Lexicon Continues To Make a Ruckus

Posted by Rob MacD on August 29, 2006 at 08:00 AM

Yoinked directly from Allan Varney's PARANOIA XP blog, because I'm lazy like that:

A PARANOIA writer who writes under the name "WJ Maguffin" (hi, Bill!) and runs the fan site FriendComputer.net ... has undertaken another project, a Lexicon game called "Ruckusball Explained."

Lexicon, designed by Neel Krishnaswami, is a roleplaying game where players use a Wiki to collaboratively create and embroider entries on some fictitious subject. (If you followed the development of the current  PARANOIA edition, you'll recall I ran a Lexicon game set in Alpha Complex, the Toothpaste Disaster.) WJ has adapted Neel's Lexicon rules to a competitive version he calls Smacktalk. Each turn, one player gets voted off the island, and the last survivor writes an entry explaining the sad fates that befell all his competitors.

And Ruckusball? "In this game, players take on the role of retired, famous veterans of an imaginary sport called ruckusball," WJ explains. "The rules, history, and traditions of ruckusball have never been written down before, so these ruckusball champions are asked to delve deep into their memories and write down those rules and whatnot. The players will be creating the rules, history, and traditions of ruckusball as they go along."