Tuesday, March 10, 2020

Proposal: Achievable [Prime] Victory (also [Alpha])

Popular. Josh

Adminned at 11 Mar 2020 23:13:10 UTC

Change the title of the rule entitled Research Victory [Prime] to Humanitarian Assistance Victory [Prime], and change the text of that rule to read as follows:

If an Prime-Oriented Scientist Self Traverses through a portal with which they share a Star Sign while in possession of 132 Turboencabulators then they have achieved victory.

To the list of possible positions in the rule “Position and Prominence [Prime]”, add ‘Astrologer’. Add the following to the bullet point list of actions in the same rule:

* Doing a Reading is a Discrepant Action which can only be taken by an Astrologer: the Upsider’s star sign may be rerolled, and the Downsider’s star sign must be set to No Star Sign.

In the rules Star Signs [Prime] and Star Signs [Alpha], change the text “Once a Scientist’s Star Sign is set it cannot be changed by any means” to say “Once a Scientist’s Star Sign is set it cannot be changed except as described elsewhere in the ruleset”. Change the Source of the Jenkins 0001 portal to the Alpha Universe.

Comments

Farsight:

10-03-2020 16:14:25 UTC

[Josh] Are you sure you want it to say “...in possession of 132 Turboencabulators” as opposed to “... in possession of at least 132 Turboencabulators”?  imperial

Josh: Observer he/they

10-03-2020 16:28:59 UTC

I mean, it doesn’t matter much, as for most players 132 is the exact number that they can buy without additional Budget, and there’s no way of getting enough Budget for more without tripping the universe over into Crisis, so…

Josh: Observer he/they

10-03-2020 16:30:51 UTC

In any case I would argue that having more than 132 of something means that you have 132 of that thing, you just don’t have exactly 132 of that thing, if you get what I’m saying

naught:

10-03-2020 17:29:44 UTC

So basically give everyone a (somewhat) equal chance at either winning or triggering the metadynasty? (Not taking into consideration any early-bird advantages, ofc.)

Sign me up. A small chance of a metadynasty is better than guaranteed metadynasty, imo.  for

Farsight:

10-03-2020 20:20:14 UTC

for what’s wrong with a metadynasty? Is it bad?

Josh: Observer he/they

10-03-2020 20:42:35 UTC

They are (I think reasonably) considered to be fail-cases.

Ultimately we play because there’s some virtue to winning, right?

Lulu: she/her

11-03-2020 03:13:19 UTC

imperial

The Duke of Waltham: he/him

11-03-2020 10:50:45 UTC

imperial