BlogNomic: The First Dynasty of Desertfrog

Mechanics that directly attack me are off the table, and I’ll drop character for a second and tell you for why: It’s just bad game design. The thing that had to be remembered is that I can’t win the game. As the emperor, I’m just a framing device, and one with a limited lifespan to boot. Mechanics that directly attack my power are problematic for three reasons. First, it erodes the core mechanic of the dynasty, which is NOT sedition vs despot - it’s sedition vs loyalists, a fact the this far the loyalists have been substantially better at exploiting. Second, if the game is just a pinata-whacking contest in which the only viable or worthwhile mechanic is to hit me and hope you’re the one whose in the lead when I pop is boring at best and grindy at worst. Third, it’s thematically unsatisfying - rebellions tend to attack leaders through flipping their proxies, not through direct attacks.

Aside from all that, seditious oligarchs now have flunky actions to gain power, and if any of you had the ambition to expand those then that would be a sensible direction that I wouldn’t oppose. Repeatedly posting this in the hopes that I’ll let it through eventually is futile, though. Not because it’s in character, but because it’s a bad rule, because it makes for a dull game. Have some new ideas and we’ll talk about it.

, with a veto obviously to follow if it needs it.

I can see how it is a bad mechanic so I’m going to change my vote. I think the real point of this proposal was just to cause you to spend a veto. I don’t like how you say it is Sedition vs Loyal when for that to work you would have to not be on a side. You obviously side with loyalist, which is fine, but is does make it sedition vs you, as well as vs the loyalists.

Also it isn’t really fair to say the loyalist side has been better at exploiting it when the sedition side has been legislated against by a the person claiming to not be involved. I do agree the game is about being on top when it all goes down though.

“Also it isn’t really fair to say the loyalist side has been better at exploiting it when the sedition side has been legislated against by a the person claiming to not be involved.”
Although I suppose that universal fear of an overly-serious ruler is the challenge of this dynasty and what makes it fun.

I don’t disagree with you skju, I actually like this dynasty and have nothing against it,I was just saying that it is unfair of Josh to say that the dynasty is “NOT sedition vs despot - it’s sedition vs loyalists”. That only works if the Emperor is Impartial. The Emperor being on a side can be fun and I actually like it, he just can’t be mad when the other side tries to strike back at him.

Sure, and I certainly court that. I guess there does need to be a clear way of signaling the difference between “I oppose this in my role as Chief Dick” and “I oppose this as a concerned player of the game”.