Chess / cards / assorted past-times

[10bag 22]

Hello DayZ crew.

I'd like to put forward my suggestion of minigames in DayZ.

(I can feel the flaming warming up already)

Chess, poker, checkers, blackjack, backgammon, crib, battleships, monopoly, noughts and crosses, connect four...whatever.

It'd be brilliant if players could take advantage of the occasional downtime or campfire time to get in a bit of gaming on a chessboard they found :D

I realise the majority of players (myself included) wouldn't bother playing these minigames 99% of the time but I feel they could find a brilliant and relevant home in-game.

Nothing breaks immersion more than everyone in a crew alt-tabbing or opening the Steam overlay when they have a spare minute. Other than having a VOIP/Teamspeak chat round the campfire there currently isn't much for players to do during downtime.

Busting out the chessboard would not only let you kill some time, it would improve your tactical thinking.

Gambling AS50 mags over a game of blackjack on a roof in Stary while waiting for more sniper food would be epic.

As far as I know, chess and most card games aren't copyrighted. They've also been coded a million times already so implementation (other than working around the Arma engine) shouldn't pose a massive list of problems.

I appreciate that people may think this is a shit idea. I'm just riffing. Let us know your thoughts.

[whatbadguy 21]

Couldn't one simply open up spider solitaire?

[10bag 22]

Couldn't one simply open up spider solitaire?

Yes indeed, one could, but please read my entire post.

Nothing breaks immersion more than everyone in a crew alt-tabbing

I like games inside my games dawg.

[necroslord 73]

I approve. I like roleplaying elements. The more the better. But I find it very unlikely to happen.