Friday, November 08, 2013

Proposal: Hasta la victoria

Times out and fails 3-6. -Bucky

Adminned at 10 Nov 2013 09:37:12 UTC

Create a new Dynastic rule titled “La Revolución” and reading as follows:

The Unrest Index is a variable that is tracked in the GNDT. Every time the Despot has his own Power reduced as a result of an action of theirs, they shall increase the Unrest Index by the same value they just subtracted from their Power.
While the Unrest Index is higher than the Strength of the Government, any Oligarch may repel all the Dynastic rules and start a Metadynasty. If they do so, they shall pubblish an entry In the “Ascension Address” category with the word “Metadynasty” in the title.
As a weekly communal action, the Chief of Police may decrease the Unrest Index by twice the number of Loyal Oligarchs.
As a weekly communal action, the Despot may decrease the Unrest Index by half of the value of the Power of the General of the Military, if in the last 24 hours the General of the Military has been continuously Loyal and has continuously held that Office.
As a weekly communal action, any Oligarch may Fuel Rebellion by increasing the Unrest Index by 25.
At any time any Seditious Oligarch may transfer any amount of Power to the Unrest Index, if this does not cause the Unrest Index to become higher than the Strength of the Government.

Amend the definition of Weekly Communal Action in the Keywords section of the Appendix to:

A Weekly Communal Action is a Weekly Action that can be performed only if it has not already been performed by any Oligarch in that week.

Set the Unrest Index to 100.

I’ve noticed that dynasties with a time pressure mechanism tend to work better. And this encourages cooperation, I hope. Fuelling Rebellion was originally a platonic event, but nobody likes those, so I made it a weekly action.

Comments

RaichuKFM: she/her

08-11-2013 17:04:30 UTC

for I think I’m Cassius now.

Larrytheturtle:

08-11-2013 17:09:41 UTC

for NO GOVERMENT! NO WAY!

Kevan: he/him

08-11-2013 17:15:43 UTC

If this is fundamentally just a number that goes up when the Despot’s Power goes down, it’d be simpler for the modifier powers to just affect the Despot’s Power directly.

But regardless, I’m no great fan of metadynasty triggers. If the player in second place can’t reach first but can flip the “nobody wins!” switch, it makes for an anticlimactic end to a month of gameplay.

against

quirck: he/him

08-11-2013 17:16:49 UTC

against

Ely:

08-11-2013 17:28:34 UTC

Kevan, 1st objection: I think this is not “just a number that goes up when the Despot’s Power goes down” as it is kept as the Despot changes. It’s very different.

Kevan, 2nd: valid point, but the first should’ve thought about it and should have had a plan to face that situation. Otherwise, he doesn’t really deserve to win (nor does the second, of course)

Bucky:

08-11-2013 19:59:21 UTC

against

Josh: Observer he/they

08-11-2013 20:27:22 UTC

against We’re less than a day into the dynasty and already people are talking about metadynasties? Where’s the ambition? Try actually winning, it’s far more satisfying.

Josh: Observer he/they

08-11-2013 20:27:22 UTC

against We’re less than a day into the dynasty and already people are talking about metadynasties? Where’s the ambition? Try actually winning, it’s far more satisfying.

Skju:

09-11-2013 05:55:13 UTC

against

turtlemoon:

09-11-2013 19:44:01 UTC

imperial