I actually considered including something very similar, I just figured “two people are completely tied so the winner is whoever gets their DoV passed” was also in-flavor. I’m on board with a fall-back resolution mechanic, too, though.

Can a rule repeal itself or does an heir have to be permitted to repeal it?

I don’t want a metadynasty.

Also not a fan of threatening a metadynasty as a fail state, when we have to then play that metadynasty.

Or of nobody-wins fail states in general, really, for a game that takes a month to play.

I’d likely vote in favour of more detailed tie-breakers, so at least someone gets a win at the end.

We can define what a metadynasty is, and what a civil war is, because they don’t actually mean anything yet? So a metadynasty is just a term for a big civil war. Also, this does provide a tiebreaker of sorts: the youngest heir!

A metadynasty is defined as a dynasty without an emperor. They tend to not be well liked by people who have been through a couple of them.

I feel like we have this conversation every time someone proposes a metadynasty fail state, but does saying “the game enters a Metadynasty” even do anything? The dynastic rules remain in place, the player/emperor terms don’t change, the dynasty doesn’t formally end. Vovix maybe stops being Emperor.

The purpose of a 48 hour civil war is to give everyone a chance to propose an end to the civil war with an alternate resolution.

We have probably the best part of a month before we get there; I’d rather play that out, without the threat of a meta written into the ruleset so the discord can activate it for japes again.

Upon further reflection, CoV

Seems like both in flavor and player preference, the better solution to “no clear successor” is to descend into chaos and figure out a resolution on the spot.

Not opposed to a metadynasty but I think it should happen more naturally and out of necessity.

It sounds more chaotic when you put it like that, but really, we won’t know the actual issues until we get there, which means we have the chance to create a better solution than just “go to metadynasty”. No sense in giving up before we even know what the real problems are.