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So I have an idea of a game I have started working on, “The berlin wall.” Yes according to google there already is a game with that name. I have not played it, not even read about it yet, but I will.
My premise however is that one needs to evacuate ones family from east Berlin to west, actually more precisely all the way to an exit point out of west Berlin. As the KGB has spies in the western part.
So, there are of course others that want to evacuate their families as well, at any cost! Now one can cooperate with other players, however at great risk. How far can you trust them when things go bad?
Basically a semi coop game against the KGB (the game), with backstabbing elements.
Optionally with a mode where someone plays as the KGB against the other players, this however would break the mechanics I am working on.
The family members have different pros and cons. (Like Grethe Bodmer 78 moves at half the normal rate.) So in this case it would be better to evacuate her with a vehicle.
You would need to cross the wall several times, to acquire items/intel from the western side. Obviously each crossing would be risky.
The winner is the one with most family members escaping. Ending the game when the fist player escapes with the minimum amount of family members allowed. The other players remaining family members standing on the west side at the end of the game, would count for half the victory points as a fully escaped family member.
So one can rush out the minimal amount of family members, if other players are taking their time to get everyone out.
The play/story would be different each time due to a pool of different family members, items/intel. The wall it self would also have different holes, guard levels, checkpoints and so forth each time one plays.
Could this be fun?
Has anyone played the existing game “The Berlin wall”?
