Lord help me...

[teddywolf]

Several years baack at a little con named Arisia there was a nice man in the games room, a Man in Black for Steve Jackson Games, who promised that there'd be a hot game of Illuminopoly later that weekend. Alas, the game did not run and no evidence of such a game had been found. Later I learned that it was supposed to be an amalgamation of Steve Jackson Games card gameIlluminati and Parker Brother's boardgame Monopoly.

Apparently it was just a joke to get us to come by the table. I was crushed. Well, OK, call it massively disappointed. Not being flirted with by pretty girls at the con, *that* could have crushed me :)

The thought of the game kept floating through my mind, though.

Well, a few days back I wrote up some rules while half-asleep. I checked them over tonight, noticed no major spelling or continuity errors, and just sent them off to Steve Jackson. Hopefully he'll chuckle.

Comments

[twfarlan.livejournal.com]

Screw "laugh," I hope he buys it and releases it. :)

[otherdeb.livejournal.com]

I was gonna say I hope he hires teddywolf as a developer......

[teddywolf.livejournal.com]

Thank you, but I've had far fewer ideas than lots of game developers. I'm an excellent playtester, but the game ideas are still a bit rare for me.

[teddywolf.livejournal.com]

Well, there'd be the little issue of Hasbro having the rights to Monopoly. I suppose if he likes the rules and he came to an arrangement with them he could sell the rules as a .pdf on e23.

[twfarlan.livejournal.com]

He could license the rights, too. Ever seen the variant Monopoly versions out there based on college teams? Volopoly for Tennessee, Dawgopoly for U. of Georgia... they aren't made by Hasbro.

[gingicat]

Good luck, my love.