dragon tricks"... kind of inspired by "How to Train your Dragon" here and there are those wonderful dog shows, I can imagine getting a Ribbon for best Working Class Dragon. <br /><br />As for the breeding of chocobos was more than just picking the two with the best stats and hoping to get something, it was questing to find the right nuts to bring those new traits to the next generation. So there could be some random treasure element or some breeds of Dragon may be like pigs/dogs hunting for truffles. You loose them for a turn but they come back with a treasure card.<br /><br />Depending on how much Catan you want to deal with, tiles could allow each person build their own farm in a confined space. Then a dragon's nesting (Roost?) area might be an interesting spacial limit to the size of the dragon you could present. Also, tiles could allow for a "Hoard" where you put your Coins (and the dragons love the shinny stuff to roll around in) and it becomes a place those nasty Kobolds (I just see thieving rat-guys for some reason) would try to take an opponents resources. Mushroom men could be used to tend fields of fungus for certain breeds or maybe it would be by Farmer (in which case its a little Last Night on Earth as they might have special abilities and/or Agendas that allow them to win).<br /><br />Just some random ideas... oh and don't forget Dragons love Sweet White Crystals (like rock candy?)<br /><br />DaveDave Bozarthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03674939157306733734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1818073417709561773.post-44443673989890797192011-03-12T11:24:01.812-05:002011-03-12T11:24:01.812-05:00I think the limit would be resource-based. Each dr...I think the limit would be resource-based. Each dragon has its own quirky diets and habits that make it a challenge to raise to maturity. Or perhaps a strategy would be something like dragon-flipping? Raise a dragon until its resale value is high enough that you could trade it in for a more mature specimen?Daniel Solishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07683491911441126187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1818073417709561773.post-33189470141530027042011-03-11T23:02:24.356-05:002011-03-11T23:02:24.356-05:00Is there any limit to the number of dragons you ca...Is there any limit to the number of dragons you can buy per turn? Is there any downside to having a large stable of dragons? If not, then you'll want to charge more for the initial egg draw, or players will be encouraged to just keep buying dragons one at a time until they get the one they want.Mark Sherryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03375042954626453877noreply@blogger.com