reverse erfworld?

[donkyhotay]

Personally I think the comic will only deal with erfworld and earth, but I was wondering if at some point (maybe far down the line) parson will somehow encounter another world that plays games based off of "earth" rules similar to how earth plays rules based on erfworld.

[jindra34]

ok i have no idea what you just said. how is earth based off of erf rules?

[Aquillion]

I think what donkyhotay meant was that our world is just a game being played by some other world, just like Erfworld is a game that is played in our world.

And there is already a book with that premise: The Homeward Bounders, by Diana Wynne Jones. One of her weirder books, and she's already a pretty weird author. (IIRC, our world is specifically compared to a wargame.)

[Moik]

Or, he may be referring to role-reversals such as when D&D characters role-play being scientists and officeworkers.

I.e.; Ansom and Vinny break out a boardgame and play turnless real-estate speculation.

[Demented]

Our world is almost definitely a Sim game.

But what to call it?
We've got SimCity, SimEarth, SimPlanet, SimWorld... SimInsignificantPieceOfDust?

[PlasticSoldier]

I thought he meant that parson might discover a universe that plays RTSes

[donkyhotay]

sorry about all the confusion, essentially what I meant is that our world is another universes real-time strategy board game just like erfworld is one of our turn-based strategy board games.

[Allandaros]

Or, he may be referring to role-reversals such as when D&D characters role-play being scientists and officeworkers.

I.e.; Ansom and Vinny break out a boardgame and play turnless real-estate speculation.

Papers and Paychecks!

[Yogi]

Papers and Paychecks!

"My Level 8 Lawyer uses his 'Obscure Regulation' ability to slow your project for 4d8 turns!"

"Dammit! Lawyers are overpowered. I shouldn't have picked Accountant."