Saturday, May 06, 2023

Proposal: The Confederated City States of BlogNomica

Times out and passes 7-1 - redtara

Adminned at 08 May 2023 13:25:09 UTC

Add a subsection to the rule “Architected Cities” entitled “Municipal Authority”:

Cities have a Municipal Authority determined by their population and number of zones, defaulting to Township. A City automatically has the highest level Municipal Authority for which it meets the eligibility criteria. Different levels of Municipal Authority grant different numbers of Permits (equal to their level) and may unlock certain actions or effects for the City or its controller.

Municipal Authority specification table:
Level | Municipal Authority | Requirements |  Effects
0 | Ghost Town | The City exists | None
1 | Township | 1 population and 1 zone |  Unlocks Township actions
2 | Burgh | 4 population and 2 zones | Unlocks Burgh and Township actions
3 | Prefecture | 16 population and 8 zones | Unlocks Prefecture, Burgh, and Township actions
4 | Canton | 64 population and 32 zones | Unlocks Canton, Prefecture, Burgh, and Township actions

Comments

redtara: they/them

06-05-2023 13:34:50 UTC

Open to feedback on the scaling of requirements.

SingularByte: he/him

06-05-2023 14:29:38 UTC

Is it intentional that you lose access to lower level actions when you rank up your city? Because that’s how I’m currently reading it.

Of course, rules could be written with that in mind so it’s not a massive deal.

redtara: they/them

06-05-2023 14:32:18 UTC

Oh, I meant to add a thing about that but I guess I forgot. Thanks.

Josh: Observer he/they

06-05-2023 17:31:31 UTC

for Feels like this could have been worded more elegantly (“A City automatically has all Municipal Authority levels for which it meets the eligibility criteria” instead of just highest) but I like the direction

redtara: they/them

06-05-2023 17:33:33 UTC

Yes, definitely not poetry.

SingularByte: he/him

06-05-2023 18:59:28 UTC

for

JonathanDark: he/him

06-05-2023 23:21:41 UTC

for

Titanic:

07-05-2023 08:41:22 UTC

for

Kevan: he/him

07-05-2023 17:09:14 UTC

for

Snisbo: she/they

08-05-2023 00:14:47 UTC

for

Bucky:

08-05-2023 03:26:53 UTC

against I think it’s a bad idea to have an exclusive Canton club like this; it’s too unfriendly to late joiners.

SingularByte: he/him

08-05-2023 09:21:21 UTC

I don’t see Canton specific actions as a problem. There’s always going to be game states that are difficult for some players to reach if they join late, and it’s not like we’ll be tying fundamental actions to the top city rank.