Thursday, November 03, 2016

Ascension Address: The Last Dynasty

Twelve times twelve emperors have held the nomic throne, and with each exchange of power, their sun wanes further. Surviving players are few, and weakened; the best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity. There is a sense of sapping, crumbling. An inkling that the life of the empire ebbs.

Deep in the grinding heart of time, teeth mesh; an escapement cracks; a tick like a bomb echoes through long halls of abandoned names. There is a brief lull, an anacrusis, before the great bell begins to sound its final warning:

The hour come round at last.

Repeal all Dynastic Rules except “Atomic Actions.” Replace “Mayor” with “Emperor” and “Councillor” with “Player” throughout the Ruleset.

Comments

Matt:

04-11-2016 01:53:41 UTC

There are still references to Auld Anchorage from last dynasty, namely the link on the sidebar and from the Blognomic main wiki page.

Bucky:

04-11-2016 04:14:31 UTC

Eh, I’m game for any dynasty with a good starting mechanic.  This one seems uninspiring, though.

I also have a couple left to run, but that would require playing and winning a dynasty.