On Wednesday, May 13, 2020 4:40:39 PM CDT Jason Cobb via agora-discussion wrote: > On 5/13/20 5:36 PM, nch via agora-discussion wrote: > > A couple amendments to this proto idea: > > > > Where X = 5 Cards, the player gets 2X. This makes that 5th one especially > > valuable to the set seeker. > > > > Diversify the way they are put into circulation. Victory Points should > > still be auctioned, but for the others we could tie them to offices. > > Something like: > > > > The Promotor and the Assessor may each, once a week, create a Pending > > Ticket Card in the possession of any player other than the Promotor or > > Assessor. > > > > The Rulekeepor and the Speaker may each, once a week, create a Extra Vote > > Card in the possession of any player other than the Rulekeepor or > > Speaker. > > > > The CotC and the Referee may each, once a week, create a Blot-B-Gone Card > > in the possession of any player other than the CotC or Referee. > > There's an easy way to bypass this with zombies. An alternative view is > that would just make zombies all the more valuable and drive up their > prices at auction. > > -- > Jason Cobb
As fun as that sounds, it'd probably be too powerful in practice. Getting a zombie would already give you access to all their assets so they'll still be more valuable in this system. But letting someone just give themselves cards is a bit much. It might need other restrictions too so it's not purely 'bribe the officeholder' (unless that sounds fun). Maybe a restriction against giving it to a player that earned a card that way last week. Also interested in suggestions for other ways to receive cards. There shouldn't be too many, because too many different ways will reduce incentive to trade. But making different cards obtainable in different flavorful ways would be a lot of fun. Here's another one for Victory Points that I think ties favorably into an existing system: Once a week, after that week's Honour Roll is published, the player with the most Honour may reward emself a Victory Point Card. -- nch
