Timeline for Explaining made up card game
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| Jun 26, 2019 at 9:41 | comment | added | Liquid | A good reference could be "the Player of Games", by M.Banks. It's a sci-fi novel about a member of a post-scarcity futuristic society whose main interest in life is playing tactical games. A lot of interesting new games (some akin to card ones) are described through the book, yet extensive rules are not given. This doesn't hinder the feeling of complexity and competition every time the main character plays. | |
| Jun 25, 2019 at 15:22 | history | edited | Cyn |
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| Nov 22, 2018 at 0:23 | answer | added | whisperycat | timeline score: 1 | |
| Nov 21, 2018 at 23:32 | answer | added | Chris Johns | timeline score: 1 | |
| Nov 20, 2018 at 8:31 | answer | added | Simone | timeline score: 1 | |
| Nov 20, 2018 at 8:08 | comment | added | Simone | @Rich Talking about being Bamboozled... friends.fandom.com/wiki/Bamboozled | |
| Nov 19, 2018 at 23:48 | comment | added | Rich | Adventure Time has also done this with Card Wars. Crucially, the writers did not explain the rules in the TV episode, which is likely one of the factors that allowed it to be turned into a successful (?) video game. Worth pointing out: it seems that every one of these examples cited so far was done for humor, with excessively comprehensive rule sets intended to bamboozle the viewer. Star Wars Pazaak - starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Pazaak - would be an example of a serious game. There are many more - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fictional_games#Card_games | |
| Nov 19, 2018 at 19:40 | comment | added | istrasci | @PaulD.Waite: Dang, you beat me to it! 😆😆 | |
| Nov 19, 2018 at 18:02 | comment | added | LarsTech | @Barmar But it's not a Tuesday... | |
| Nov 19, 2018 at 16:56 | comment | added | Paul D. Waite | If a character gets to $700 and they have to double it, expect a lawsuit from NBC either way. | |
| Nov 19, 2018 at 16:54 | comment | added | Strawberry | If you explain the game, then, as I see it, one of two things will happen: either someone will spot that it's nearly identical to a pre-existing game or they'll spot that there's a fundamental flaw in it. | |
| S Nov 19, 2018 at 14:15 | history | suggested | SQB | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Nov 19, 2018 at 11:54 | comment | added | Benubird | An example you may want to look at: Terry Pratchett has the card game cripple mr onion appear in several books, but never explains the rules. "Dabo" and "Tongo" are played several times in the tv show deep space 9, but again - no rules. Not needed. | |
| Nov 19, 2018 at 9:49 | comment | added | Barmar | You might want to watch the "Fizzbin" scene from the Star Trek episode "A Piece of the Action". | |
| Nov 19, 2018 at 8:48 | answer | added | Stig Hemmer | timeline score: 3 | |
| Nov 19, 2018 at 6:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackWriting/status/1064398010724085760 | ||
| Nov 18, 2018 at 23:57 | comment | added | Damian Yerrick | Will this book have a video game tie-in? How you phrase it in fiction differs from how you phrase it in a video game's manual. | |
| Nov 18, 2018 at 18:03 | vote | accept | programmer23 | ||
| Nov 18, 2018 at 17:54 | answer | added | wetcircuit | timeline score: 35 | |
| Nov 18, 2018 at 17:30 | answer | added | Galastel supports GoFundMonica | timeline score: 21 | |
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| Nov 18, 2018 at 16:39 | history | asked | programmer23 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |