MYSTERIES: Introduction and Rules

[Sentinel_Brix]

On 7/31/2024 at 8:58 PM, MKJoshA said:

Good question. First, you can only apply for bonuses from your team. It's more clear on the webfrom.

Characters used multiple times can count each time. If your CorSec characters are in a build you can always apply for the CorSec bonus. The bonuses will change over time but as long as it's there you can use it.

Builds like ships are different. It has to be a unique MOC each time to count.

Thanks for the explanation  and sorry for the late reply 

Just from balancing point of view, I wonder if then all factions would once have a special unique moc bonus like the LS with its starfighter?

It does not concern me, but the DS Sith artifact would also need to be a unique one per entry? (not like featuring a character with a golden lightsaber hilt once belonging to... idk... Ajunta Pall...  multiple times earning +4 in each entry ? Excuse me for stressing this, dear Darkside friends  )

 

[Jody Meyer]

Interesting, because I am about to bring in Kirk Kanos. From Crimson series.

[Professor Thaum]

5 hours ago, Sentinel_Brix said:

ot like featuring a character with a golden lightsaber hilt once belonging to... idk... Ajunta Pall...  multiple times earning +4 in each entry ? Excuse me for stressing this, dear Darkside friends  ) 

Do it !

Let's have a golden lightsaber hilt from Ajunta Pall in each build !

Go farming the Xps !!!

[Sentinel_Brix]

 

1 hour ago, Professor Thaum said:

Do it !

Let's have a golden lightsaber hilt from Ajunta Pall in each build !

Go farming the Xps !!!

Indeed, that would be quick, easy and more seductive.  

But I'm on the light side and it's not the Jedi way. 

If I were on the dark side team though... yes, that's exactly what I should do 

Anyway, Ajunta Pall's lightsaber hilt was an exaggeration . Not a bad McGuffin though, right?

But I hope you share the general idea that the Sith artifact is much easier earned additional xp than the starfighter .  Maybe that's the rules' intention . 

Let the senate (or the Rancor) decide this fate...

6 hours ago, Jody Meyer said:

Interesting, because I am about to bring in Kirk Kanos. From Crimson series.

Oh that sounds great! Didn't know this story but seems like a good one (even with an audio drama existing) 

[Yperio_Bricks]

I must admit, i am also not very happy about the starfighter bonus..... because i will never ever build one

[MKJoshA]

These are some very good points to the bonus XP rules. My intention was to be rotating the bonus available based on what people were building. Unfortunately due to me being in the process of moving I haven't been able to give the game as much attention as I would like.

Let's go ahead and adjust the bonuses available. What would you all like to see for your category or the other teams? I'll implement 1 or 2 suggestions and then come up with some other fresh ones myself.

The idea was to make the bonuses easy to add, but maybe not so easy as a single golden lightsaber hilt added to each MOC

[Yperio_Bricks]

The game is running some time now and maybe we can generally collect some feedback?

@MKJoshA We are currently in season 1 of the game, right? When do you think season 1 will end and the next season will start? Maybe the transition time between seasons would be a good opportunity to apply changes that we all might come up with after considering feedback etc.?

What do you guys think?

[Jody Meyer]

Your moving again? Now where and time zone? Good Luckman @MKJoshA.
I agree, fillers are aloud, for story set ups, we should think about New build EP to keep a fresh repeat to the builders from MAY 4 builds...hopefully to draw them in.

[Sentinel_Brix]

On 8/15/2024 at 10:00 AM, MKJoshA said:

Let's go ahead and adjust the bonuses available. What would you all like to see for your category or the other teams? I'll implement 1 or 2 suggestions and then come up with some other fresh ones myself.

I tried to think of new one's and it's not that easy - At least not to be biased to much with what I'm planning to build.

The game master can steer a little bit the direction of our stories with the choice of bonuses here 

I like the LS intelligence agent - it's a low hanging fruit for me in my story. The starfighter is just 2 points more and a much higher effort, if it needs to be unique per entry. I'm always open to include a starship if it fits the story, but maybe as a bonus it's not going to be used very often. 

I have some other generic ideas here (as said, they may be biased):

One Galaxy: Reference to someone else's entry or the main story - I love the idea that all builds are in the same galaxy at the same time (multiplayer RPG ) . Such a bonus could be applied if one reflects the main story (e.g. Valor explosion) or any other builder's entry. 

On the move: featuring a moc vehicle - e.g. land speeder, walker, spaceship. Would be more open than a starfighter

Aggressive negotiations: feature a blasterfight or other type of battle in your build

Flashback: show one of your heroes in a retrospective of the past - there is always an event or memory that makes the actions of your hero more understandable. E.g. one could reuse some of the battle droids or clones minifigs here!

The cameo: feature a true Star Wars hero/villain in your story build.  - cameos are great, if used gently and the appearance of the vip is reasonable and story related.

Faiths: showing LS to take a selfless decision, DS to take an evil one, Mercs to take a decision for the sake of profit

Homeworld: showing a scene in a headquarter of your faction

Behind enemies' lines: showing your heroes in enemies' territory. 

Change of perspective: showing a piece of story from the enemies perspective - the better the villain, the better the story. Showing opponents action helps to justify the countermeasures your heroes are willing to take.

Maybe they could be used as bonuses. Second thought, some of them may also be of better use for an episode. Idk 

Hope you like some of them... 

 

[Jody Meyer]

 

just working with light and materials...thoughts?

 

 

[Sentinel_Brix]

22 hours ago, Jody Meyer said:

just working with light and materials...thoughts?

Yeah, the light bars look definitely cool. 

It's just... did you intentionally "leak" the work in progress here? 

[Jody Meyer]

yes just wondering what they thought of the over all photo, not sure what your incenuating, I try to have eveyones digital character at some point...what is th is "leak"?

[MKJoshA]

On 8/15/2024 at 4:23 PM, Jody Meyer said:

Your moving again? Now where and time zone? Good Luckman @MKJoshA.
 

I was in Paris for 1.5 years for language studies. Now I'm in the town where I'm going to be living and working long term. But we're in an apartment till the end of the year and there's no space for Legos However, the house we're trying to buy has a room I can turn into a Lego room. So soon I'll be back to having a dedicated building space. If you all can hang with me till then I'll try to keep things moving along in the mean time.

@Sentinel_Brix Some good suggestions.

On 8/15/2024 at 1:25 PM, Yperio_Bricks said:

The game is running some time now and maybe we can generally collect some feedback?

@MKJoshA We are currently in season 1 of the game, right? When do you think season 1 will end and the next season will start? Maybe the transition time between seasons would be a good opportunity to apply changes that we all might come up with after considering feedback etc.?

What do you guys think?

I think season 1 will end this year. So yes, making changes between seasons is a good idea.

[Sentinel_Brix]

18 hours ago, Jody Meyer said:

[...], not sure what your incenuating, I try to have eveyones digital character at some point...what is th is "leak"?

Was just meant to be a playful banter  I thought maybe you wanted to post it elsewhere since it's your work in progress. We have a WIP section in the faction sub-forum, but apparently there is no suitable thread for cross-faction discussion on open work. Since we are so few here actively playing it could be an idea 

Different Topic: 

@MKJoshA Is there anytime soon an update of the sector scores to be expected? 

 

[Yperio_Bricks]

On 8/17/2024 at 4:18 PM, Sentinel_Brix said:

I have some other generic ideas here (as said, they may be biased):

With so many good ideas, there could be a new bonus every 3 months. But maybe that would be to hard to keep track of?

10 hours ago, MKJoshA said:

I think season 1 will end this year. So yes, making changes between seasons is a good idea.

Ok great! Maybe we can collect some ideas, suggestions, etc.

1 hour ago, Sentinel_Brix said:

Was just meant to be a playful banter  I thought maybe you wanted to post it elsewhere since it's your work in progress. We have a WIP section in the faction sub-forum, but apparently there is no suitable thread for cross-faction discussion on open work. Since we are so few here actively playing it could be an idea 

I guess you guys could simply create a new thread for your collaboration/WIP. Or keep it to DMs when it should stay hidden from the worl for now

[Jody Meyer]

I was just pushing the banter, poking the fun, yes DM work perfectly, cheers 

[Sentinel_Brix]

14 hours ago, Yperio_Bricks said:

I guess you guys could simply create a new thread for your collaboration/WIP. Or keep it to DMs when it should stay hidden from the worl for now

I can neither confirm nor deny such activities 

10 hours ago, Jody Meyer said:

I was just pushing the banter, poking the fun, yes DM work perfectly, cheers 

  awsome 

 

[Jody Meyer]

in my defence, I hold an empire of mercenies...it's sort fo my thing.
 

[MKJoshA]

I have caught up on all the current entries and will get the map updated soon. I need a couple other judges to finish with a few of the entries to have up-to-date scoring before I update it. Though you can always see where the map is at here. Sorry it's taken me all summer to wrap that up.

I don't have my Legos unpacked and probably won't till after Christmas. But I've got my computer space set up and am back in business with running Mysteries! I'll be working on updating everything this week and then I'll be working on sheets and rule updates for 2.0. If you want to be a part of that planning process let me know (I'm assuming you'll be involved Yperio ). Active players usually have the best input to improve the game so keep the ideas coming.

[Professor Thaum]

@MKJoshA count me in too.

[Yperio_Bricks]

On 8/25/2024 at 6:10 PM, MKJoshA said:

 If you want to be a part of that planning process let me know (I'm assuming you'll be involved Yperio ). Active players usually have the best input to improve the game so keep the ideas coming.

It's a pleasure!

[Jody Meyer]

an updated map is needed, I am forgetting which areas I own, I know I am in Hutt territory, and one other.. @MKJoshA, I have uodated the scores.
little entrance shot.

[Yperio_Bricks]

Look great! Especially the lightning in the corridor

[MKJoshA]

3 hours ago, Jody Meyer said:

an updated map is needed, I am forgetting which areas I own, I know I am in Hutt territory, and one other.. @MKJoshA, I have uodated the scores.
little entrance shot.

 

I should have the map color coded tomorrow. But remember you can always look on the Public Sheet to see where things stand.

[MKJoshA]

The map has been updated!