NES help

[Jec94227]

So, I am in need of help in running a NES. Most importantly, what does NES satnd for (if anything), advice on how to run the game and etc;.

I have already picked out a theme (based on the Emberverse series) and a place (Southern Ontario) and sort of have a basic idea on how things will go, based on my (limited) time playing Duara, but if anyone can give me some pointers, or direct me to a place where I can learn these sort of things, it would be much appreciated.

 

[Lord Burgess1]

What if I refuse to help you?

 

[Jec94227]

Then I go into the corner and quietly cry.

 

[Seltus]

What if I refuse to help you?

Then your mother is a whore.

 

[Lord Burgess1]

OH NO YOU DIDN'T!

 

[russik112]

NES as in Nintendo Entertainment System?

 

[Seltus]

OH NO YOU DIDN'T!

Dissed by a Dane. Oh, the shame you must be feeling.

 

[Lord Burgess1]

I don't mind, I have your identity.

 

[Regendur]

NES... not the console, I presume?

 

[Kleidophoros]

NES as in Nintendo Entertainment System?

No, as in read the first post.

What if I refuse to help you?

Don't be an *******, no one likes assholes.

 

[Jec94227]

No, not the Nintendo Entertainment System. Besides, I'd be using an N64 or a SNES if I was talking about old school consoles.

 

[Devercia]

Never Ending Story. The games associated with the name have evolved into something else over time though.

http://forums.civfanatics.com/forumdisplay.php?f=69

I could help you, but that's an open request. What do you need help with?

 

[Jec94227]

Just some general advice but then again, I guess it depends on the sort of NES that's being run, right?

 

[Devercia]

Exactly.In general, I would say keep yours and your players options open. Incentivise players contributing to the story rather than just playing the game. Encourage players to think out of the box and be original. Don't overload your system with with too many quantified variables. Qualified variables are more manageable and flexible.

This you need to do:

1) decide how the NES will be presented publicly
2) decide what the players' roles will be in both playing the NES and influencing the NES.
3) Develop a framework for the game's mechanics. Players need to know what their options are, or more accurately, what their options are not.
4) decide on the scale of play. Will players have direct control, or vague control?

You generally are going to run into 3 kinds of players:
1) Plays the game but not the NES
2) Plays the NES, contributes originality to the story, is not afraid of loosing. Dwarf Fortress Player.
3) Plays the NES, but is stuck in a rut of practical play without contributing anything original.

 

[Jec94227]

Alright thanks. The link was helpful too.

 

[Devercia]

Dammit Jec, you got me re interested in NESes. I've got enough to do.

ALso, I suggest you require your players to define the goals of the civ/nation/character. These should probably be secret, but they may be practical or esoteric or whatnot. People stay sane and nations stay nations because there is something binding them together. The player at the very least needs to know what that is.

 

[killer-blead]

What if I refuse to help you?

Don't be an *******, no one likes assholes.

I know people who do.