Back to the mini games :D

[Skain]

This was mentioned like 10 pages back or something but id really like to know if people had any good ideas for card games, or mini games within the game. Id really love for the pieces used in the mini games to have some kind of collector value. Any ideas anyone? anyone else support the mini games theme?

(if u dont know what i mean i mean something like the card games from ffVII and ffVIII)

[Xalthar]

Yea, I like your idea.. Card games within games is great fun I remember my golden days as Might & Magic player (sadly those days are over due to the latest and utmost horrid release M&M IX)  In M&M 7 and 8 there was a game called Arcomage and it was played a bit like Magic: The Gathering, and yet so wonderfully different and simple that it kept me playing... I loved beating all those gruff tavern keepers with my superior tactics, but if PS choses to involve something like card games I would appreciate something original (like Arcomage) instead of the old fashioned boring games like poker and blackjack... boy, do they suck!

Magic is a great game, and if cardgames should be implemented, I would like them to be a bit like Magic...

[DizzleCorinthos]

Let\'s do it one better by having some form of gambling involved.  Say each person could put up an item or some coin, winner take all.  

There should be games of skill, but games of pure chance is fun too.

[beza1e1]

Gambling is yet implemented
Meet with other players, everybody drops one crystal, use the /roll 3w6, The winner gets all the crystals ...

I think such card games could be a nice workout

[DizzleCorinthos]

beza1e1 ,

Thats no where near as fun as putting some money on the table and throwing down a challenge.

Gambling would be nice.

The best form of gambling would be a commodities trade for trade skill oriented characters.

[hook]

how about marbles? ...you\'d just have to gather some players together (like that would be hard! :rolleyes:). they\'d make a little hole (or a circle) in the ground and each player would in his turn fling his marble towards the others and the one that has the most marbles in the circel/hole wins :] ...that\'s how we played it when i was young

...about the implementation: maybe looking at the foobiliard or GLbiliard source would help ...it\'s basically a similar principe

P.S. AFAIR the one the won could take one marble he chose from each of the other players

[Bombyz]

I like this idea, but what if each time you won a tournament, you won a rare card? this rare card could summon the monster it shows once a day. you can also play it in the card games. it would be cool to see 2 cards battling in 3D..

[DizzleCorinthos]

What about something like Pokemon?  Dont knock it yet!

You train a pet, feed it, teach it, etc.  Then you take it to the arena and fight it.  I think that would be fun.  Especially if the pet was the one you travelled with.

Trying to think of more ideas is all.

[burning]

yes small games are an exellent feature.. gambling with currency or gems could get well agressive... especially if you could fight to get them back.. you could get banned from the bar!

\"YOU CHEATER!\" *uproar*

\"HOW DARE YOU!!\", he growled, \"YOU\'RE AS BAD AS GAMBLING A SYOU ARE FIGHTING!\"

\"THAT BE FIGHTIN\' TALK THAT BE!\"

*rumble!*

a small fight could start.. maybe have the camera\'s pan around the 2 fighters as they battle and other people can carry on chatting or watch them kick each others ass..

ok.. so it\'s alot to take in.. but keep it simple and it\'s bound to get some laughs.. roleplaying is fun you know!

[DizzleCorinthos]

Now one thing is for sure...

Bar fights most definitely have to be implemented.  No drawn weapons, no chance of death, just fight for the heck of it.  Militia could throw you in jail for an hour or so.  Would be a nice touch, dont you think?

[Fanomatic2000]

*Votes for bar-fights* )

Will chairs, tables, bottles, guests etc. be included in the fights? Ah, I really hope so

[DizzleCorinthos]

lol

Well, you could have the chairs, bottles, etc marked as wield-able weapons.  You would have to put things in there like respawn of items, (because they would break on 1st hit), non-removable from the bar, etc etc.

The element would be nice for the game, but it may be too much work.

[Skain]

i just had an idea, anyone remember that old card game top trumps? (for those who dont know  what i mean heres a simplified spoof of it http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/quiz/trumps/cult/index.shtml)
Each monster could have one of these and players could challenge each other to play. And using this you could even have 4 or 5 players at once.

the way id see it played is that each player would have 5 cards and u could choose which card to play for which category, and whoever wins the most out of so many rounds wins, oh and if u win a round u get the opponents cards, every card would have a weak point, but obviously the higher lvled monster cards would be better and so rarer. Id even be willing to draw the pictures for them myself. oh and the winner overall gets to pick one card from each player

anyone else like the sound of this? it would also be the easiest to implement.

[Nikech]

Skain that\'s a must have! Also marbles and other mini games would be great.

[Ghostslayer]

I also think that mini games would be great.    I know i loved spending time at the golden saucer in FFVII just because of that.
Everything from contests to competitions could be revolved around these mini games.
ie) Like a carnival of sorts... have dagger/dart throwing competitions with prizes, jousting, races (on dragons/griffons/horses or whatever), duels (computer controlled or PvP), magic displays etc.
But instead of having some events deal strictly with character stats, it could deal with actual skill (ex. dart throwing dependent on speed and direction of mouse movement) and in turn would allow for more involvement of newbies and veterans alike.
As well some mini games that deal with problem solving would also be cool.  Again, this could be open to everyone in the game, and a prize could be given to those who solve the puzzle first.