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[pacovf]

I think I am after Archetype? The slight problem is:

I've been pruning the game idea I have, and it's starting to look like something (it's still going to be a while before I can run it, though). I've decided that the theme will be Marvel, because it fits the mechanic nicely. But I don't know that much about it other than the movies, so I am short on flavour names.

If anyone wants to help me on that front, please PM me names of cool superheroes (I'm looking at 20 or more, so that I can pick and choose), and more importantly, an episode of Marvel continuum where superheroes were battling each other for a semi-random reason (so more like DC's darkest night than Marvel's Civil War, if you see what I mean).

[ashersky]

I think I am after Archetype? The slight problem is:

I've been pruning the game idea I have, and it's starting to look like something (it's still going to be a while before I can run it, though). I've decided that the theme will be Marvel, because it fits the mechanic nicely. But I don't know that much about it other than the movies, so I am short on flavour names.

If anyone wants to help me on that front, please PM me names of cool superheroes (I'm looking at 20 or more, so that I can pick and choose), and more importantly, an episode of Marvel continuum where superheroes were battling each other for a semi-random reason (so more like DC's darkest night than Marvel's Civil War, if you see what I mean).

Oh.  Oops.  I can change my theme.

[pacovf]

Oh, I mean, it's fine. One can be Marvel mafia and the other Avengers mafia, or whatever.

[mail-mi]

I'm wondering how a BM game of Modless mafia would go....

[Ghacob]

I'm wondering how a BM game of Modless mafia would go....

Funny that, my normal game will be modless : )

[Archetype]

XerxesPraelor and I's next RMM game will be Board Game themed.

[pacovf]

XerxesPraelor and I's next RMM game will be Board Game themed.

Sorry for the tangent, but is this grammatically correct? I don't want to pick on you Archetype, I am just legitimately curious.

[silverspawn]

XerxesPraelor and I's next RMM game will be Board Game themed.

Sorry for the tangent, but is this grammatically correct? I don't want to pick on you Archetype, I am just legitimately curious.

I was wondering the same

[yuma]

XerxesPraelor and I's next RMM game will be Board Game themed.

Sorry for the tangent, but is this grammatically correct? I don't want to pick on you Archetype, I am just legitimately curious.

I was wondering the same

pretty sure it should be:

"XerxesPraelor's and my game"

[Archetype]

XerxesPraelor and I's next RMM game will be Board Game themed.

Sorry for the tangent, but is this grammatically correct? I don't want to pick on you Archetype, I am just legitimately curious.

I was wondering the same

pretty sure it should be:

"XerxesPraelor's and my game"

I was wondering whether it should be XP and I's or XP and my's, haha. The former sounded much better than the latter, but moving the possessive to XP is probably the most grammatically correct.

[pingpongsam]

You solve this by dropping the other person from the sentence and observing how it sounds.

[Witherweaver]

XerxesPraelor and I's next RMM game will be Board Game themed.

Sorry for the tangent, but is this grammatically correct? I don't want to pick on you Archetype, I am just legitimately curious.

I was wondering the same

pretty sure it should be:

"XerxesPraelor's and my game"

I was wondering whether it should be XP and I's or XP and my's, haha. The former sounded much better than the latter, but moving the possessive to XP is probably the most grammatically correct.

The possessive is on both, since "my" is possessive.  However, I think since the game belongs to both of them, the possessive only goes on the second subject.  See:

https://writingtips.wordpress.com/2008/06/27/possessive-with-two-nouns/

or

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/possessives.htm  (scroll down some)

So "XP and my game", even though that sounds a bit odd.  But I think it sounds odd because one of the subjects is yourself.  "XP and Archetype's game" sounds better. 

[Witherweaver]

Though reading a bit more, that may only apply when both subjects are proper nouns.  So perhaps "XP's and my game" is actually correct. Same person talks about it here:

https://writingtips.wordpress.com/2008/10/30/compound-possessive-noun-pronoun/

Though I'm not certain about their source.

[pingpongsam]

You can try to make it scientific or simply use the no fail easy to remember way I posted.

[Awaclus]

So "XP and my game", even though that sounds a bit odd.

That sounds like XP will be board game themed.

[pacovf]

I think the way that sounds less bad, intuitively, is "My and XP's game". Although then you are putting yourself first, which is kinda rude.

[yuma]

PPS's rule is good... plus XP needs a possessive to allow the two to be separate, it is harder to see in the sentence in question but if you look at these two sentences you see that there can be some confusion:

"Both John and my car are painted blue."

John has blue paint on him?

"Both John's and my car are painted blue."

meaning is clear

[pacovf]

It's clear that there are two cars. But that's not the example we are discussing.

[EFHW]

How about "my game with XP"?

[Witherweaver]

PPS's rule is good... plus XP needs a possessive to allow the two to be separate, it is harder to see in the sentence in question but if you look at these two sentences you see that there can be some confusion:

"Both John and my car are painted blue."

John has blue paint on him?

"Both John's and my car are painted blue."

meaning is clear

But here the possessed target is separate: there are two cars, yours and John's.  Let's remove pronouns from it:

"John and Frank's car is painted blue"  <-- Correct, there is one car, shared ownership with John and Frank; it is painted blue

"John's and Frank's car is painted blue" <-- Incorrect, should be above

"John's and Frank's cars are painted blue" <-- Correct, there are two cars; one John's, one Frank's.  Both are painted blue.

"Both John's and Frank's cars are painted blue" <-- Same as above, just more emphasis.

[yuma]

How about "my game with XP"?

Ha! Yes. I had one professor that always said, when asked about a grammar problem "if you have to ask whether or not the grammar is correct you need to figure out an entirely different way of saying it"

[EFHW]

Seeing as yuma is back, this is a good time to put me on the queue for Harry Potter II: JK++!

[yuma]

Seeing as yuma is back, this is a good time to put me on the queue for Harry Potter II: JK++!

hiya efhw. how you been? Not sure if I see the correlation between me coming back and your new game, but regardless if I am not playing in another game when it opens (i have a pretty strict one game at a time rule) I would love to sign up! The last HP themed one was pretty fun!

[EFHW]

Seeing as yuma is back, this is a good time to put me on the queue for Harry Potter II: JK++!

hiya efhw. how you been? Not sure if I see the correlation between me coming back and your new game, but regardless if I am not playing in another game when it opens (i have a pretty strict one game at a time rule) I would love to sign up! The last HP themed one was pretty fun!

I just remember you being excited about the 1st one when I suggested it.

I also have the one game rule. It's too confusing otherwise.

[ashersky]

Oh, I mean, it's fine. One can be Marvel mafia and the other Avengers mafia, or whatever.

Actually, I've changed my mind.

My next game will be expert-level RMM, and will be Swingers themed.  (The movie, not the lifestyle.)