BlogNomic: The First Dynasty of Desertfrog

So slipstream you just get to copy someone else’s result? feels rather strong. It doesn’t narratively make much sense if one snail goes from 45 to 50 and you use that to slipstream from 5 to 10

Leapfrog sounds fun, though also worried it kinda rewards waiting for others to move several moves and then you can leapfrog and catch up in one move

Slipstream is taking advantage of someone else “carving out the path” ahead of you. Yes, they may be 50 cm ahead, but they left a smoother trail for you, so you’re able to move faster in their wake. If you don’t like the copying part, I’d be open to changing this to something else, but the key in my mind is leveraging someone else’s Move for your benefit.

Leapfrog does in fact reward waiting for others, up to a point. Since it’s a random selection, you might wind up randomly selecting someone who’s still far behind the rest. If you wait too long, everyone else might reach the finish line and then there’s no one to select from. It requires some careful use.

So the message from Slipstream is “don’t take all your moves in one go, someone might copy you”, and the one from Leapfrog is “take all your moves in one go so that people can’t copy you”? That feels like a starting line standoff.

Like JonathanDark said on my proposal, “I’m open to the idea. If it doesn’t pan out, it’s easy enough to remove.”. Rather be more flexible with new rules at the start and if stuff breaks its not like there are vcs yet so its fine.