Proposal: Merely Players [Core] [Special Case] [Appendix]
Self-killed. Failed by Kevan.
Adminned at 09 Sep 2020 21:07:57 UTC
Rename the rule “Pathfinders” to “Players”.
Add to the start of that rule:-
Players of the game are currently known as Pathfinders.
Rename the rule “Idle Pathfinders” to “Idling”.
In that rule, replace the quoted word “Pathfinders” with “Players”.
In “Seasonal Downtime”, replace “Pathfinders” with “Players”.
In “Spelling”, replace “The terms “Pathfinder” and “Player” are synonyms.” with:-
Outside of rule names, the terms “Pathfinder” and “Player” are synonyms.
It’s bothered me a few times in the past that we have a Core rule with a dynastic name, and that - as mentioned in the previous proposal’s comments - we have to be a little careful (and often fail) to avoid having a dynastic rule with the exact same name as it. It’d also make the ruleset more legible to outsiders if we actually explain early on that “Pathfinder” is only a temporary term for the players of BlogNomic.
as I think the further step would be more interesting; I might throw that up with my next proposal slot.
Self-kill because this would have no effect now that “Pathfinder” has become “Island”.
Josh: Mastermind he/they
I’d be interested in going further, and mandating the use of ‘player’ in core, appendix and special case rules while keeping ‘pathfinder’ only for dynastic use.