Re: DIS: What is it? Dragons?

2014-09-03 Thread Luis Ressel
I really like this RPG idea, but I think the two previous proposals were too vague. I've made an attempt at rewriting them. The text needs some proofreading, as this is my first attempt at a more complex ruleset (and not being a native English speaker doesn't exactly ease the production of

Re: DIS: What is it? Dragons?

2014-09-03 Thread Alex Smith
On Wed, 2014-09-03 at 23:14 +0100, Luis Ressel wrote: I really like this RPG idea, but I think the two previous proposals were too vague. I've made an attempt at rewriting them. The text needs some proofreading, as this is my first attempt at a more complex ruleset (and not being a native

Re: DIS: What is it? Dragons?

2014-09-02 Thread Benjamin Schultz
Maybe the Province of Agora would work well as a Contest. Make achievements worth points, and put all the informal regulations into the contest rules. -- OscarMeyr

Re: DIS: What is it? Dragons?

2014-09-02 Thread Luis Ressel
On Tue, 2 Sep 2014 16:15:33 -0400 Benjamin Schultz ben.dov.schu...@gmail.com wrote: Maybe the Province of Agora would work well as a Contest. Make achievements worth points, and put all the informal regulations into the contest rules. Yes, I also think there should be some connection to

Re: DIS: What is it? Dragons?

2014-08-25 Thread Tanner Swett
On Aug 22, 2014, at 2:58 PM, Kerim Aydin wrote: 2. You would need some basic definition of how informal regulations are made and changed. What does informal mean, anyway? Anyone can change them? No one has to obey them? These could fit the common definition of an informal regulation!

DIS: What is it? Dragons?

2014-08-22 Thread Tanner Swett
Proto-proposal: Enact a rule, titled The Province of Agora: The Province of Agora is a subgame whose state comprises the imagined state of an imaginary region, and the informal regulations which govern this state. Every player controls exactly one player character in the

Re: DIS: What is it? Dragons?

2014-08-22 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Fri, 22 Aug 2014, Tanner Swett wrote: Enact a rule, titled The Province of Agora: We've done a lot of things, but never (that I know of) an RPG as a pure RPG. If I get unbusy again in a month or so this would be a strong attractant to me. -G.

Re: DIS: What is it? Dragons?

2014-08-22 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Fri, 22 Aug 2014, Tanner Swett wrote: Every player controls exactly one player character in the Province. (If this character dies, a new one is created.) Any player can, by announcement, cause this character to attempt to take an action. The results of the

Re: DIS: What is it? Dragons?

2014-08-22 Thread Sprocklem
On 2014-08-22 12:22, Tanner Swett wrote: Proto-proposal: Enact a rule, titled The Province of Agora: The Province of Agora is a subgame whose state comprises the imagined state of an imaginary region, and the informal regulations which govern this state. Every