BlogNomic: The First Dynasty of Desertfrog

Oddly enough, this might do the opposite of what you intended. Although it seems to encourage movement to be the first to cross the finish line, there’s an optimal play to ensure that the Race Duration is as long as possible, thus delaying your move until someone else moves, and then following up with a flurry might have a better payoff.

I’d dangle a bigger carrot for finishing the race sooner, and make it decreasing Fame the longer you take to get across the Finish Line.

:( there goes my proposal slot

Hmm. But is the play actually that optimal? With Speed Limit, it doesn’t seem very easy to find a flurry of moves that would make you finish, especially early in the race

That’s true, I didn’t consider the Speed Limit restrictions. I’ve been expecting someone to lift those by now, but it hasn’t happened. Maybe this will work after all?

Maybe make “race duration” just the time it takes between when you first cross and when the race ends?

per JD, I think that this will actually just encourage waiting more. I also think being rewarded for taking a long time to finish first just isn’t very race-like, even if it does have its intended effect.

Seems like a flat bonus for crossing the line chronologically first would be enough. Scoring more per hour just gives that player an incentive to slow the game down once they’ve crossed it - whether that’s asking an accomplice to delay their remaining moves for as long as possible, or slowing the broader Nomic game down by dragging out discussion on any CfJs that arise.

I’m going to try some other ideas for encouraging Moving.

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