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hannah blue
hannah blue

Aug-9-2007 14:58

there should be an ocean liner that one could get on ( a substitute for a city ) and one could solve a mystery around the ship ( the grand salon, the kitchen, the boiler room, the cabin, etc. ) and a computer game of 21 could be in the grand salon. one could stay on the ship to solve mysteries but the ship would not have any treasure hunts and one could not buy an apartment on the ship. from time to time the ship would dock in shainghai, and everybody would be kicked off the ship and find themselves in shaingahi..the ship would stay in shainghai for say 3 days and fill up again ( perhaps a limit of 20 players only ) and then sail off so to speak to arrive in london two weeks later..then everybody would get kicked off and one could get back on to be the next 20...the deal is when the ship leaves port you do not know to which city it will travel next..you
take your chances and every two weeks it kicks you off...perhaps one could limit 20 players from always staying on the ship by either charging a higher and higher fee to get on if you kept getting on all the time to stay on the ship or perhaps the computer would just let the first 20 on or perhaps the computer would take the last 20 who just got off and not allow them to get back on in the next 3 days at all....it could be called "the sleuthetania"...


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R Anstett
R Anstett

Aug-9-2007 17:20

I like this idea.

Would be a nice change of pace for people and is a nice addition rather than yet another city.

I think the time frame might be shorter, as being cut off from your agency with no chance of getting off the ship would be fairly harsh if for more than 4 or 5 real days.

Very cool.

Secret_Squirrel
Secret_Squirrel
Safety Officer

Aug-9-2007 18:41

Could use VH or Favour mechanics [loosely] to have a limited timed hunt (of some sort) on a cruise ship. 4 days to finish and if not, you lose out.

A chat room in the shape or a ship ballroom, so people could bitch and moan with each other about being trapped on the ship :)

And being cut off from your agency for four days is really no different from a Villain Hunt, I think.

People have to commit to the cruise, the same way they would commit to a VH.

And maybe if it only sailed once or twice a month so that the ship was always fullish.

But over all I agree, a nice idea.

Crextin
Crextin
Thespian

Aug-9-2007 20:26

Cool Idea...

I think this could work.

I like SS notion of a time limit as you only have a limited number of days to find the killer before the ship docks in its nex port of call and then you lose the killer...

Stooby
Stooby
Well-Connected

Aug-9-2007 22:57

Good development of the idea SS and good basic idea to Hannah.

Rosamund Clifford
Rosamund Clifford
Tale Spinner

Aug-10-2007 02:04

An excellent idea! Much more interesting than adding another city. The crew members instead of townies (the captain, the first mate, the steward, the cook, the ship pianist etc.), but we'd need some PE experts too, like the ship hairdresser. And that would be the opportunity for special prizes with charm-tough combination.

Stooby
Stooby
Well-Connected

Aug-10-2007 05:36

There's another idea that could be used here... how about all your old skills go out the window and you have a brand new set only applicable to the ship... could lead the way to another use for skill points and another interest in Sleuth. The only ideas that springs to mind now is that the ships doctor could tell you how somone was killed and say it was poisoning then the ships cook could analyse food samples, or if shot did ships in those days do the clay pidgeon shooting? A gun expert could look at the bullet.

We'd then need new ship only skills to tie in with these.

Lady Emerald Devon
Lady Emerald Devon
Nomad

Aug-10-2007 06:03

Cool idea Hannah, you've got my seal of approval and about 192 327 cool points.

tollo
tollo
Old Shoe

Aug-11-2007 10:30

Very good ideas both Hannah and Stooby too.

AraLives
AraLives
Battered Shoe

Aug-12-2007 18:52

Nice ideas all around, especially Stooby's ideas of a specialized skill set for the ocean liner. Maybe even a different way to obtain the skills aside from skill points, so that everyone starts on the same level, sort of thing.

Best idea I've seen around here in a long time.

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