diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 3ffd774..d0a1d86 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ How can I play? - Print out the cards, the cardbacks are optional, and slip them in some card - sleeves. + sleeves. I recommend to slip them in in front of cards from another game + for added rigidity. - Gather some friends. @@ -26,13 +27,24 @@ - HACK THE PLANET. - How can I help, how can I contribute? + How can I help or contribute to the project? - - Wideband this project, tell your friends, tell your favorite nerd news - outlet, tell your lamer neighbor. The only "profit" I want to make from - this game is people sharing it and playing it and having fun. If anyone has - a line to any of the cast members, let them know too haha. Tell them to - leave me a voicemail. + - Spread the virus! Tell your friends, tell your favorite nerd news outlet, + tell your lamer neighbor. The only "profit" I want to make from this game + is people sharing it and playing it and having fun. If anyone has a line to + any of the cast members, let them know too haha. Tell them to leave me a + voicemail. + + Some things on my wishlist include: + + 1. An entry for HACKERS on BoardGameGeek. Don't forget to include the + print-and-play files! + + 2. A proper backup on Internet Archive, not just an archive of the repo. + + 3. Reviews on YouTube. + + 4. A Tabletop Simulator port. - Make backups, just in case. @@ -56,7 +68,8 @@ hackers.town. Thanks to cDc, Phrack, l0pht, ACiD and all the other stuff that energized me as a youth. Thanks to David short for Cypher, it rules. Thanks to YTCracker for being the soundtrack while I put this thing together. Thanks - to the cast & crew of Hackers for the lore. + to the cast & crew of the movie, David Bischoff for the expanded lore in the + novelization and cr0bar for the parody that I STILL laugh about to this day. As always, thank you to you know who and you know who 2. <3 @@ -105,20 +118,20 @@ [2] CARD ANATOMY & TERMS - .------------------. - | .... | - | :[1] : | - | : : | - | '''' | - | | - | | - | .............. | - | :[2] [3] : | - | : : | - | : [4] : | - | : : | - | '''''''''''''' | - '------------------' + .--------------------. + | .... | + | :(1) : | + | : : | + | '''' | + | | + | | + | ..(2)............. | + | : ▒▒▒▒ [ (3) ] : | + | : : | + | : (4) : | + | : : | + | '''''''''''''''''' | + '--------------------' [2.1] DATA VALUE @@ -127,7 +140,7 @@ [2.2] BAUD RATE - Some card effects only apply to cards with specific BAUD rates, cards + Some card effects only apply to cards with specific BAUD RATEs, cards are grouped into 3 categories, 300 BAUD, 1200 BAUD & 2400 BAUD. [2.3] CARD NAME @@ -194,7 +207,7 @@ [4.2] TAKING A TURN [4.2.1] Add a card from your hand to your FILES & resolve the - action described in the card's Info Box if the card's + action described in the card's INFO BOX if the card's criteria are met. [4.2.2] Add the card from the top of the deck or the card in @@ -204,7 +217,7 @@ after replenishing the SNOOP space then HACK THE PLANET. Some cards modify how you draw cards, draw appropriately - where the criteria in the card's Info Box are met, the + where the criteria in the card's INFO BOX are met, the effect of these cards apply to drawing from the DECK only & do not apply if you chose to move the card from the SNOOP space to your hand. @@ -239,6 +252,11 @@ [7.1] At the end of the game, each player adds up the DATA VALUE of the cards in their FILES & the player with the highest number wins. Easy. + While in your FILES, some cards modify the DATA VALUE of themselves + or other cards in your FILES, adjust the DATA VALUEs appropriately + where the criteria in a card's INFO BOX is met when calculating + your final score. + [7.2] In the event of a draw, I'm sorry, you have to play again. diff --git a/the-manual.txt b/the-manual.txt index 705b470..88a69a8 100644 --- a/the-manual.txt +++ b/the-manual.txt @@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ / / / // /____/ // /____ / / / // /___ / / ______/ / /___/ /_//_________/ `._______)/___/ /__/ `._____) /___/ (________/ + HACKERS is a print-and-play card game for 4 (or 3 in a pinch) players. + + [ T H E M A N U A L ] @@ -41,20 +44,20 @@ [2] CARD ANATOMY & TERMS - .------------------. - | .... | - | :[1] : | - | : : | - | '''' | - | | - | | - | .............. | - | :[2] [3] : | - | : : | - | : [4] : | - | : : | - | '''''''''''''' | - '------------------' + .--------------------. + | .... | + | :(1) : | + | : : | + | '''' | + | | + | | + | ..(2)............. | + | : ▒▒▒▒ [ (3) ] : | + | : : | + | : (4) : | + | : : | + | '''''''''''''''''' | + '--------------------' [2.1] DATA VALUE @@ -63,7 +66,7 @@ [2.2] BAUD RATE - Some card effects only apply to cards with specific BAUD rates, cards + Some card effects only apply to cards with specific BAUD RATEs, cards are grouped into 3 categories, 300 BAUD, 1200 BAUD & 2400 BAUD. [2.3] CARD NAME @@ -130,7 +133,7 @@ [4.2] TAKING A TURN [4.2.1] Add a card from your hand to your FILES & resolve the - action described in the card's Info Box if the card's + action described in the card's INFO BOX if the card's criteria are met. [4.2.2] Add the card from the top of the deck or the card in @@ -140,7 +143,7 @@ after replenishing the SNOOP space then HACK THE PLANET. Some cards modify how you draw cards, draw appropriately - where the criteria in the card's Info Box are met, the + where the criteria in the card's INFO BOX are met, the effect of these cards apply to drawing from the DECK only & do not apply if you chose to move the card from the SNOOP space to your hand. @@ -175,22 +178,15 @@ [7.1] At the end of the game, each player adds up the DATA VALUE of the cards in their FILES & the player with the highest number wins. Easy. + While in your FILES, some cards modify the DATA VALUE of themselves + or other cards in your FILES, adjust the DATA VALUEs appropriately + where the criteria in a card's INFO BOX is met when calculating + your final score. + [7.2] In the event of a draw, I'm sorry, you have to play again. - [8] VARIANTS - - [8.1] Open Source. Players hands are kept face up, below their FILES so - each player can see what the other players have in their hand. - - [8.2] Encrypted. Players FILES are kept face down. When it's time to HACK - THE PLANET, all players overturn their cards before the last round is - played. The card in the SNOOP space should remain face up in this - variant. - - - __________ ________ ╱ ╱ ╱ ╲ ╱ ╱╱ ╱