BlogNomic: The First Dynasty of Desertfrog

because there’s already too much secrecy in the monastery.

I agree with Thelonious about the secrecy thing…

but I really like the idea of digging for treasure.

What Thelonious said…

There is a fair bit of secrecy, true, but there are several ways of revealing secret rules, and at least one of them is in plain English in the core ruleset.

If the consensus is that things are still too obscure, let’s just add more ways to reveal secret rules.

And let’s include encrypted ones, too, if the cryptograms are difficult for the median-skilled player. ;)

I wanted to experiment with a new dynamic in this game, not make things burdensome for the players.

I was intending to include encrypted rules when I said “too much secrecy in the monastery”.

For those who accept my thesis, there are a couple of things to do.

(1) Don’t vote for proposals, like this one, that include secret elements.

(2) Vote for proposals that reveal secrets.

I note that my last attempt at revealing secrets was voted down (and I think AG said he would have veto’d it if he’d remembered he was able to do that).  All the same, I’ll have another go.

The sole reason that I was unfavorably disposed to that proposal is that not only did it reveal secrets, it also removed them indefinitely from the game. ;)

This doesn’t seem all that secret to me.  It’s not like any non-Abbot Monks have any special knowledge of where the items will be.

are you sure *coughcough*

This game already has way too much “hidden” and “secret” information.  As much as the “figure out the clues I leave to get random stuff” dynamic appeals to me…  Maybe the next Theme.

This is pefectly legal.

Genesis 31.37
Whereas thou hast searched all my stuff, what hast thou found of all thy household stuff? set it here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt us both.

Wheeee!

Is not this laid up in store with me, and sealed up among my treasures?
Deuteronomy 32:34

Items are fun!

Scam in progress.