Seeking office horror stories
Mar. 25th, 2009 11:36 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jducoeurI seem to have accidentally wound up with the high concept for my game for Intercon next year. (As so often, it's all Christian's fault: he is always a font of game ideas.)
To that end, I am looking for any and all ideas for Drip -- the water-cooler horror game. It's going to be a vicious satire of All Things Office. The ideas are already flowing pretty quickly, but I welcome more: if you have character ideas, situations or just war stories about Office Life, send them along and I might work them in. Feel free to brainstorm wildly: weird and unlikely isn't necessarily a bar here. (Those who remember Panel will know how willing I am to get downright strange in my scenarios.)
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tpau, I'm not bidding it yet. Among other things, I haven't figured out the game's scope yet. It might be a one-hour 10-person Z game, a two-hour 20-person Sunday-or-Friday game, or a full four-hour 25-to-30-person slot. Once I understand how big the game is, I can think about bidding it...)
To that end, I am looking for any and all ideas for Drip -- the water-cooler horror game. It's going to be a vicious satire of All Things Office. The ideas are already flowing pretty quickly, but I welcome more: if you have character ideas, situations or just war stories about Office Life, send them along and I might work them in. Feel free to brainstorm wildly: weird and unlikely isn't necessarily a bar here. (Those who remember Panel will know how willing I am to get downright strange in my scenarios.)
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tpau, I'm not bidding it yet. Among other things, I haven't figured out the game's scope yet. It might be a one-hour 10-person Z game, a two-hour 20-person Sunday-or-Friday game, or a full four-hour 25-to-30-person slot. Once I understand how big the game is, I can think about bidding it...)![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
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Date: 2009-03-26 05:45 pm (UTC)THE LOVE GOD -- Thinks he's god's gift to women, they can't stand him. Overpowering cologne, unbuttoned shirts, etc. Keeps condoms and booze in his desk drawer "just in case".
THE TECH GEEK -- Tape on glasses, pocket protector, can tell you anything about Star Wars, Star Trek, Heroes, etc. Totally indispensible, he can fix anything, just don't ask him what he did because you won't be able to understand him.
THE SUPER SECRETARY -- She does it all! Sometimes she even does work for the company. Sends out all the birthday and anniversary cards, knows all the Heloise Hints for getting martini stains out of suits, runs the office lottery pool and fantasy football. When she calls in sick, three CEOs call in as well, because they can't function without her.
THE BOSS'S NEPHEW -- Makes more than you do, does less than you do. Cannot be fired and knows it. Lives to make your life miserable.
Scenarios:
Two people apparently cannot stand each other. People go out of their way to keep them apart. It's a ruse, they're lovers (Yes, I watch NCIS, why do you ask?)
The big contract bid is due shortly... very shortly. Now, if only they'd stop changing the specs.
More as I think of them.
-- Dagonell, your evil twin
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Date: 2009-03-26 08:01 pm (UTC)