Thursday, July 17, 2025

Proposal: Kindling Engagement in Various Ancillary Notations

Withdrawn. Josh

Adminned at 17 Jul 2025 19:54:34 UTC

Remove the following from the bulleted list in the rule Favorites:

The first letter of that word is not one of the letters in the current Acronym

Add the following as a second-to-last paragraph in the same rule:

A Wordsmith may not add a word to their Favorites if the first letter of that word is one of the letters in the current Acronym, unless they spend a Coin to do so.

In the following bullet point in the rule Scoring, change the number “1” to “3”:

For each Wordsmith who is not the author of that Backronym, for each Favorable word in that Wordsmith’s Favorites that matched a word in the title of that Backronym, add 1 to that Wordsmith’s Points and remove that word from that Wordsmith’s Favorites.

 

I haven’t managed to latch on to a good use for the Favourites mechanic yet. I might be alone in this, but it feels like a huge shot in the dark. A bit like the Coins mechanic, I’m exploring whether it can be made into something more interesting.

Comments

Kevan: he/him

17-07-2025 10:34:49 UTC

“The first letter of that word is not one of the letters in the current Acronym” is there to stop us from picking a word from a visible Backronym, isn’t it?

Josh: he/they

17-07-2025 10:43:40 UTC

Mm. Yep. Don’t want that.  arrow Withdrawn