episode_0141

This is a rule that I have now become accustomed to because I have used it countless times.

It is no different from a game where you fight for the fate of the world taking place in subspace.

Milton and I quickly finished preparing.

Milton’s crew consists of five models.

Krit-Kirit, a pure-blooded rat beast from a fantasy world and a rat assassin.

A six-armed gunfighter from the Weird West worldview, a six-armed, meat-blooded beast.

Imperial bodyguard of a 23rd century cyberpunk empire, Shinseon Special Rental.

The steel robot of the steampunk continent, the red wolf.

And Midas, the defensive midfielder of the Alchemist Guild.

On the other hand, my crew is made up of various student council executives.

Cleo holding the phantom thief mask.

Tangaroa, successor of the South Sea.

Imperial Princess Lilac Bonnet.

The last shaman Gyo Hwa-yeong.

Funforge artist Angela.

Marquis novelist Geygax Lung.

Colman Cantor from another world.

“The grand strategy is to capture the flag. Now choose two stories.”

Both players designate one of their units as the standard bearer and attach a flag token to it.

Then place one flag token in the exact center of the table.

Once all of the rider’s models have been eliminated, the rider drops a flag token at the location of the last model.

At the start of a round, the unit with the most models within 6cm of an unclaimed flag attaches that flag token and becomes the new flag bearer.

From round 2 onwards, you gain 1 victory point for each of your jockeys on the opposing side at the end of the round.

I designated Angela as the rider.

After that, I received the story of contact and chose the story of retribution.

As I watched Milton take the lead and place the models one by one, I asked a question.

“By the way, have you ever played this game?”

“I continued to watch what you guys were doing and did some reviewing.”

“No, have you actually tried it?”

“About three or four practice games with him. Oh, I’ve played a game or two with Kyowoonguk as well.”

Him.

That tone led to a new question.

“Why do you follow Athena Melon?”

“Didn’t you tell me? She is the god who created this world. It is the natural purpose of our creatures.”

“I think you’re the only one who thinks that way.”

“Look up there, Coleman.”

I lifted Milton’s finger and looked at the ceiling.

Once again, the worldview of the miniature game I played is visible through the gap in the dimension.

I don’t know if it was just an illusion or if it was really possible to go to that world, but the spectacle was spectacular.

“Isn’t it cool?”

“… Does that answer my question?”

“You admit it. Then let’s change the question. Why are those worldviews so cool?”

“… ”

“This is because the Creator has the theme of creating a wonderful world.”

He shrugged his shoulders and then said.

“A world without purpose is miserable.

That’s exactly what the Aeorid continent was like until now.

The goal was to marry Athena Melon, and when that goal was achieved, everything fell apart.”

“So… ”

“But Athena realized her mistake and came back, bringing purpose to the world.”

The problem is that the purpose is an absurd plan to replace war with a game I created.

Milton, who was putting down the Midas model, snapped his fingers as if he had remembered something.

“Oh, I almost forgot. I will activate the Midas effect, Kickoff.”

“Kickoff… ”

That character is from ‘Footballville,’ a fantasy soccer miniatures game that I briefly tried to film.

He was a playmaker who turned the ball into gold and made it heavy, making it difficult to shoot, but increasing the number of points awarded by a goal…

Looking at the reference table, it seems that the focus here was on implementing Footballville instead of such special regulations.

Kickoff – When the game begins, place two goal posts on the table and place a soccer ball marker in the exact center. When a single model unit adjacent to a soccer ball marker moves, the soccer ball marker moves accordingly. A single model unit adjacent to the soccer ball can make a melee attack and send the soccer ball in the desired direction by the number of successes x 5cm. A single model unit that attacks a model holding a soccer ball can steal the ball by consuming 1 hit.

goal! – If the soccer ball marker goes between the goal posts, 2 points are earned. The ball is transferred to the nearest opposing single model unit.

“Is there anything else?”

“Of course, there are others! The ability of the six-blooded beast, the deck of destiny!”

Deck of Destiny – At the beginning of the game, the deck of 52 trump cards is shuffled and placed aside. When this unit rolls the dice, instead of rolling the dice, it draws a card and turns it over. (Turn over cards are not recycled until the entire deck is used.) Cards worth 10 or more are treated as the number minus 10.

Hmm. In the game I was playing, ‘Nouvelle Bordeaux’, there were 54 cards, including 2 jokers.

The remaining three units do not seem to have any special abilities that work at the starting stage.

“Amazing.”

“Which one?”

“The final battle will be fought with this experimental model.”

“It’s experimental. Haven’t you already incorporated elements from other miniature games through the Coleman Cantor model?”

When I didn’t really respond, Milton smiled and changed the subject.

“Well, as I said a little while ago, it’s difficult to deal with you, the developer of this game, using only established models.

So, it could be said that we borrowed some ideas from this world to create a new model.”

At this point, Milton is in control of the barrier system of this Romantic era.

Adding a new model can be done without difficulty.

However, this does not necessarily mean that I doubt its fairness.

I’ve already checked the ability table, and the balance seems reasonable.

but…

“Is that the only conclusion you got from watching that?”

“What?”

“You seem to really like those miniature game worlds.”

“Of course.”

“Then why don’t you understand? The reason such a world was imagined was the miserable environment of the Earth, which has no theme or direction.”

Countries in the fantasy world are created with inspiration from past civilizations that existed in reality.

The world of science fiction is an imagination of what will happen if our science and technology expands in the future.

Thanks to the creation of sports such as American football and soccer, it was possible to combine them with fantasy and turn them into games.

“You want a themed world governed by gods?

Sorry, but that’s the worst world for game developers.”

“Are you choosing to be miserable?

Imagine. Where everyone has to risk their lives for the game you make.

Isn’t that a much more interesting and worth-living world?”

“A fun world is a world where you can have fun imaginations.”

With that, Milton and I exchanged looks.

We both reached an agreement that there was no point in arguing any further.

I declared, pointing to my seven models.

“Funforge models’ new separations all have a common effect.

It’s a quest.”

“Quest?”

“A quest named Dream.”

Phantom Thief’s Dream – If this unit scores 4 victory points for any reason, immediately replace this unit with Phantom Thief Ombre. The identity of the phantom thief Ombre is fixed as Cleo, who holds the phantom thief mask.

Dream of Homecoming – When this unit ends its turn in an enemy deployment area, this unit’s magic power and learning increase by 2, and this unit gains water and seasonal magic attributes. This unit immediately learns 2 new spells.

Dream of Succession – At the start of round 5, this unit’s name changes to ‘Imperial Emperor Lilac Bonnet’ and the unit immediately draws a random story. The main character of the story must include this unit.

Family’s Dream – If this unit successfully casts the Wirianchi spell, it gains ‘Replacement’ until the end of the game. (If this unit is eliminated, a Catholic unit with 5 health is summoned in its place.)

Dream of Reversal – If this unit survives with exactly 1 health, this unit’s health is immediately restored to its full health.

Stealth Dream – If this unit is revealed to be the story target of an enemy unit, you can immediately change the story target to another suitable unit. (This may prevent the story from being published.)

Romantic Dream – If a crew containing this unit wins the game, you win romantically. (In the case of official matches, the ELO or ranking fluctuations may increase? Please agree with the game organizer or opponent.)

Cleo, Tangaroa, Lilac, Kyo Hwayoung, Angela, Gygax, and Milton, who read my unit’s reference table, burst into laughter as if it was fun.

“Huh. So youthful.”

“Well, I didn’t design it with the assumption that I would fight you in the first place.

It felt like we wanted to come up with a unified concept and make memories as we graduated one by one.”

If you give it a quest feel like this, it’ll be fun.

“But somehow we ended up getting along very well.”

Not the power of this world, but the growth of the friends I met in this world.

That is the concept of my final battle crew.

Milton nodded and snapped his fingers.

Finally, the bell rang to signal the start of the first round –

The initiative dice rolled on the table.