According to the ruleset, after a DoV has passed, the winner may pass on the role of Brick Master to another Mini Figure. However, they are not obliged to communicate this to anyone. If the winner of a dynasty silently passes the mantle to another player, any Ascension Address they might post afterwards is meaningless, and hiatus continues until that other player posts one (and all DoVs posted by others in the meantime are illegal). We have no way of knowing whether or not this has happened in the past.

So, er, we might be in hiatus right now. In fact, it’s entirely possible that we’ve been in hiatus for over 2 years, unless a CfJ explicitly ended hiatus at some point in between, rendering just about every action we performed in that period illegal.

To fix this, do the following:

In the following paragraph, “Mini Figure” refers to the term used in the Ruleset to indicate a human player of BlogNomic, and “Brick Master” refers to the term used in the Ruleset to indicate the human who heads a Dynasty (because we can’t know for sure what the platonic Ruleset calls them).

If any Mini Figure ever invoked the rule ‘Victory and Ascension’ to pass the role of Brick Master to another Mini Figure without stating their intention to perform this action, or the identity of the new Brick Master, in a post or comment, revert that action, and treat every action performed since as if the former never occurred. Just in case that didn’t fix things, if we are in a hiatus, end it. The Mini Figure named Josh becomes the Brick Master, if they weren’t already.

Then, In “Victory and Ascension”, change the paragraph beginning with “When a DoV is enacted” to the following:

When a DoV is enacted, all other active DoVs are failed, and a new Dynasty begins with the Mini Figure who made the DoV as its Brick Master. That Mini Figure may pass this role to another Mini Figure at this point by making a post to that effect, if they wish. The Hiatus continues until the new Brick Master makes an Ascension Address by posting an entry in the “Ascension Address” category - this should specify the Brick Master’s chosen theme for the new Dynasty, and may optionally specify that the terms Mini Figure and Brick Master will be replaced with theme-specific terms throughout the entire ruleset, and/or a number of dynastic rules to keep. Upon posting such an Ascension Address, the ruleset is updated to reflect any changed terms, and any dynastic rules which were not listed to be kept are repealed.