BlogNomic: The First Dynasty of Desertfrog

Seems a little odd that I have to partially become a Guest, rather than just letting me put the lights back on by changing the gamestate directly. It doesn’t seem to cause any problems now, but could inadvertently trigger future rules.

Sorry that it’s a little inelegant - I’m not very used to proposal-writing.

This is amazing for what I believe to be Anonyman’s first proposal ever.

It’s not quite my first proposal - I proposed a ‘last player alive wins’ victory condition, had it shot down and then didn’t make another proposal until I was certain I knew the correct formatting and phrasing.

Trying to imagine a future scam that starts with “Step One: Convince everyone not to turn the lights back on.”

What a strange and unnecessary implementation.  We can always make a Crisis Proposal (or even a regular Proposal) to turn the lights on.

[Anonyman] Oh, explicitly referencing existing mechanics is definitely good practice - if the reference makes intuitive sense, then it’ll fit well with any past or future rules that use the same mechanisms.

This proposal would be great if we wanted the Executor to be thematically sneaking into the basement to pull the lever; since that seems a bit odd, though, it risks reacting oddly with future rules. (If a future rule lets people set fire to rooms to prevent any actions being taken in them, then the Executor will be as powerless as the rest of the players to fix the fusebox. Which makes perfect sense if we’re saying that the Executor actually has a secret hideout in the basement, but isn’t good for solving the problem of making sure the fusebox never becomes unfixable.)

Kevan: Now I have a wonderful mental image of the Executor hiding out in the basement, sneaking out when the lights are off and fiddling around with the fusebox to make sure that people can actually read Lord Cartlesham’s will…

per Hix. There is a way (crisis) to avoid painting ourselves in a corner.

Crises won’t be enactable or proposable while the lights are out if Proposal: Light and Shade passes (and it looks like it will).

CoV in favor of ‘Curse the Darkness’.

per Hix