Tuesday, February 11, 2025

Proposal: Token Rollcall

Timed out, 3-2 with Monarchple voting DEF. Enacted by JonathanDark.

Adminned at 13 Feb 2025 17:40:05 UTC

Add a new paragraph to “The Island of Kittens Local Rules”, immediately after the existing paragraph that starts with “As a Phase 3 Turn Action”:

As a Phase 3 Turn Action, a Meeple whose most recently moved Token’s Position corresponds to a turquoise square of the Island of Kittens may change that Token’s Position to match the Position of a different Token owned by that Meeple, as long as that Position is 300 or lower.

A game balance point: currently it takes an average of 59 rounds to get from square 1 to square 400 with just a single token without the help of Local Rules – 177 with all three. We’re unlikely to want to play out that many rounds, which implies that most Local Rules should be helpful rather than hindering. So here’s a way to use one token to help another – I encourage other Meeples to also look for things that might help the dynasty to end in a reasonable length of time.

Comments

JonathanDark: he/him

11-02-2025 17:12:03 UTC

We could also consider Raven1207’s request to have Snakes-and-Ladders across all of the islands, so that one could use a specific color to go between islands and get to the last one a little faster.

Of course this plays some havoc with Habanero’s “Gates” idea, which might need tweaking to include shutting off said “snakes” between islands.

JonathanDark: he/him

11-02-2025 17:12:34 UTC

Sorry, I meant shutting off Ladders between islands.

Josh: he/they

11-02-2025 22:39:17 UTC

against

Snisbo: she/they

12-02-2025 00:03:51 UTC

against incentivizes sitting a token at position 299 and trying to teleport everything there, which I’m not a fan of

Raven1207: he/they

12-02-2025 00:58:29 UTC

imperial

Get the issue but also per Snibo,

Also may cause issues depending on how many turquoise there is

Habanero:

12-02-2025 03:56:45 UTC

for Eh, I appreciate the sentiment of trying to speed the game up. 300 seems a bit excessive though, I’d limit it to just the Island of Kittens

JonathanDark: he/him

12-02-2025 17:58:17 UTC

for because I like the general idea and we can tweak it later