NationStates: The Board Game ??

[Communist Zombie Horde]

Speaking of games I'd like to see naionstates madlibs kind of like there is cards against nationstates.

[Federal Spanish States]

Speaking of games I'd like to see naionstates madlibs kind of like there is cards against nationstates.

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"I've never understood [blank] until I encountered [blank]"

And then, you'd fill that with NS-related lingo and nation names, right?

[Madossa]

This is something I would buy. Maybe it could be similar to Diplomacy, where you have a Diplomatic phase and then a military phase. Plus, each turn, you could get an issue card, that'd change your stats.

[Kannap]

Would I be represented in the form of a random card draw in this game????

I’ve always wanted to be in a monopoly card game in some form

Is there a company that lets people make custom Monopoly boards?

[The Blaatschapen]

Would I be represented in the form of a random card draw in this game????

I’ve always wanted to be in a monopoly card game in some form

Is there a company that lets people make custom Monopoly boards?

Yes, it's called Arts & Crafts session at summer camp

[Farnhamia]

Hey all! Has Max or anyone ever discussed creating a board game built around NationStates?

This could be an awesome tabletop experience. There's some modern political board games on the market right now or coming soon (Partisans, Die Macher, Shasn, and Corporate America come to mind), but in reality there's nothing close to the NationStates experience. I could totally see a group of my friends around the table building their nations and competing/cooperating with each other.

OMG, you play games with people while you're in the same room with them? How unsanitary is that?

[Ethel mermania]

Would I be represented in the form of a random card draw in this game????

I’ve always wanted to be in a monopoly card game in some form

Is there a company that lets people make custom Monopoly boards?

Yee ask, and the free market provides.

https://www.custommonopoly.com

[Mushet]

Sounds like an April Fools Day prank.

[Mushet]

Closest analogue I know is that there is a nationstates mod for Civ 5.

That said, there are a lot of companies for customising board games.

Wait, there's a NationStates mod for Civ 5?

I haven't played Civ 5 in a while, but I might look into this.

[Xmara]

I imagine a non-computerized version of NS would be a lot like DnD. Though I’ve never played DnD, so I probably don’t know what I’m talking about.

[Madossa]

I imagine a non-computerized version of NS would be a lot like DnD. Though I’ve never played DnD, so I probably don’t know what I’m talking about.

I would imagine that at least they'd have similar character sheets. Do you know what you could do? The Oregon Trail Card Game has a whiteboard-like sheet and an erasable marker, so you could use a sheet like that to create your nation.

[Californimania]

I'm an avid board gamer (mostly euro games & party games) and have longed for a tabletop experience that can replicate NationStates. Here are a few that come close:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1225737959/the-partisans-an-extra-politics-extra-credits-game
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/125943/corporate-america
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/113293/article-27-un-security-council-game
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/257305/shasn
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/1/die-macher

[Infected Mushroom]

Would I be represented in the form of a random card draw in this game????

I’ve always wanted to be in a monopoly card game in some form

You would likely not be represented.

NSG, where you have your notoriety, is only a small subset of the game.

Heck, the forums are only a small part of the game. Much of it is regions of people just hanging out with each other, not bothered by NSG, Gameplay, forum roleplay, F7, etc.

Edit: That said, you are already a card: https://www.nationstates.net/page=deck/card=621780

What if there was a version with Witch Annie, the Mafia Queen, and British Columbian farm parties as surprise trap cards?

[The Blaatschapen]

You would likely not be represented.

NSG, where you have your notoriety, is only a small subset of the game.

Heck, the forums are only a small part of the game. Much of it is regions of people just hanging out with each other, not bothered by NSG, Gameplay, forum roleplay, F7, etc.

Edit: That said, you are already a card: https://www.nationstates.net/page=deck/card=621780

What if there was a version with Witch Annie, the Mafia Queen, and British Columbian farm parties as surprise trap cards?

It would stop being a NationStates Board Game and start being Infected Mushroom Board game.

[Chan Island]

What if there was a version with Witch Annie, the Mafia Queen, and British Columbian farm parties as surprise trap cards?

It would stop being a NationStates Board Game and start being Infected Mushroom Board game.

That said, an IM thread trap card could be possible.

"As you browse on NSG you find another thread where IM tries to construct a scenario where Witch Hitler isn't going to be sentenced to the chopping block by the NSGers. Of course she deserves everything that's coming, but lose 1 turn for reading all of that and trying to explain honour to IM."

[Pax Nerdvana]

I would probably buy this. Maybe you could make it kinda similar to Risk, Struggle of Empires, or Catan.

[Californimania]

Well I'm an aspiring board gamer. I meet with a weekly group in San Francisco of other designers, many of whomever very successful designers, where we playtest each others designs, give feedback, and hope to get our games published.

I've been working on a modern political game for about a year now that fans of NationStates would (hopefully) love.

Here's my question that could really help with my design - What are the 3 best things you love about NationStates?

[Chan Island]

Well I'm an aspiring board gamer. I meet with a weekly group in San Francisco of other designers, many of whomever very successful designers, where we playtest each others designs, give feedback, and hope to get our games published.

I've been working on a modern political game for about a year now that fans of NationStates would (hopefully) love.

Here's my question that could really help with my design - What are the 3 best things you love about NationStates?

For me it's issues (especially writing them), the sheer variety of nations on the site, and arguing about politics.

[Minoa]

With 156,722 nations, 22,794 regions, and more than 1,234 issues, the idea of producing the NationStates board game would be unprofitable in every way.

[Trinadaed]

NS Summer card:

You are buried under six feet of shitposts and dead memes. Lose 5 points in every stat every turn until you roll a double.

Unless you're Trinadaed, then you'll gain 1 point of every stat

See my sig, I'm the emperor of NS memes

[Eastern Denmark]

would the idea be to replicate the online based game itself, or take inspiration from it.

Nationstates in paper format is bad idea, it would be a game you play by yourself with no real good win strategy
You could try to style it like Reigns and deal with issues that raise or lower stats that if you reach zero you lose, and last man standing wins. Which could be fun, the issues would be fun to play with, but not much choice on how to run the nation as if you are totalitarian dictatorship, may end up you getting overthrown and losing (or something, idk)

an NS inspired game could put more emphasis on player interaction and take a more RP/DnD turn to it. Id imagine itd end up like a weird phantom mix of civ and dnd, which doesnt sound terrible, but also doesnt sound much like NS. although i would def enjoy playing Dnd but instead countries, because the "encounters" could be more relateable and relevant. the issues would probably have to be compressed/filtered. refugee crisis or global warming would be far better to play with than say noise pollution grievances. at some point may just become a Model UN or extended NS rp tho lol.

So thats my two ideas: card game like reigns with little interaction, or just Ns rp but with a dash more DnD

[Californimania]

would the idea be to replicate the online based game itself, or take inspiration from it.

Well, NationStates didn't inspire my game, but my target audience would be fans of NationStates for sure.

Obviously converting a video game into a board game is impossible, so yeah, a board game version of NationStates would need to be 'inspired" from it for sure.

[Pacomia]

You could have "issue" cards.

But how would we simulate the experience of having your region being raided by Nazis? I don't know how vividly that unique experience could be recreated.

[Californimania]

Would love to get your thoughts on the image below...

In my game, players choose goals at the beginning of the game. For instance - Your goals may be: Socialism, Nationalism, Open Borders, Religious, Isolationist. At the end of the the game, the future each track is closer to your goal, the more points you are rewarded.

Throughout the game, players will write legislation and then vote on it. If the vote passes, the various tracks will be moved in either direction depending on the type of legislation that is passed.

I'd love to get your thoughts on the political dimensions below. I'm trying to keep it to around 12 total. Am I missing any? Should any be changed? Any quasi-duplicates? The dimensions in order are:

- Economy
- Education & Healthcare
- Diversity
- Privacy & Freedom
- Immigration & Borders
- Energy & Environment
- Trade
- Civil Rights
- Focus (for lack of better words)
- Religion / Church & State
- Military & Foreign Relations
- Taxation

Thanks!!

[Chan Island]

would the idea be to replicate the online based game itself, or take inspiration from it.

Nationstates in paper format is bad idea, it would be a game you play by yourself with no real good win strategy
You could try to style it like Reigns and deal with issues that raise or lower stats that if you reach zero you lose, and last man standing wins. Which could be fun, the issues would be fun to play with, but not much choice on how to run the nation as if you are totalitarian dictatorship, may end up you getting overthrown and losing (or something, idk)

an NS inspired game could put more emphasis on player interaction and take a more RP/DnD turn to it. Id imagine itd end up like a weird phantom mix of civ and dnd, which doesnt sound terrible, but also doesnt sound much like NS. although i would def enjoy playing Dnd but instead countries, because the "encounters" could be more relateable and relevant. the issues would probably have to be compressed/filtered. refugee crisis or global warming would be far better to play with than say noise pollution grievances. at some point may just become a Model UN or extended NS rp tho lol.

So thats my two ideas: card game like reigns with little interaction, or just Ns rp but with a dash more DnD

This is a pretty nice set of ideas.

You could try and mix it up with both issues and RP cards. You could use it to keep track of, say, 5 "nation stats" that you don't want to get to zero, and then a special "NS infamy" stat that, if high enough, gets you a win by a commendation (or condemnation).

In all seriousness I want to make a EU4 NS mod with some buddies. Countries there for example would be Northern Davincia, Shrilland, Blaatschapen, Farnhamia, Jolthig, Infected Mushroom, Greater Carloso, New Aeyariss, etc.

Basically an NSG map for EU4? That could only really be a mod for that game, not a board game.