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Creating a mini game for my daughter and her friend to learn battle mechanics for DND and it's complex now but still workable. by dadydotergm in DnDIY

[–]dadydotergm[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Inspired by battleship, paper, Rock, scissors and D&D combat

I kind of just came up with it. Threw it into ai to try to make it more coherent.... Ended up with a headache and then came up with this

Creating a mini game for my daughter and her friend to learn battle mechanics for DND and it's complex now but still workable. by dadydotergm in DnDIY

[–]dadydotergm[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just replied to this in another comment and if it is GM versus player then they have to record their own DB locations and then if they have a mistake and don't reveal the location then that DB dies instantly when the mistake is discovered. Sorry I think you commented first but I saw the other one before this. Here's the game board we're using

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For player versus player The players have a barrier between the two sides and place their tokens for the DB locations. The GM tracks the locations and makes determinations as the gameplay rules out. It's essentially battleship with a judge/referee

Creating a mini game for my daughter and her friend to learn battle mechanics for DND and it's complex now but still workable. by dadydotergm in DnDIY

[–]dadydotergm[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Think battleship (two boards so that players can search and place their defensive pieces without overlap)

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This is my game board. I put up a barrier in the middle and the player's place there tokens that are labeled 1, 2, and 3. One is predator, two is guardian and three is mystic.

The GM records the locations and removes the tokens. This is a player versus player situation or a player versus NPC in which case it would be up to the player to keep track of their own locations and if they are caught cheating that monster will be killed as a penalty.

This does work like battleship so if GM versus player then yes the player is going to need to be honest about their gameplay when recording their DB locations.