Battle Royale At The Cape Town Horticultural Show
A downloadable game
Battle Royale At The Cape Town Horticultural Show is my entry for the One-Page RPG Jam 2023. It is designed for one or more players. The jam's optional theme was "Rumours & Secrets", which I gently incorporated into two places in the game.
Over 12 rounds, try to grow the best plant, while avoiding scandalous attention. Enjoy the process, which is likely to be relaxing, but beware - horticulture is unpredictable and sometimes things go horribly wrong. If in a pickle, drag your friends down into the mud with you.
The game's format is inspired by Darkshire's One Page RPGs, by Oliver Darkshire, and the story is inspired by my frustration at only being able to grow one insipid plant during the London Horticultural Show in Fallen London before the event took a turn and there was no more horticulture. I was really disappointed because I wanted to grow plants and had been looking forward to it. So I made my own game so I could grow some plants.
The zipped download package contains two printable PDF versions of the layout - one with the mud splatter background and one without.
To play you need a pen or pencil, one d6 die, and something to write notes on (if not the printable).
Credits:
- Mandy J Watson (@mandyjwatson):
Game design, writing, graphic design, and art - Fonts:
Berkshire Swash by Astigmatic (SIL Open Font Licence 1.1) and
Carlito by Łukasz Dziedzic (SIL Open Font Licence 1.1)
Software Used:
- Affinity Publisher, GIMP, Notepad.
Download
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Development log
- Printing My First One-Page RPG PrintablesSep 25, 2023
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In the Battle Royale At The Cape Town Horticultural Show, you must win no matter what, even if it means doing some dubious, scandalous practices.
First you must roll to see what kind of plant you have, either a fungus, a fern, or a fynbos. And each one will require different results for care.
Over the course of 12 Rounds, you roll a 1d6 to see what activity you must do to take care of the plant. Each Activity is further broken down into what is good for each type of plant. Some results will hurt them and some will help depending on the plant type and some might cause you Scandal.
The player will need to keep note of both their Prestige and Scandal scores throughout the rounds as Scandal is subtracted from Prestige in the end. If you are playing Solo you automatically win as long as your Prestige isn’t a 0. If you are playing with others, whoever has the highest wins.
I made up my own fungus for this playthrough called Blood Pearls (a combo of bleeding tooth fungus and string pearls) and ended up with 360 prestige!
You can read my full playthrough HERE
This is incredible! You brought so much flavour to my little one-page game. Thank you.
I love the art, too. It's a beautiful nod to Fallen London.