This is a new forum game only for those who have signed up. If you have not signed up, please do not post here.
(anyone who isn't playing, who wants to offer suggestions or talk to me about the game may send me a PM)

Update: Game concluded....thanks to all for playing

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The premise

The game within is like a combination of a CYOA game and the online game called russian roulette.

1. Players are stuck in some sort of situation and are given a set number of tokens(in this game each player starts with 2 tokens), which they then use during their turns on various set pieces(usually furniture and rooms and etc, created along with a list of outcomes for each set piece & optionally a map of all set pieces in the game beforehand by the one running the game).

2. A player may either play until they run out of tokens(at which point they are "frozen" until their next turn, when they get 1 token so they may try again) or they may pass their turn to the next player in line.......but they may ONLY pass their turn after using at least one token(an exception is listed below in rule 1).
(edit: due to the setup of this game & the limited number of tokens & game "set pieces" & the rule that a player must spend at least one token per turn.....in effect the option to pass one's turn can only really be used in "round 1"...i.e. the first player rotation)

Play continues from player to player, in the order listed in the player list, until everyone is either saved(via getting a "Good End" by picking the set pieces which hide a "saving item") or eliminated from the game(via getting a "Bad End" by picking the wrong set pieces).

3. Once a player has "used" a set piece by spending a token on it, that set piece is "removed from the game".

4. A map of every set piece available(sans the ones already "used" by players) is attached to this post.

Also, a list of "used" set pieces is posted below in this very OP post. It includes all set pieces that are no longer available for players to spend tokens on. Players can and should compare this list to the map to see which set pieces they can still spend tokens on.

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Rules

1a. All players must try to start playing within 24 hours of their turn coming up unless IRL comes up.
(I will ping or PM players when it's their turn as well as list such here)
If such comes up a player may ask if they may pass their turn(without using tokens) to the next player in line by PMing the game OP(in this case that would be me)

1b. Players are advised to read this OP post thoroughly and carefully.

1c. When spending a token....players may change the "set piece" they've chosen if they change their mind, but ONLY if they do so before I see/read the post. Once I read it it is "locked in" and the choice made becomes unchangeable.

2. Unlike standard games like Mafia, players can talk about this game with others if they so choose.

3. An edit is fine too.
(i.e. one can edit their posts if they so choose)

4a. Roleplaying is optional but encouraged. This means that players can RP in the theme of the setting and/or chat with fellow players while they wait for their turn(stuff like reacting to the situation they're all in, reacting to players escaping or being eliminated, etc), if players choose to do so.

4b. Players can also ask questions of and offer suggestions(for possible future games) to the OP as well, or chat on other minor topics while they wait for their turn.

(more rules might be added as I think of ones to add)

Notes and Info

The game isn't meant to always be a contest, but this one is.
(being the "first" game of it's kind on the site, I felt i'd commemorate it in such a manner)

As such, one winner(randomly drawn from the survivors) will receive a prize at the end of the game.

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Players List

1. Lift (the early bird) -Failed (got eted by acid all over...ow ow ow ow ow)
2. Dedo (CYOA aficionado) -Failed (strung out on his first turn)
3. Micro (provider of bomps) -Saved (bomped his best bomp and made it out alive and in one piece)
4. Joppo (likely possibly won't survive, but then again maybe he will) -Failed (filled out one too many TPS reports)
5. Dogmaus (joined via PM ninja-foo) -Failed (was a real cut up)
6. ZFR (Aka: Me, please) -Saved (probably could've beaten this game in his sleep....oh wait, he sorta did ;))
7. cose_vecchie (very neat and tidy player) -Saved (searched and searched, and found a nice clean getaway)
8. Lone_Scout (not ignorant at all :)) -Failed (What a way to go....last thoughts: should'a listened to Cose)

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List of "used" set pieces
(these cannot be chosen again)

1. Shower Area - Room 1(Patiente Wayrde)
2. Staff Desk - Room 1(Patiente Wayrde)
3. Southern Beds - Room 1(Patiente Wayrde)
4. Bathroom Area - Room 1(Patiente Wayrde)5
5. TV Set - Room 2(Daye Roome)
6. Piano - Room 2(Daye Roome)
7. Couch - Room 2(Daye Roome)
8. Crafts Table - Room 2(Daye Roome)
9. Sitting Rug - Room 2(Daye Roome)
10. Surgery Beds - Room 3(Medical Roome)
11. Staff Watch Desk - Room 3(Medical Roome)
12. Recovery Beds - Room 3(Medical Roome)
13. Globe - Room 4(Lead Physiciane's Office)
14. Desk - Room 4(Lead Physiciane's Office)
15. Bookshelf - Room 4(Lead Physiciane's Office)
16. Medical Cabinet - Room 5(Lobby)
17. Couches - Room 5(Lobby)
18. Staff Desk - Room 5(Lobby)
19. Northern Beds - Room 1(Patiente Wayrde)

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Story

You have been in this institute of healing for years now...along with the other patients. Usually it's same old same old, but one day you all wake up and something is amiss: The staff are all missing, and writing has appeared on a nearby wall....darkish red as if written in blood.

Essentially it says the place you are in is cursed, and there is no escape....unless....unless you're lucky enough to find a way out, that is. More likely than not, you'll end up with your face chewed off or stuck in a never ending void of torment, if books and other media are anything to go by.

So now go...go and find a way out...if you can. Good luck. :)]

Update: Game is now running...good luck to all players

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Game Theme Song
Just an Illusion?
(I think the words of the song fit the game rather well :))

Other Game Media
(Provided by OP)
Cyoa's "Peter Griffin Option"

The ballad of Poor Dedo(as played by the Other Father)
Micro's best bomp(Micro is played in this clip by Captain Haddock)
Soundtrack of Joppo's mind(intercom musak)
"ZFR" explaining how he possibly cracked the system during his first turn
Cose's likely hope when checking out the bookshelf
Lone Scout's Groovy Tunes find
Lone scout found a good groovy place for a bit
Cose enjoying the nice sunshine(as shown by Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs)
Also how Cose is likely feeling atm

Epilogue Theme
Game over, for now(was fun while it lasted, though)

(Provided by the players)
(Lift) Ringo and co expressing the likely thoughts of the players

dont we have enough forum games already?

Nope. Forum games are good, and you know it, Axela the Lighthouse (but you will never confess it...) :D

bomp

Reporting in and ready to leave this hellhole! I have no idea what you just said but you're welcome to join us whenever you want :-)

Add me, please.

I find the premise intriguing... it would be my first time with a forum game like this. Ok count me in and please be patient, I hope I don't make a mess.

Ok. I've always been tempted by this kind of games but I don't quite get the rules yet...
Maybe I'll learn by playing. Add me too, please (and be patient with my ignorance)

Update: All player slots now filled. Game will begin between 6 am and 12 pm EST on Thursday Jan 28th. Players play one at a time, with Lift going first.

++++ Thanks for checking in. :)

++++ Yer now added....good luck.
(you come after Dogmaus in the player rotation)

You should be fine. :)

Players go one at a time, with Lift going first once the game starts. You are in slot 7.
(btw I will send a short simple version of the rules to your PM box)

All players start in the same room/situation? Can we choose to look at anything in any room?

All players start in the same room, but may use a token during their turn on any listed "set piece"(the things listed on the map key in the pic attached to the op post) in any room that hasn't had a token used on it by another player already.
(a list of "set pieces" that are "removed from play"...i.e. those that other players used a token on before....will be listed in the OP post as players play the game and use their tokens)

++++ Yer added....best of luck to ya.
(I will send a simplified version of the game setup to your PM box in a sec as well)

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Also to all players: I gave each player a silly little title in the player list above....mainly cuz I did it for one player and was like "why not add em to all player names"....hope y'all enjoy em.

Do all other players have to be silent when it's one player's turn? Or will conversations continue as normal (maybe advising the player who's turn it is, maybe taunting them)?

*Another patient silently swings on a wheelchair, with a stunned expresion on his pale face and a complelely blank stare. However, his eyes seem to be following the patient known as Lift*

Thanks for asking.

While waiting for their turn, other players may: chat amongst themselves in ooc(out of character) about the game or other minor topics , roleplay a bit(as Kane did in the post after yours ITT), give suggestions for future games to or ask questions of the game op, etc.

edit: Btw, that was sorta answered in rule 4(now labeled 4a and 4b) in the OP post. :)

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Update to all: the game will start at 6am EST on January 28th.

Once it starts, the first player(in this case, that is Lift) has 24 hours or so to perform their first action.

Since they haven't spent any tokens yet, as per the rules: once play starts they must spend at least one token, and then they can pass their turn to the next player or spend their second token. If they choose to spend their second token and are still in game(not eliminated or saved) then they are "frozen" until their turn comes up again in the player rotation....at which point they get one more token to try again.