[Challenge] Making a solid and interesting game in one attempt

[Nytemare3701]

This challenge is to create a mechanically solid and fun to play game in one attempt. I'm defining one attempt as:

• No editing (except for grammar and such)
• No going back to change things

This post originally contained my contribution. It has since been moved down a few posts to make room for this.

[Nachofan99]

I feel like this would work as a card based game, or a card+board based game.   So you have "Area" cards where you can scavenge for "Equipment" cards.  Every once in a while, an Equipment card has you fish out a "Zombie" card.  If you have a weapon, you can use it until it runs out of ammunition.  So if you found a Revolver, you would roll 1d6 for how many bullet it has.  Or if you found a shotun, you could roll 1d8 for how many shells it has.  The winner is the person that survives the longest, or, whoever gets the most stuff in X amount of rounds.

[Nytemare3701]

Generic Zombie Survival

Setting: The game starts when you wake up at home to the pounding and groaning of zombies outside.

Stat System: 5 point buy added to Combat, Luck (also called resourcefulness), and Charisma.

Core Mechanic: D6+stat. Target DC is 5-6 for checks vs the GM. Checks against players are opposed rolls.

Victory Condition: Last longer than the other players. Cooperative victory possible by stopping the apocalypse or rebuilding civilization, whichever.

Failure in Combat:
1+ Failure: Unarmed players are wounded
2+ Failures: Players wielding melee weapons are wounded
3+ Failures: Zombies reach players wielding ranged weapons, inflicting a wound.

Hunger:

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Players gain 1 Hunger per day + 1 Hunger per wound they heal naturally.

Healing & Infection:

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Each ingame day wounded characters must roll a combat check vs the infection or become a zombie. success means you fight off the infection and heal your wounds. Each wound past the first increases the DC of the check by 1

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Dying:

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• 3 wounds
OR
• 6 or more Hunger

Luck/Resource rolls:
Anytime a player clears an area of zombies, players roll Luck/Resource, then choose one of the following. (The GM may restrict which types may be drawn at any time)
For Weapons: Draw a card from the Weapons deck.

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Weapons Deck:
• Revolver [Ranged Weapon]: +2 to combat (6 Uses)
• Shotgun [Ranged Weapon]: +4 to combat (2 Uses)
• Ammo: Replenish the uses of one weapon
• Machete [Sharp Melee Weapon]: +2 to combat (unlimited)
• Pipe [Blunt Melee Weapon]: +1 to combat (unlimited)

For Food: Draw a card from the Food deck.

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Food Deck:
• Junk Food: -1 Hunger, +1 Hunger on the next day
• MRE: -3 Hunger
• Canned Food: -2 Hunger

For Medical Supplies: Draw a card from the First Aid deck.

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First Aid Deck:
• Bandages: -1 Wound (At the end of the day, no check)
• Antiseptic: No chance of infection at end of day when used.
• Painkillers: Stay alive at 3 Wounds for one day.

ON A NATURAL 6: Draw two and pick one.

Charisma rolls:

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When interacting with any NPC, a Charisma roll is used to determine how helpful or hostile they are. Players still have to make a good case.
Success: The NPC reacts favorably.
Failure: The NPC reacts unfavorably.
NATURAL 1: The NPC reacts in a hostile manner.

Variants:

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• Easy Mode: Players are immune to infection, but not death by wounds.
• Hard Mode: Infection save must be made for EACH wound, and only one wound is healed per day.
• Instagib Mode: 1 HP, 'nuff said.

[professorgear]

My DM is running a zombie survival game based off of the lovecraft system, which apparently runs pretty well. But it looks like you've already got a pretty good system. There's something really fun he does, but it only works if you've got really good friends/people whose feelings aren't easily hurt. If you do, then what my DM does is have a particular player leave the room and then his fellow players stat him out to what he's realistically like. Repeat with everybody. Then, you don't play a character for zombie survival, but yourself!

[Nytemare3701]

I prefer to have the players not tell each other their stats. That way you don't know the skills of your allies/enemies.

[Kajhera]

Is this a specific challenge of making the zombie survival game, or is this 'make a post with a set of game rules that provide a solid and interesting game' challenge?

[Nytemare3701]

Is this a specific challenge of making the zombie survival game, or is this 'make a post with a set of game rules that provide a solid and interesting game' challenge?

The latter. I'll edit the starting post with clearer information and move my game to my second post.