Splinter

A game about stopping a **rampaging monster** from destroying your pretty little village/city. Can be **cooperative** (everyone against the monster(s)) or **competitive** (one or two players are the rampaging monsters, the other villagers). This is the general idea. ## Villagers * The villagers are building their village with tiles. * They do so to ... * Get resources => these are needed to build more buildings, feed the village, etcetera * Lead the monster astray => simple tiles/walls/traps that force it to move in a certain direction. * Provide extra health/buffer ## Monster * The monster walks around from tile to tile. * When playing cooperatively, the monster follows a simple ruleset. * It follows the arrows on the tiles. * If there are multiple paths, it picks the one that leads to the highest/juiciest reward. * OR: It must be _rotated_ first to follow a certain arrow? (So if there are multiple, it just follows the arrow with which it aligns. If there's no matching arrow, it rotates or does something special.) * **Anything the monster touches is destroyed.** * When playing competitively, some of the same rules apply, but more of it is up to the _choice_ of the players playing it. * Multiple arrows? You pick one. * Special actions? You pick when/how to use them. ## Other Elements The game could include a bunch of **monster tableaus** with special powers or stats (different health, different movement, etcetera) ## Objective The game **ends** when ... * The monster dies or is shut out. (Lost their health, or left the village with no entrance that isn't walled-off.) => VILLAGERS win. * The whole village is destroyed or they can't feed themselves anymore. (No meaningful tiles still alive, or less food than there are people.) _Inspired by Rhino Rampage._