AiO Apples to Apples playtest event!

[bookworm]

The new Adventures in Odyssey themed Apples to Apples game I've made using card ideas you've helped compile has been active in the Chatroom off and on for a while now as I've monitored several test games to make sure the custom AiO deck works for fun gameplay, meaning the new red cards match acceptably well with the standard green cards and that we've created a large enough deck to not have distractingly frequent repetition of cards, and I've been extremely pleased with the results; it's a lot of fun!

I'm feeling like it's about time to officially launch this thing as a game module that the bot will always have available as an option, but before leaving it unattended like that I would like to give it a real stress test just to make sure everything still works as expected when there is a really large number of simultaneous players. It's been working great with the standard size games I've been starting up with whoever has happened to be hanging out in the Chatroom, but I'd like to see firsthand how it performs when the game size really scales up because our red card deck is still fairly small compared to the one used in the regular game so I just want to ensure there are no issues when that gets spread across a bunch of players.

So with that purpose in mind I'm scheduling a dedicated time to be a playtest event where hopefully as many people as possible will come by and help put this game through its paces while having a fun time!


Please join us in #gameroom next Friday, May 20th to help bring this game one step closer to its official release! If we have enough turnout at this event to really test everything out and no major issues arise from it that will happen very soon!

We'll start the first game at 9pm ET and go for as long as there are people around who want to keep playing!

[Catspaw]

This is a very cool idea and I hope it works well! I don't spend much time on the chat in general. I might be able to make this work next Friday.

[snubs]

This should be fun! I'm looking forward to it.

Here is the event page I made for the AIO Fan Club group on Facebook. (You can only view it if you are a member of the group.)

[bookworm]

Thank you for helping spread the word snubs! To get the kind of turnout I'm looking for we'll definitely need some people coming from off-site, I want to really push the bot's queue.

[KnittingFun14]

This is awesome, I can't wait! I've played this before with some of y'all and it's really easy and super fun. I'm definitely planning on coming as long as my schedule doesn't get changed for some reason last minuet.

[bookworm]

We're about to get things started! Drop by any time this evening!

[Catspaw]

Oops, I had a really busy day and totally forgot about this. I hope everyone had a fun time!

[bookworm]

We're still in there!

[snubs]

I think we had a great turnout! It was a chaotic and confusing start, but all the new people did great with jumping in and learning to play! Everyone caught on quickly.

[bookworm]

It was a perfect sized turnout, and a great evening! Slightly bumpy start, but only from new players figuring out how the bot worked, the game itself functioned perfectly and once we got a few rounds in everyone got on a roll and had a fun time!

[321tumbler]

I also totally forgot about this and I'm so bummed I missed it. I had just got back from a family trip so things were kinda hectic. Hopefully I can join in next time it happens (hint hint for a next time if possible).

[bookworm]

I definitely intend to arrange more scheduled game nights in the future! But remember that you don't have to wait for a special planned event to play games with the bot, it is always available in the gameroom channel for use by whoever is hanging around!

[Bren]

So A2A is ready without your presence now?

[bookworm]

I'm doing a little more work before making that official announcement, but I plan to leave it active in the meantime, so in effect yes.

[snubs]

I'm doing a little more work before making that official announcement, but I plan to leave it active in the meantime, so in effect yes.

A handful of us were playing last night.

[bookworm]

I just happened to catch a small group playing a game; I'm happy to see 'outsiders' dropping by without a specific invitation!

[snubs]

Yeah! I was excited to see that. Someone (April) posted in the AIO Fan group on FB asking if anyone wanted to play and people showed up!

@bookworm: What day can you come on the chat to play “wrong cards only?”