[UA] [OT] MBM

[Benjamin Lee]

Ah, facinating.

So say I have a d20 assigned to my 'Atomic Beamz'
stat, and so by choosing to roll a d20 among a handful
of others, I indicate my Giant Mecha-Squid is trying
to flame his enemies down with fiery ocular death...
something like that?


-B

--- Greg Stolze <holycrow at mindspring.com> wrote:
> >OK, gotta ask...
> >
> >What the heck is Meatbot Massacre?????
> 
> Well, many moons ago I came up with what I thought
> was a pretty nifty rules
> concept.  I called it "semiotomatic" because it
> would "automatically"
> communicate your actions through dice choice.  Thus,
> your dice do the
> talking -- "semiotics".
> 
> Okay, THAT part maybe isn't so clever.  In
> playtesting, it emerged that
> this was a great combat system one-on-one, but for a
> GM trying to run five
> opponents it was a TOTAL NIGHTMARE.  But (I
> reasoned) it would be good for
> a big dumb robots-fight-in-an-arena game.
> 
> Then Dan heard about it... somehow?  I don't
> remember where I mentioned it.
> He started asking to see what I'd done, and then he
> prettified that and
> resparked my interest and now I'm playtesting it and
> half-assedly trying to
> get it in shape for release.
> 
> -G.
> 
> Cultivate efficient neurosis.
> 
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