Proposal: The Casino of Time (-4005/1/1)
Self-killed and vetoed.—Kevan
Adminned at 29 Jul 2006 21:14:09 UTC
Add a new Local Rule to the Ruleset. Call it “Gambling (-4005/1/1)” and give it the following text:
Travellers may Gamble to try to increase their Influence. To Gamble, a Traveller takes the following steps:
1)Make a comment to the GNDT saying “I Wager N Influence” where N is a positive whole number.
2)Roll DICE10.
3)If the result is 3 or less, add 2N to eir influence. Otherwise, subtract N from eir Influence. This may cause Influence to be negative.If a Traveller’s Influence is negative, eir Range contains no Game Dates. Travellers may not Gamble after the institution of the first recorded relevant anti-gambling laws at -100/6/30.
Enjoy. Future plans include globalizing this and creating a distinct Casino entity. And yes, this is a Local Proposal.
Thelonious:
Hix - I’m not in range to vote on this but it contains such a big loophole that I think you need to veto it (unless Bucky SKs it).
Nothing stops a Traveller wagering more influence than they have. Indeed the comment “This may cause Influence to be negative” implicitly assumes you can wager more than you’ve got.
Further, there’s no restriction on how often you can do this.
As a result, it’s trivial to boost your influence to cover the whole timeline (-15000 to +6000).