On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 13:16, Kerim Aydin<ke...@u.washington.edu> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 22 Jul 2009, Roger Hicks wrote:
>> On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 10:51, Benjamin
>> Caplan<celestialcognit...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Alternatively, have fake players on the list with names like Threshhold
>>> of Allowed to Vote. Then the size of the list would be N+K, where N is
>>> the number of players and K is the number of fake players.
>>
>> I like this idea. Perhaps you could add 8-10 "Voting Limit +1" names
>> to the list...
>
> Combining list mechanics with the return of Zombies. I like.
>
>> Create a grid.
> I stopped reading at this point ;).
>
No, really. The grid in this case would just be for visual
representation, and wouldn't really need to be a grid at all (forget
any previous poor execution of a grid in other not-to-be-named nomics
- B)
More fleshed out proto (fine tuning still needed):
The Power Grid
AI = 2
II = 2
{
In R2253 ("Cards") replace:
{{
Cards are any class of assets defined by the Rules to be cards.
For the rules to define a class of assets to be a card, the
Rules must define its Title, its Deck, and either its Exploit or
its Position, but not both. Card instances of the same class
are fungible. Ownership of cards is restricted to players and
contests.
}}
with:
{{
Cards are any class of assets defined by the Rules to be cards. For
the rules to define a class of assets to be a card, the rules must
define its Title, its Deck, and one of its Power, Exploit, or
Position. Card instances of the same class are fungible unless the
card has a switch set to a non-default value. Ownership of cards is
restricted to players, contests, and the Power Grid.
}}
Create a new rule titled "Power Cards" and power=2 with the text:
{{
The Power Grid is an entity.
Location is a player and power card switch with values of {X,Y}, where
X and Y are integers in the range of 0 to 19, or NULL (default). Once
each month a first-class player CAN flip eir Location by announcement.
Any player CAN play a card in eir possession which has a Power by
announcing a value for it's Location switch. Upon doing so the card's
Location is flipped to the announced value and the ownership of the
card is transferred to the Power Grid. If the Power Grid owns any
other card whose Location switch is the same value that other card is
destroyed.
A player's Range is a numerical value from 0 to 5 (default 1 for first
class players, 0 otherwise). If an effect would cause a player's Range
to be increased beyond 5 that player's Range is instead set to 5. If
an effect would cause a player's Range to be decreased beyond 0 it is
instead set to 0. For each player, if the location of a card with a
Power is within that's players Range distance of that player's
location (if both locations were to be plotted on a coordinate grid)
the effects of that Power are applied to that player.
}}
Append to the bulleted paragraph labeled "(d)" in Rule 1955:
{{
When the patent title Champion is awarded to a player that player's
Range is incremented by 2.
}}
Repeal R2228 ("Rests")
In R2230 ("Notices of Violation") replace:
{{
When a Notice becomes Closed, a number
of Rests are created in the possession of the Accused equal to
the Class of the specified Crime, or in its absence the Power of
the violated rule, rounded up. If a Closed notice becomes
Contested, these Rests remain, but CAN be later destroyed by
judicial processes as described elsewhere.
}}
with:
{{
When a Notice becomes Closed, the Accused's Range is decreased by an
amount equal to the Class of the specified Crime (or in its absence
the Power of the violated rule) divided by 2.
}}
In R1504 ("Criminal Cases") replace the paragraph dealing with the
sentence of "Silence" with:
{{
* DERANGED - The Ninny's Range is reduced by the amount specified by the judge.
}}
Replace the text of R2156 ("Voting on Ordinary Decisions") with:
{{
The eligible voters on an ordinary decision are those entities
that were active players at the start of its voting period. The
voting limit of an eligible voter on an ordinary decision is eir
Vote Power at the start of its voting period.
}}
In R2134 ("Win by Clout") replace:
{{
Cleanup procedure: Each player's caste is set to its default
value, and no player satisfies this Winning Condition again (the
remainder of this rule notwithstanding) during the same month.
}}
with:
{{
Cleanup procedure: Each winning player's Range is set to its default value.
}}
Remove all text from R2211 ("The Grand Poobah") with the exception of
the that text which appears before the first semicolon.
In R2260, R2261, and R2262 replace "listed by Title followed by
Exploit" with "listed by Title followed by Exploit (default) or Power
(if specified)"
In R2260 ("Deck of Government") replace the cards Lobbyist and Local
Election with:
{{
Lobbyist - Power: Your Vote Power is increased by 1.
Local Election - Power: Your Vote Power is decreased by 1.
}}
and add the following cards:
{{
Senior Lobbyist - Power: Your Vote Power is increased by 2.
Campaign Manager - Power: Your voting limit on elections is increased by 1.
Agent of Government - Power: At the start of each week you earn a draw
from the Deck of Government
}}
In R2261 ("Deck of Change") add the following cards:
{{
Relocate - Flip the indicated player's location switch to a non-null
value of your choice.
Take it Back - An indicated card owned by the Power Grid is
transferred to you and its Location is flipped to {NULL, NULL}
Reauthorize - Flip the Location of an indicated card owned by the
Power Grid to a random non-null value.
Agent of Change - Power: At the start of each week you earn a draw
from the Deck of Change.
}}
In R2262 ("Deck of Justice") replace the cards Absolv-o-Matic and
Stool Pidgeon with:
{{
Absolve-o-Matic - An indicated player's Range is incremented by .5
Stool Pidgeon - An indicated player's Range is decremeneted by .5
}}
and add the following cards:
{{
Agent of Justice - Power: At the start of each week you earn a draw
from the Deck of Justice.
Benevolent Authority - Power: The interest index of each office you
hold is treated as if it were 1 higher for the purposes of paying
salary.
}}
}
