QOTW#10 Do you want your RPGs mixed with other game types?

[Onix]

Video games, board games, acting games, (mind games?) do you like mixing designs from different kinds of games? If so, what are your current favorites?

I like a little board gameyness on occasion. I like when a board is used to represent game state.

[vulpinoid]

I love mash ups.

My current Voidstone Chronicles project incorporates a lot of elements from video game design but filters them through miniatures and boardgames to get them to interface with the RPG elements.

I've played with a few crossover type concepts over the years.

I'd love to hear what other people have been doing with regards to this.

[Anastylos]

I am thinking of a crossbreeding between fate to go and dominion. You play cards to create your own story deck by adding more cards.

I also love the lore of magic the gathering and played a few oneshots with different systems.

[kylesgames]

[Anastylos]

Could be fun. But its to early to decide. Sounds promising.

[kylesgames]

I think it's one of those solid concept/dangerous implementation things where it's easy to go way wrong.

Still, it has a few elements I'm really proud of, such as world generation as a play feature, and with a little work it could be pretty interesting.

[madunkieg]

The first time I crossed game types was for a contest in which I made Coils of the Orinoco. It had board game elements to it. For a different contest I created a board game of the same name that had roleplaying elements. It was innovative, but the original intent wasn't to create an innovative game, it was to create a fun story. Games need to be fun or informative, possibly both. The fact that there were crossover elements didn't occur to me until after the first contest ended.