[Game] [OOC] Into the Black (Firefly-verse)

[Jay 2K Winger]

Yes, I will be making use of the 'division' in the crew that Zhan and Aiden have inadvertently implied exists. Not right away, though. Heh.

Now... Floodfire.

As precious little information is available from the series about what makes the round-cards different from regular playing cards, I'm establishing this right now.

Round-card decks have sixty-seven cards, arranged into six suits of ten cards each, the six Noble cards, and the Yin-Yang card. (The Yin-Yang is generally analogous to the Joker of a standard deck.) The Nobility set are suit-less and carry no numerical value outside the Nobility, and depending on the game can take on different qualities or alignments or whatever. In ascending order, the Nobility are the Courtesan, the Page, the Knave, the Queen, and the King. There is a sixth Noble card called the Crown, which again varies in its placement depending on the rules of the game being played, either being above the King, or below the Courtesan.

The six round-card suits are Fruit, Sun, Moon, Wand, Fish, Diamond. The cards numbered 1 to 10, although they're sometimes colloquially called by the artwork depicted upon the face of the card. (Which can vary by deck.)

Floodfire is played similar to Rummy. A dealer is chosen at random and passes clockwise among the players (up to six). Each player is dealt an equal number of cards (max of eight), the remainder becoming the stock. Rules are identical to Rummy, except the Noble cards can only be played with each other, and the Yin-Yang is considered 'wild.' A target score is decided by all players at the start of the game. When a player reaches that score, the game is over.

When a player discards or lays out all the cards in their hand, the round ends. The other players' cards are given points which are awarded to the round's winner. Noble cards are worth ten each, the Yin-Yang fifteen, all other cards their face value. However, how the points are scored for the winner can vary depending on the suit.

Red cards (Fruit, Sun, Wand) are worth positive points. Blue cards (Moon, Fish, Diamond) are worth negative points. The target score can be reached from either a positive or negative value. (For instance, if the target is 200 points, victory comes when a player reaches -200 or +200.)

It's a common practice (but not a rule) when discarding a card to the discard pile to say "Burn" if discarding a red card, and "Damp" if discarding a blue card.

[Tyg3rW01f]

no retcon for this one, please....

[Exile]

*facepalm* I just read over that and your right. For some reason when I read your post and pictured it in my head I pictured your character having them actually out and fiddling with his knives. That was not intentional. Is there anyway I can re-do that one. I am an ass.

Also, I actually prefer the Browncoats in real life and see Alliance as tyranical despots, I just like playing against type.

[Tyg3rW01f]

he wasn't brandishing them... he was simply standing there, fully armed, not wearing his duster. Just like Mando was doing when they met with Lerga.

NICE double-standard. Alliance hate Browncoat MUCH?!

no no, BRANDISHING his weapons would be something like flipping a knife from handle to point to handle to point, practicing his quick-draw, or practicing his hand-to-knife combat moves, or... etc, or etc, or etc, etc, etc...

Instead, he was just standing there. Now our passengers know that they can divide the crew and conquer. 'Gratz.

Bravo, Exile. Bravo.

[Exile]

Sorry, a day late I know, but hopefully not a buck short. (Can't help but feel like it though.) Anyways, I was watching over the pilot episode and was thinking. We don't really have an ambassador. I'm not sure it's really necessary, but our ship does have an extra cuple crew quarters so it's completely feasible to put one on the ship without even having to rent out a shuttle for one.

It's not like an ambassador has to be a companion, the Aces and Eights ambassador was the ship's owner and a travelling high stakes gambler, I once made a concept for one that was an aristocrat/noble with a secret, the possibilities are endless. In his own way Sheppard Book served as one as well for that matter.

Before Tyger gripes, the treatment in the post was for brandishing weapons in front of the passengers.

[Exile]

Haven't forgotten, just a busy weekend. Will reply tomorrow or Monday.

[Chanlin]

Wee, we're underway again

[Exile]

Aye aye captain!

[Jay 2K Winger]

Thanks for an IC post, Exile.

Expect a response on Sunday, when I'll have the time to compose Lerga's answers.

[Exile]

Exile... try Citi...

Had an interview at one of their competitors today. Also, sorry. I got caught up in relieving my own unemployment. Not bitter, just easily distrac ooh someone else is hiring!

[Sarlon]

Exile... try Citi...

I told him to go back to hell....least they hire anyone with a pulse

[Jay 2K Winger]

...and is this game dead?

It's on life support. It's severely hampered by the fact that one of the significant players (Exile) is an infrequent poster. I understand that's down to major RL issues, but it does make it hard to progress the game, and I hate to just force things along.

[Tyg3rW01f]

...and is this game dead?

[Tyg3rW01f]

Exile... try Citi...

[Exile]

cause it was only that day that I found out you lost your job and thought thats why you hadn't been posting.

Well, to be fair, you were right...