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Help me reskin Lords of Waterdeep.
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19 Jun 2013 17:10 - 19 Jun 2013 23:02 #154634
by Sagrilarus
Help me reskin Lords of Waterdeep. was created by Sagrilarus
I think the original theme for Lords of Waterdeep was bakeries competing to corner the market on croissants in an obscure French town. Hasbro opted to change it to a Dungeons & Dragons setting, which only required changing the image on the box cover and calling the purple cubes "wizards" instead of "blueberries". If they hadn't put a pretty picture of Waterdeep underneath the locations on the board you'd have no idea what it was about, and frankly all the cubes piled in the middle of the board covered the pretty picture.
So I'm issuing a challenge -- find a better theme for Lords of Waterdeep. Some options I've knocked around so far:
- Blimp factories in 1920s Germany. Vie for contracts and precious helium supplies. Mandatory quests . . . should be obvious.
- Girl Scout cookie sales in a small, high strung, upper-middle-class suburban town with only three Starbucks to sell in front of. Fifty cents per box means the current game's scoring track wouldn't need to be changed.
- Dark Age churches offering redemption options at bargain basement prices. Holy relics are key to landing the souls of paying customers, and let's face it -- Stations of the Cross is a perfect fit for the buildings in this game.
- Quilt clatches fighting for space and attention at a convention, engaging in the kind of no-holds-barred to-the-death competition that only 75-year-old women that aren't afraid to die can bring. Corner particular fabric colors to screw over Edna and her mustache-growing sisters in a game where you win, or you're shamed.
I'm all ears for alternatives and will make a donation to F:At in the name of the person submitting the best replacement skin.
S.
So I'm issuing a challenge -- find a better theme for Lords of Waterdeep. Some options I've knocked around so far:
- Blimp factories in 1920s Germany. Vie for contracts and precious helium supplies. Mandatory quests . . . should be obvious.
- Girl Scout cookie sales in a small, high strung, upper-middle-class suburban town with only three Starbucks to sell in front of. Fifty cents per box means the current game's scoring track wouldn't need to be changed.
- Dark Age churches offering redemption options at bargain basement prices. Holy relics are key to landing the souls of paying customers, and let's face it -- Stations of the Cross is a perfect fit for the buildings in this game.
- Quilt clatches fighting for space and attention at a convention, engaging in the kind of no-holds-barred to-the-death competition that only 75-year-old women that aren't afraid to die can bring. Corner particular fabric colors to screw over Edna and her mustache-growing sisters in a game where you win, or you're shamed.
I'm all ears for alternatives and will make a donation to F:At in the name of the person submitting the best replacement skin.
S.
Last edit: 19 Jun 2013 23:02 by Sagrilarus.
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19 Jun 2013 18:15 - 20 Jun 2013 03:23 #154639
by scissors
Replied by scissors on topic Re: Help me reskin Lords of Waterdeep.
nevermind, joke failed :/
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19 Jun 2013 18:19 #154640
by jeb
Replied by jeb on topic Re: Help me reskin Lords of Waterdeep.
I would definitely pursue the indulgences theme. That actually sounds way more fun.
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19 Jun 2013 18:52 #154641
by Shellhead
Replied by Shellhead on topic Re: Help me reskin Lords of Waterdeep.
You could re-theme it as a game about various game companies pushing different versions of the same old rpg. TSR vs WotC vs Paizo vs etc. The various wooden cubes could represent different product lines.
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20 Jun 2013 00:24 #154671
by Hex Sinister
Replied by Hex Sinister on topic Re: Help me reskin Lords of Waterdeep.
Cubes for crack, meth, heroin, coke, painkillers etc.
Locations:
Titty Bar
Biker HQ
Mayor's House
Bowling Alley
Venezuelan Connection
7-11
Candy's House
Pharmacist
Abandoned Building
JoJo's Crib
Hospital
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Locations:
Titty Bar
Biker HQ
Mayor's House
Bowling Alley
Venezuelan Connection
7-11
Candy's House
Pharmacist
Abandoned Building
JoJo's Crib
Hospital
Alcoholics Anonomous
The Corner
Gathering of the Juggalos
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25 Jun 2013 02:00 #154930
by Sagrilarus
Replied by Sagrilarus on topic Re: Help me reskin Lords of Waterdeep.
So is Waterdeep so bad that it can't be salvaged?
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