Week 3.

[trustharder]

WEEK 3 Another week has passed; two more Survivors are gone. Pearl and Caren both had someone to fight for, someone worth killing for; perhaps it's for the best to hope that somehow they've found peace despite not being able to collect on the Kingmaker's incentive. Saturday is given to regrouping and sleep; there aren't any bodies to be found on Sunday morning. That doesn't mean the night passed easily, though - it seems another piece of your personal puzzle may have fallen into place while you slept... Following that spiral staircase up to the second floor will reveal something strange; those stairs definitely lead far higher than you remember, up to a previously inaccessible third floor. Go ahead and explore as much as you like; consider it your reward for a job well done. SURVIVORS REMAINING: 23

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Comments

[notjustawriter]

...Probably.

It's a logic game, in any case, played on a checkered board. I'm no good at it at all, though.

What about the game you're lookin' for?

[bloodisthicker]

...well, it's kind of like that, except there's a chance element, I'd say. You'd need a round board with a specific design, too, and all of the ones I've seen in here have been square. I don't think you'd even be able to use them as a substitute.

[notjustawriter]

Sounds like it would be interesting to play.

Shame there's not anything like that around here, but then again I haven't recognized much around here.

[bloodisthicker]

It's really annoying because I actually have time to play it now, but I can't actually play it. I... guess I could play one of these other things, though.

Do you know any of them, aside from chess?

[notjustawriter]

I'm afraid I don't know much about board games. I know a number of different card games, though.

[bloodisthicker]

...that's honestly kind of unfortunate, because I've never been terribly fond of card games and I can't say I can really pin down why.

[notjustawriter]

Different people like different things.

[....]

I wonder if there's a Monopoly box around here; that's a board game I could show you.

[bloodisthicker]

I suppose it's just taste, then.

Monopoly, huh? What's that one about?

[gabriel, we're trying not to kill each other here]

[notjustawriter]

[too late]

It's this game where you play with a number of people, and you all are buyin' and sellin' real estate. The goal of the game is to bankrupt the other players so you're the only one left.

[You know, as you do.]

[bloodisthicker]

...That... how many people have died over this game, exactly? That sounds like it could easily end in tears.

[notjustawriter]

....Maybe. But it's a family game. Meant to be played with kids. I'm sure losin' could upset a really young kid, but other than that, I can't imagine people dying over Monopoly.

[But then again, a lot of people have died here already, so]

[bloodisthicker]

Hmmm... yes, it is just a game. I guess if you were using real money it'd be different, but... I don't know. It just sounds vaguely cutthroat for a fun family game.

[notjustawriter]

I guess it is kind of a strange game.

I've never thought of it that way before.

[bloodisthicker]

It almost sounds like some kind of bizarre social commentary wrapped in the guise of a game you let your kids play.

[notjustawriter]

It does.

...I'm not sure if it's for or against capitalism, in that case.

[bloodisthicker]

It could really go either way. I'm... probably going to assume for, since it doesn't really sound like there's anything to it that makes being a cutthroat land tycoon a bad thing.

[notjustawriter]

Not really, no. It's one of those "winner takes all" games.

....That is a pretty brutal lesson to teach kids.

[bloodisthicker]

...I guess you've got to give them a heavy dose of reality early, don't you.

[notjustawriter]

At least it's couched in fun.

Less of a "hey kids, welcome to a grim reality!" that way.