Iris

[teamposts]

Rules:
-Each team is dealt a hand of four cards. Each card has a point value between 1 and 10 and an attack.

-Each team will pick one card to play, and their first, second, and third choice of which team for the card to be played on.

-There is a 12 point limit on what cards will actually be accepted. Cards with higher values will be accepted first. After 12, the only cards that will be accepted are one with a matching point value. (e.g. if the highest card submitted is an 8, it will be accepted. If the next highest card submitted is a 7, and three 7s are submitted, all 7s will be accepted, but nothing lower than a 7 will be accepted).

-Only cards which are accepted will have their attacks carried out.

-Teams that have their cards accepted are protected from the attacks of other teams. If a team's first choice is protected, the card goes to their second choice.

-Teams whose cards go through also will not have to participate in the possible second round, should the game require one.


[You find that once the robot has moved away you cannot see or hear the other teams.

Your robot hands you four large, heavy stock cardboard cards, each with a point value and attack on it. You also get a black card, and a sharpie to write your choices on.]

Comments

[unexpressive]

[ ... 8(a ]

[artofthievery]

. . . [WHY IS MY ENTIRE TEAM HERE]

[WHY]

[cantstopthebeat]

[to make you suffer]

So... what should we do?

[artofthievery]

[TO MAKE US ALL SUFFER]

. . .

Lower cards stand less of a chance of protecting us than the higher ones do, but. . .

[twindifference]

But if we crush a whole team . . .

[I AM NOT VERY COMFORTABLE WITH THIS]

[cantstopthebeat]

[I'M NOT EITHER]

I don't want to crush an entire team.

[foreversolo]

I don't want to be crushed either.

[twindifference]

[THAT ALSO SOUNDS TERRIBLE TBH]

[cantstopthebeat]

[ughhhh puts her face in her hands, thinking very hard]

I don't, either, but...

[foreversolo]

In the end, that's what this comes down to, isn't it? Kill or be killed.

[artofthievery]

Sometimes there are other options.

[cantstopthebeat]

I... agree with Kit. I think there are other options, and we shouldn't play any higher than we feel comfortable with.

... We should play to survive, not to win, in this case.

[artofthievery]

[WE COULD CRUSH CELESTE-- I mean no, even I'm not comfortable with that]

I'd rather we didn't.

[twindifference]

I'd be okay with the 5 point card but . . .

[but what if it isn't enough?]

[artofthievery]

[why don't we have anything higherrrr but not as awful]

If people don't play hard, five points might be enough.

[if is the key word]

[twindifference]

It's difficult when we don't know how hard everyone else is playing.

[artofthievery]

[. . .]

Celeste and Copper Rose are gonna play hard. I'm sure a few other teams will too, in order to protect themselves.

[unexpressive]

[ basically to make you suffer yeah ]

Uhm... our cards...

[artofthievery]

[w-wry laugh]

Not the best of choices, is it?

[rakes a hand through his hair]

[unexpressive]

.. Being crushed sounds painful. Uhm... [ but what would I do without my hearinggg ]

[artofthievery]

[firmly]

We're not going to be crushed.

[unexpressive]

[ n, nods. ]

I.. I don't want to kill another team, either...

[artofthievery]

Neither do I.

[unexpressive]

Mm..

[ listening to you guys talk it out, quietly. ]

[artofthievery]

[reaching for her hand to hold onto it while everyone talks]