Entry: The Glass Bead Game (name likely to change)

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[Graham Walmsley]

[Destriarch]

The concept's a great idea, but I think the game's going to be made or broken by its rules. Good luck with that one, I think if you can get the rules to support the concept adequately without becoming over-complicated, vague or ridiculously artsy (a little artsy never hurts, but too much of a bad thing...) I think this one could be a real winner.

Ash

[Hobert Roward]

[adgboss]

[matthijs]

I've done some game design work with nodes & networks (in "We All Had Names", and one or two Norwegian games).

I strongly suggest that you sketch out a few networks and test them out even with the rudimentary rules you have now; strengths and weaknesses of the system will become apparent very quickly once you see it in drawing.

I hope you can post some sketches as you work with the design.

I'm assuming there will be graphical examples in the final version?

[Jason Petrasko]

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[Mathias Jack]

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First, thanks again to everyone for your input.

I've put together a rough draft PDF of what I have so far, including the four maps I managed to cobble together in Visio. It came out to quite a bit (16 pages, 2.19MB).

If anyone's interested, I've got the URL below.

I'd *greatly* appreciate any feedback anyone can give me, especially regarding how clear the rules make the system and anything I can do to make it less intimidating/complicated as a whole. I've tried simplifying the game as much as possible, but it still looks somewhat overwhelming.



Thanks again!

-- d