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Back in high school and college, I hosted these role playing-type evolutionary games.  Essentially, the game is started by the leader (usually me) giving a topic, a few details about the surroundings and a few rules/limits.  This game was played offline on paper and it lasted 7 days per round, usually with a quick meet-up mid way through.

Before I give an example of a round of this game, I must warn: It is a very geeky game and it can become very addictive. 

Example of my last round played, that I can remember… You are brought from the year 2000 and placed in 50,000 BC.  You have no tools with you and your task is to generate electricity.  You do not have to power anything fancy; you just need to create electricity with some amperage (no static electricity).  You have plenty of firewood, stone, unrefined steel, natural earth magnets, and copper ore. 

There is not much else to it: find a creative way to get the task done.  There are many ways of getting the job done and you do not always need to use all the items that were given to you.  You cannot make up items, but natural resources should be assumed to be available (in this scenario).  Discussions with other players are frowned upon, but confirmation with the leader is generally ‘okay’ to make sure you are on the right track.The above scenario was simple and involved creating a stove, forge, developing advanced foundries and finally refining the ore.   From there, you would create some form of simple generator and you would have an output in AC.  Normally, most rounds are not laid out this easy and the results can be much more “random” and unpredictable.    I have never attempted to put this game online or attempt it in a digital format. 

If I get enough requests (say, 10+?), I will create a separate page and post rounds there.  So, people coming in to geek out, do not have to catch a random and useless article!

Tags: games, geeky, random

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