Bomb’s Away is a simple game, loosely based on FPS Deathmatch's and the Frag Boardgame, where you must blow the other players to kingdom come to win! Heat 1 is currently underway in this thread, which gives a good idea of how things are supposed to work. Again, I'm looking for 6-10 players to get this heat underway.
As a long term plan I think it would be cool to have several heats running at once, with an ongoing league table of all participants, different area maps, upgrades and possibly even game types, and people being allocated to new heats after each game to let everyone play each other. But of course that depends on getting the rules right (thus this heat will include Deathslayer's suggested downgrade of the Sniper Bomb starting ability, and a change to the Bruce Lee starting ability) and ensuring there's demand for the game, so we'll see.
Play will take place on this rather snazzy (hardly) 10x10 grid:
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X = A wall or other object that blocks line of sight.
To join in just state your interest here and do the following:
Pick a starting square in a PM to me (try to avoid the wall squares), and state the ability you pick from the four below in your sign-up post!
Run Like Hell – You can move two squares per round instead of one.
Cluster Bombs – You can target two adjacent squares with a bomb attack rather than one.
Sniper Bombs – Your bombs have a maximum range of six rather than four.
I’m Bruce Lee! – If you end the turn on the same square as another player, you frag them with your amazing kung-fu skills, then teleport to a random place up to three squares away.
A round will last around 48 hours, depending on my internet access. If you don’t post an action in this time, you’ll just stand around like a lemon.
Each round each player can move one square and shoot at a square a maximum of four squares away, resolved from where everyone begins their turn. Shooting is affected by line of sight, from where you start the turn. Each player will have chosen a starting ability that can bypass these limits in some way, as per the ability choices above. You can move and shoot diagonally, and you do not have to move and/or shoot if you don’t wish too, but you need to post to say that you are taking no action. These actions will be posted in the thread, so that you each know what the others are doing, but not where they actually are, at least not without some educated guesswork and keeping a close eye on the action. Shots will be resolved using starting positions for the turn, not your finishing position.
- Example action: Banjo fires at squares B4 and B5, then moves up one square.
This gives enough information to give the game some tactics, but not enough to give anyone’s exact position away too easily.
If you target a space where another player stands you score a frag! You also get a snazzy new ability at random from the following list:
o Fleeing Coward – You can move three squares if you don’t throw a bomb.
o Dragon Breath – Instead of shooting you can hit every square adjacent to you with an attack.
o Super Bombing Arm – Your shooting has no maximum range.
o X-ray Specs – Your bombs ignore line of sight.
o Steel Codpiece – You can take two hits before you get fragged.
o Machine Gun Bombs – You can target three squares with an attack, all of which must be adjacent to each other.
o Marksman – You can shoot twice if you don’t move.
When you get fragged you reappear in a randomised respawn location at the beginning of the next round, losing any abilities earnt from previous frags.
First to 5 frags is the winner! If two or more players reach 5 frags in the same round, the winner will be the player who died the least. If this heat gets off the ground this first round may go into an initial league table, but that depends on interest.
Want clarification on a specific rules point? Then check The Saposhiente Q&A below for an answer! If it's not there, feel free to ask me!
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Is line of sight determined by tracing a line or by counting squares?
A combination of both. You need to be able to both trace a line to your target square from where you start the turn, and be able to count up to four squares to it.
If the latter, can the second bomb from cluster bombs hit a spot that you do not have line of sight to?
Nope, line of sight is needed to every square you fire at, unless you're wearing X-Ray Specs.
Can the second bomb from cluster bombs go one farther than your range?
Nope, all shots must be in your range, whether that's four, six or unlimited squares.
Can you knowingly target an illegal space with a bomb? If so, will there be an announcement? If so, will your name be revealed?
You can if you like. If you do there will be an announcement at the end of turn, saying Some shots this turn hit walls or Some players target squares were out of range. No names will be revealed however.
What about moving in an illegal direction?
If you try and move into a wall space or outside of the confines of the map, then there'll be a note in the turn update, saying Someone walked into a wall, not naming anybody. You can't really move any other illegal way, as you just post your direction of movement and number of squares moved if you can move more than one, so it's pretty easy for other players to see if you're trying to move further than your abilities allow.
Is the distribution of possible squares from I'm Bruce Lee-teleport even? Can you be teleported to your own square by I'm Bruce Lee?
Yes they are, you have an even chance of moving to any square within range after the power activates. You cannot however be teleported to the same square. But you can end up on a square already occupied by another opponent.
Do Cluster Bombs and Machine Gun Bombs stack?
Nope. If you have Cluster Bombs, then frag someone and end up with Machine Gun Bombs, you have three shots, not five. However, the Marksman upgrade would stack, meaning that if you didn't move you could fire a total of six shots in two groups of three adjacent squares.
Can you choose your respawn square?
No, when fragged, players are PM'd with a random square where they respawn. You can't respawn where another player is standing however.
Do Marksman and Machine Gun Bombs stack? What about Marksman and Cluster Bombs?
Partly answered above. Both would stack with Marksman.
So, anyone interested in a silly PM-box friendly game of gruesome death? When we have enough players the game will begin!
So, Heat 2 is now up for signups. I've saved DeathSlayer 7 a place after interest in the Heat 1 thread, but there are still 9 places left on offer.
The rules in this heat are slightly different, in that Sniper Bombs have had their ranges reduced from 8 squares to 6, and the Bruce Lee ability is now followed by an automatic limited teleport, to stop it from automatically revealing the players location.
I've changed the map too, with bigger longer walls to have more of an effect on positioning and line of sight.
Heat 2 will start as soon as signups are full or it doesn't look as if we'll get any more.
In with hmm...
Questions: Is line of sight determined by tracing a line or by counting squares? If the latter, can the second bomb from cluster bombs hit a spot that you do not have line of sight to? Can the second bomb from cluster bombs go one farther than your range? Can you knowingly target an illegal space with a bomb? If so, will there be an announcement? If so, will your name be revealed? What about moving in an illegal direction? Is the distribution of possible squares from I'm Bruce Lee-teleport even? Can you be teleported to your own square by I'm Bruce Lee? Do Cluster Bombs and Machine Gun Bombs stack? Can you choose your respawn square? Do Marksman and Machine Gun Bombs stack? What about Marksman and Cluster Bombs?
*pant pant pant*
Okay. I think that's all for now.
Yes, they all matter
In with hmm...
Questions: Is line of sight determined by tracing a line or by counting squares?
A combination of both. You need to be able to both trace a line to your target square from where you start the turn, and be able to count up to four squares to it.
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If the latter, can the second bomb from cluster bombs hit a spot that you do not have line of sight to?
Nope, line of sight is needed to every square you fire at, unless you're wearing X-Ray Specs.
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Can the second bomb from cluster bombs go one farther than your range?
Nope, all shots must be in your range, whether that's four, six or unlimited squares.
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Can you knowingly target an illegal space with a bomb? If so, will there be an announcement? If so, will your name be revealed?
You can if you like. If you do there will be an announcement at the end of turn, saying Some shots this turn hit walls or Some players target squares were out of range. No names will be revealed however.
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What about moving in an illegal direction?
If you try and move into a wall space or outside of the confines of the map, then there'll be a note in the turn update, saying someone walked into a wall, not naming anybody. You can't really move any other illegal way, as you just post your direction of movement and number of squares moved if you can move more than one, so it's pretty easy for other players to see if you're trying to move further than your abilities allow.
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Is the distribution of possible squares from I'm Bruce Lee-teleport even? Can you be teleported to your own square by I'm Bruce Lee?
Yes they are, you have an even chance of moving to any square within range after the power activates. You cannot however be teleported to the same square. But you can end up on a square already occupied by another opponent.
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Do Cluster Bombs and Machine Gun Bombs stack?
Nope. If you have Cluster Bombs, then frag someone and end up with Machine Gun Bombs, you have three shots, not five. However, the Marksman upgrade would stack, meaning that if you didn't move you could fire a total of six shots in two groups of three adjacent squares.
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Can you choose your respawn square?
No, when fragged, players are PM'd with a random square where they respawn. You can't respawn where another player is standing however.
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Do Marksman and Machine Gun Bombs stack? What about Marksman and Cluster Bombs?
Partly answered above. Both would stack with Marksman.
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*pant pant pant*
Okay. I think that's all for now.
Hurray! Did I pass?
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Yes, they all matter
No problem, its good to get these things cleared up befor eth game starts. I'll put these answers into the opening post for everyone to see.
In that case, I'm Bruce Lee all the way, yo.
Edit: If I Bruce Frag someone and am ported to someone else's square, do I frag them too and teleport again?
Is there any rule against someone playing in two heats at once? I wouldn't want to take the place of someone who isn't already playing in Heat 1, but the opportunity to try out the patched Sniper Bombs is tempting.
If I Bruce Frag someone and am ported to someone else's square, do I frag them too and teleport again?
No, but you would get the frag on the next turn, as you would start the turn in the same square as this second opponent.
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Is there any rule against someone playing in two heats at once? I wouldn't want to take the place of someone who isn't already playing in Heat 1, but the opportunity to try out the patched Sniper Bombs is tempting.
Well, if this did turn into an ongoing game with a league table it would make thinsg rather difficult. But at the same time, thsi second heat isn't exactly gathering much new ineterest. I think I'll leave it a few more days and see how many other signups we get, and if it's still looking slow I'll happily put you in.
If two people frag the same person at the same time, do they both get 1, 1/2 or 0 frags? Can you bomb your own square and survive?
Both people that fired get a full frag. You can bomb the square you begin the turn on, but you'll end of fragging yourself (you don't get a point for this, just a death). You can fire at the square you're moving too without any worries.
sure, but its advantage over Cluster Bombs is small enough already, no need to make it smaller >.<
Also, if a person with Steel Codpiece is hit once, is the hit announced? If so, how much information will be given?
False. Run Like Hell is not superseded by Fleeing Coward, as RLH still allows you to throw a bomb.
And most of the time you won't have any upgrades anyway
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I'm in with Sniper Bombs. One rules question: what exactly does it mean to be able to trace a line from one point to another, must it start and/or end at the center of the square? Does C4 have line of sight to D2?
Last edited by Tilt : 06-11-2011 at 10:02 PM.
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If you and another person are not both I'm Bruce Lee and you both are standing on the same square and you decide to shoot the square you're standing on, do you get a new ability or is it immediately lost due to fragging yourself?
Even more fun if both players decide to fire on the square they're standing on.
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Also, if a person with Steel Codpiece is hit once, is the hit announced? If so, how much information will be given?
This has just happened in Heat 1, so I’ll copy over my exact wording:
“Someone hit Supagoof, but he was protected by his Steel Codpiece!”
So Goof know’s he’s been hit and lost his codpiece, and all the players know that someone hit him, but not who, so it only narrows his position down to one of the many squares that were fired at in that turn.
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Also, that raises the question, can I move in two different directions, like to the right, then up and right diagonally?
Indeed you can. Just make it clear in your post, like Elder Tsofu has done here in Heat 1:
“Two left and one north west.”
Not an exact example, as he has the Fleeing Coward upgrade and so was moving three squares, but you get the picture.
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One rules question: what exactly does it mean to be able to trace a line from one point to another, must it start and/or end at the center of the square? Does C4 have line of sight to D2?
This isn’t an exact science, but I don’t take this as meaning the center of each square. Essentially, if you can trace a straight line from any part of the square you begin the turn on to the target square, you can fire at it. So, if you were on square B10, you would be able to trace lines to all nearby squares except B8, B7 and B6.
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If you and another person are not both I'm Bruce Lee and you both are standing on the same square and you decide to shoot the square you're standing on, do you get a new ability or is it immediately lost due to fragging yourself?
Even more fun if both players decide to fire on the square they're standing on.
The ability would immediately be lost, as you’ve been fragged, and you would get a frag (on your opponent) and a death (for killing yourself) on your score. If both players do the same then they both have this happen.
9/10 player spaces filled, just one more to go! The game will start in about 24 hours, whether we get a tenth player or not. If you know anyone that might be interested, tell them to sign up! I'll confirm to each of you your starting square in my PM announcing game start.
Saposhiente, now would probably be the time to send in your starting square.
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