Monday, July 28, 2025

Proposal: Checking out the Competition

Add the following rule to the Dynastic Rules, titled Perusing:

Once per Trading Day during the Prep Phase, a Truck may Peruse the Menu of another Truck as a virtual action by privately informing the Yard that they are taking a Perusing Action and naming the Truck to Peruse. When a Truck performs a Perusal, their Menu size for that Trading Day is reduced by one.

Upon receiving the Perusal request, the Yard must privately inform the Perusing Truck of the named Truck’s full Menu (including all Dishes, ingredients, and prices) as it exists at the time of the Perusal.

With so many meal combinations it is pretty difficult to have any sort of competition going on. By checking out a neighboring Truck’s Menu thematically it makes sense that you would have less time to make a Dish on your Menu.

Comments

Chiiika: she/her

28-07-2025 19:29:35 UTC

This makes targeted hits extremely easy - by Perusing then just sending in your Menu; 1 dollar less.

Chiiika: she/her

28-07-2025 19:30:02 UTC

would cross when outside edit

eternalservererror:

28-07-2025 19:33:48 UTC

As a virtual Prep action, a Truck may change its Menu to any list of Dishes.

Kevan has stated that he interprets this as a Truck may change its Menu at any time. Take that as you will

JonathanDark: he/him

28-07-2025 19:37:21 UTC

This encourages late-mover behavior by ensuring that you don’t have a Menu set to Peruse if someone else chooses to do this.

It might work better as a Closed Truck action that kicks in on the next Prep phase, and it shouldn’t give you the full Menu, just all the ingredients used across all menu items (and not the frequency of those items either).

Even then, that might still discourage the “one menu item, one ingredient” play.

eternalservererror:

28-07-2025 19:38:32 UTC

Whereas a Perusal is a once per Trading Day action

eternalservererror:

28-07-2025 19:39:32 UTC

[JonathanDark] yes, i had considered as a Closed Truck action that kicks in the next day. I couldn’t think of a way that that fits in thematically though.

Chiiika: she/her

28-07-2025 19:39:54 UTC

against because the entirety of the above; latemover advantage + a guaranteed hit if you can pull it off as the last mover

Clucky: he/him

28-07-2025 19:51:55 UTC

against

Nolemeldo:

28-07-2025 20:18:07 UTC

against

DoomedIdeas: he/him

28-07-2025 21:36:18 UTC

against

Darknight: he/him

28-07-2025 21:49:25 UTC

against

Trapdoorspyder: he/him

28-07-2025 23:54:02 UTC

against

eternalservererror:

28-07-2025 23:57:07 UTC

against withdrawn. sometimes you just have bad ideas

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