{"items": [{"author": "Alex", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/282446041783872?comment_id=282451201783356", "anchor": "fb-282451201783356", "service": "fb", "text": "I like the second grouping, but perhaps you could do something about fungi for wind in the first grouping? Also, we should play games sometime.", "timestamp": "1317567632"}, {"author": "Ethan", "source_link": "https://plus.google.com/105507155670392231828", "anchor": "gp-1317572174318", "service": "gp", "text": "There's something I like about the phrase \"garbage becomes meat\" on its own.", "timestamp": 1317572174}, {"author": "Allison", "source_link": "https://plus.google.com/103741579182942078941", "anchor": "gp-1317572702719", "service": "gp", "text": "Like Julia, I find myself preferring agrarian-type games, so I like this idea.\n
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\nYou could do a textile theme:\n
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\ncoal becomes wool (supplied by feed)\n
\noil becomes linen (supplied by flax seed)\n
\ngarbage becomes silk (supplied by mulberry)\n
\nnuclear becomes cotton (supplied by seed)\n
\nwind becomes bamboo (which grows like crazy)", "timestamp": 1317572702}, {"author": "Todd", "source_link": "https://plus.google.com/112947709146257842066", "anchor": "gp-1317585885726", "service": "gp", "text": "Most games can be re-cast aesthetically in the way you're describing, but I don't think it would be a good idea to do a strict conversion. A well-designed game has synergy between its aesthetic theme and its rules. If you shoehorn a game whose rules are built to convey an industrial flavor into an agricultural setting, I expect it will feel off. I'd suggest being willing to adapt the rules a bit to fit the new theme.", "timestamp": 1317585885}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://plus.google.com/103013777355236494008", "anchor": "gp-1317592294965", "service": "gp", "text": "@Todd\n The advantage of not changing the rules is that you don't have to replaytest. If a particular new theme fit poorly then it might just make sense to try and find a different one.", "timestamp": 1317592294}, {"author": "Todd", "source_link": "https://plus.google.com/112947709146257842066", "anchor": "gp-1317592359674", "service": "gp", "text": "That's true, of course. The right answer isn't always the easy one ;)", "timestamp": 1317592359}, {"author": "Frederic", "source_link": "https://plus.google.com/118156077148469167305", "anchor": "gp-1317780253791", "service": "gp", "text": "Race for the Galaxy is similar to San Juan (and to a lesser extent Puerto Rico) because the game designer worked on San Juan...", "timestamp": 1317780253}]}