Fewer than a quorum not voting AGAINST. Failed 3 votes to 6 by Kevan.
Adminned at 24 Jan 2023 10:31:25 UTC
In the rule The Gift Of The Isle, change “If they have not done so in the past 36 hours, the Onlooker may perform a Production of Resources” to:
If no Explorer or Onlooker has done so in the past 36 hours, then any Explorer or Onlooker may perform a Production of Resources
In the rule Corsair remove the paragraph that begins “Target Values and Adjusted Target Values are privately tracked by the Onlooker”. In the same rule, change “Each Settler has a Bribe, which is either blank or is quantity of named items, and which is privately tracked by the Onlooker” to read:
Each Settler has a Bribe, which is publicly tracked and is either blank or is quantity of named items
In the same rule change “A Settler may, at any time, privately communicate the Onlooker to adjust their Bribe to a legal value.” to read:
A Settler may change their Bribe at any time.
I don’t see any reason why this has to be an emperor action, especially if it being an open action might lead to turns happening within their 36 hour time windows.
The new hot-potato Bribe game doesn’t sound much fun, and I’d rather keep the door open for some other secret-instruction mechanics, if Trapdoorspyder feels generally able to process them.
I am 100% okay and perhaps even support anyone being able to perform a production of resources, but bribing has no teeth as an open game, which is rather unfortunate. I should be pretty consistent from this point on either way,
Kevan: he/him
The Bribe subgame is much less interesting if we can see everyone else’s bid: you only ever have to set a Bribe if you’re currently the target. I could live with simplifying the Corsair to remove the Bribe aspect entirely, though.
(Also, “A Settler may, at any time, privately communicate the Onlooker to adjust their Bribe” still works mechanically here, but there’s no reason for us to message the Onlooker if it’s now public.)