BlogNomic: The First Dynasty of Desertfrog

Hmm, we’re going to lose, but we could lower their danger levels…

However, I don’t think we’re going to lose any HP, as it isn’t clear what “they” refers to in the rule:

[If all available turns for the Hunt has been used up, but the Danger of the Encounter’s Fast-Fish is above 0, then the Hunt is Defeated: they each lose Health equal to the Fast-Fish’s Danger.]

Port encounter turn order:
Corona, card, Jumble

I flank the Hammerhead Shark.
-1 Hammerhead Shark’s Speed
-1 Port encounter Maneuver Energy

What else could “they” plausibly refer to, there? Given that the only game entities that have anything called “Health” are Sailors, and that a Hunt is a thing that’s joined by a group of Sailors.

Starboard turn order: card, Corona, Jumble

Starboard turn order: card, Corona, Jumble

not another doublepost

Well, I’m used to more rigorous, literal interpretations of nomics’ rules.

If I were to judge, I would say “they” refers to “available turns”, the plural noun preceding it, and that the rule fails to make the “available turns” lose Health, as they don’t have any, so the paragraph has no effect.

Actually, it doesn’t matter, as we can simply not take our turns, so that the encounter never ends.

We should at least try until we run out of energy and then stall.

Kevan, what’s the “uncommonness” on these creatures? If its 0, then the yield should be 3. If its not 0, then some of the stats are wrong.

@Corona: “Well, I’m used to more rigorous, literal interpretations of nomics’ rules.”

You’re in for a wild ride lol.

We don’t do win by paradox here, and there’s this social expectation that there will be a playable game in some form or another at the end of the dynasty.

I like it, because it puts the focus on the game mechanics rather than on the grammar.

I like it too.

[Derrick] Ah, my mistake, I’d missed the “1 +” on Danger. Sorry.

Both Creatures are Speed 3, Danger 2, Yield 2. Good luck out there.

(There’s probably not grounds for nullifying game actions on the grounds that I posted an illegal update, as I’m not actually required to list any of the stats, let alone correctly. Sailors are encouraged to CfJ if the Danger value would have changed any decisions made.)

[Corona] I’d read “the Hunt” as being a collective noun - in the same spirit as something like “the Team” - because a Hunt is pretty unambiguously a group of Sailors, with some numbers based on who those Sailors are.

@ Jumble - each of us has one turn only. We’re going to run out of turns at the same time as we’re going to run out of energy (well, we could skip turns, but that would be worse than pointless).

The optimal strategy here seems to be: flank, attack, attack

If the first attack doesn’t hit, the last person in the turn order should not take their turn, as they will have no chance of killing the creature - the hunt would end after the last turn, the creature dealing 1-2 damage to us - this is survivable, but we have 2 encounters to deal with, there could be accidents, and above all THERE’S CURRENTLY NO WAY TO RESTORE HP! (unless you’re already dead, then you can scramble to life in a week or so)

(Well, this was posted before the CfJ possibly reducing the creatures’ danger to 1. If that CfJ is enacted, the second attack would probably be worth it)

Since there separate encounters, don’t we get a different set of turns for each one? “Each Encounter has a single Creature ...”
Anyway if they’re Danger 2 we can probably win if people change positions to Harpooneers.

The CfJ has now enacted and taken both Creatures down to Danger 1.

Can you clarify if any of their other stats have changed as a result of their uncommonness lowering?

It’s lowered by 3, so the speed is the same and Yield has changed from 1 to 2 and vice versa.

Oh I didn’t notice that the main post was changed to reflect all of the new posts.
I’ll choose the Attack action for both encounters, as it’s my turn for both of them, and roll in the GNDT right afterward.
Please note that under the current rules nothing happens to the harpoon when I take this action so I can indeed use that action in both encounters without needing to take a harpoon between them.

well the sunfish has been felled

The Yield has always been 2, and the change in Uncommonness changed nothing - the stats are only set once, when the Creature is named (“If an uncommon creature has no name, the narrator shall: Set its speed…”).