TFT Live RPG sort of

JohnPaulB · 08-17-2018, 09:21 AM

Does anyone remember an article in the 1980s about 2 kids taking the TFT rules, putting a 3 foot hex pattern down on a ballroom floor and doing 'live' Melee in costume, but still using dice?

I think it was in Shadis magazine.

Now that would be an attention getter at a Con.

I'm not asking for a change in the width of the new hex sheets to be put in the Legacy box, though.

The Wyzard · 08-17-2018, 11:18 AM

The local skating rink, in my childhood, had a giant plush D6. Of course, everything from one's youth is recalled in larger scale, but I think it really was as big as a beach ball. There was an organized but very simple game of elimination, where the operator would skate out to the middle and throw the dice, and I recall she had to use her own weight to counterbalance the die as she spun. So it'd fly a fair distance and tumble, and whoever was in the section of the rink corresponding to that number would be eliminated.

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There's no real point to this story, except that if I was going to play Living TFT, much like Living Chess I suppose, I'd want some beach-ball-sized plush dice and a team of allies to hurl them across the floor.

08-17-2018, 09:21 AM	#1
JohnPaulB Join Date: Jan 2018 Location: Portland, Maine	TFT Live RPG sort of Does anyone remember an article in the 1980s about 2 kids taking the TFT rules, putting a 3 foot hex pattern down on a ballroom floor and doing 'live' Melee in costume, but still using dice? I think it was in Shadis magazine. Now that would be an attention getter at a Con. I'm not asking for a change in the width of the new hex sheets to be put in the Legacy box, though. __________________ - Hail Melee Fantasy Chess: A chess game with combat. Don't just take the square, Fight for it! https://www.shadowhex.com

08-17-2018, 11:18 AM	#2
The Wyzard Join Date: Jul 2018	Re: TFT Live RPG sort of The local skating rink, in my childhood, had a giant plush D6. Of course, everything from one's youth is recalled in larger scale, but I think it really was as big as a beach ball. There was an organized but very simple game of elimination, where the operator would skate out to the middle and throw the dice, and I recall she had to use her own weight to counterbalance the die as she spun. So it'd fly a fair distance and tumble, and whoever was in the section of the rink corresponding to that number would be eliminated. ... There's no real point to this story, except that if I was going to play Living TFT, much like Living Chess I suppose, I'd want some beach-ball-sized plush dice and a team of allies to hurl them across the floor.