BlogNomic: The First Dynasty of Desertfrog

Out of all the attempts, this is probably the best.

Some Example Values:

(K,O,U) = Settle
(5,5,1) = 0
(5,7,2) = 0—too few knights
(5,3,5) = 1—small gain
(7,3,5) = 2—more knights will increase the rate of rise
(10,2,3) = 4—note in this case they MUST transfer all 3
(10,9,2) = 0—here’s an example where K>O doesn’t guarantee an increase. We need more knights!
(20,0,20) = 20—danger in stocking up!!

So if I have 50 knights, and 2 unoccupied parcels what happens? I need to transfer 50 which I can’t legally do, so I don’t transfer any.

You probably want MIN(Floor( (K - O) * U/P), U). I’d personally rather the rate be slower, but at least its more interesting than just “pay one knight” 

I just missed that piece, but you must transfer as much as possible.

A little hard to wrap my head around, but sounds good.

what part of the rules says you must transfer as much as possible? The rules are fairly explicit that if you don’t have enough of something to transfer it, you just can’t do it. Seems to me like that applies here.

Is this the part in question: “must turn that many Unoccupied Parcels into Occupied Parcels.”

The ‘must’ part is unenforceable; that part should just be performed by the Noble who advances time. My other complaint is that this solution is still rather inelegant.

CoV because the “must” is unenforceable, as Purplebeard, Earl of Norfolk said. Also, if you had a positive score you could change anyone’s Parcels, not just your own. Just putting that out.

That is a nasty bit of wording.

But it can easily be fixed.

I’m ambivalent about this, at this point. Just as long as an immigrant walks into a parcel passes.

I guess it’ll go quicker if I do this.