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So your
inner-geek is intrigued by the Fantasy Geek game...now
what? How do you play the game. It can be as simple or
complex as you want it to be depending on your love for
strategy. We built it for Facebook so that the
interface and ability to play with friends is built
right in. Let's take a look at how to play the game and
stress that you will not be required to wear argyle
sweaters while playing but it might help you win more.
Once you're ready
to jump on board, you simply create a quick account and
register. Since all the info in Facebook, not much will
be required outside of your basic info which transfers
instantly from FB. You will need to pick a Fantasy Geek
handle and keep in mind that this handle will be seen by
everyone if you start to rank highly worldwide so put
some thought into it. Maybe something like Mavis
Squalls. Get geeky with it. You're now ready to go.
First, you will
invite who you want to play with. In your immediate
game, you can pick up to 5 other people to play
against. You can quickly send out invites to any of
your friends in Facebook (anyone in Facebook for that
matter) and even email invites to people not already in
Facebook (although they will have to join FB). Once
they join and register to play, you'll see them across
the top of your main Fantasy Geek game grid. When
everyone's in, you can start the Geek Draft.
This is an
important part of the game. You want to start well.
The system will randomly generate a draft order for the
initial choosing. The available geeks will run along
the right side and will be ranked according to their
various (6) category scores. This is where strategy
comes into play since you get points for having the
highest score BY CATEGORY from your 6 Geeks. Some
geeks will be strong across all categories while others
dominate one and not another. Do you go for average
strength or do you try to corner a category such as
Physique, Baby. That's your call and you'll want to
adjust and make changes as you see what everyone else is
doing. Each Geek will have an average score next to the
six categories along with their corresponding
attributes. It's the score that really matters.
Once the draft is
selected and you all have your 6 geeks, gameplay is
ready to start. The next big piece that bares thought
and monitoring deals with the Perks and Traps. You can
drag and drop perks on to your player to either enhance
their score or protect them from Traps. You can drape
and drop Traps on to opponent's Geeks to hurt their
scores. There's even Bling Perks/Traps that can hide,
misdirect, and over-all, create mayhem and subterfuge (a
very geeky term if we may add). You're allowed to apply
a Perk or Trap, once per day during the course of the
week. You'll want to watch what the other players are
doing to adjust your strategy as well. We'll have lots
of articles on Fantasy Geek Game strategy for those with
really too much time on their hands.
The game runs
weekly with a reveal on Friday at 3pm. This is where
you see how your strategy of perks and traps played
out. You can plan accordingly for the next week and
also adjust your line-up based on how you did the prior
week. If you start to really shine, you may rank
globally (worldwide) as your score grows cumulatively
over time. Geeks of the World, Unite!
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