Wednesday, March 10, 2021

Proposal: The Campaign For No Campaigns

Self-killed. Failed by Brendan.

Adminned at 11 Mar 2021 17:27:23 UTC

Repeal the rule “Campaign.”

I guess I’m not sure what the point of the rule is right now. “Grind optimally or non-optimally, or run a private scam that only Josh can grapple with?”

Comments

Clucky: he/him

10-03-2021 00:56:08 UTC

against its the one part of the dynasty people are really engaging with

Zack: he/him

10-03-2021 01:08:25 UTC

for @Clucky I don’t think that’s true, and even if it were that doesn’t make it a good or fun mechanic. I think it needs a complete rewrite, but this is the next best thing.

Clucky: he/him

10-03-2021 01:50:33 UTC

hence why we re-wrote it to remove the clear cut strategies.

no one has done anything with rumors in days. the winnower is a rather passive thing that not much can be done with. and faction swapping basically comes down to just timing and luck. without this (or something similar to replace it with) the dynasty would become incredibly stale

Lulu: she/her

10-03-2021 02:38:48 UTC

for

Raven1207: he/they

10-03-2021 05:17:32 UTC

against

Bucky:

10-03-2021 06:35:35 UTC

imperial

Josh: he/they

10-03-2021 08:27:26 UTC

imperial

It may be that going back to basics would be a useful creative jolt, although there’s a good question as to why the rumours / confessions stuff hasn’t caught on as well - what kind of action are players looking for here?

Kevan: he/him

10-03-2021 09:46:02 UTC

for Campaigns does feel like one of Cuddlebeam’s classic “here’s a big list of fun at-any-time actions, one of which is a scam” rules which has now been smoothed down to a few simple options and (with Mob Contacts) one timing issue.

Rumours and Confessions both seem too amorphous to see regular usage, from here: I’ve never really gotten the thinking behind Rumours not naming the target at all, and my eyes keep sliding off of the 400-word Confessions rule.

Clucky: he/him

10-03-2021 17:22:00 UTC

there were some scams, but with Josh’s rewrite I’m not sure any survived Josh’s rewrite

so far we have little evidence of any super large scams. the actual final power totals have been very close to what one would expect (assuming cuddlebeam gave up their power before idling)

Brendan: he/him

10-03-2021 22:23:07 UTC

Well, now that several of you have thrown yourselves in jail…  against

Josh: he/they

11-03-2021 09:01:17 UTC

Haaaaaa!