[Rick TYler]

Originally Posted by Mushrooshi

I would like to have a game where a hard to accomplish action "Turns the tides" on a game.(...)

You've largely described "Hangin' Around," the FVC game of two years ago. It's hard to design a game that the GDC hasn't already tried. (There was also a similar FRC game, but I don't know the name of it without looking it up...)