Proposal: Your Days are Numbered
Reached quorum 5 votes to 1. Enacted by Kevan.
Adminned at 13 Sep 2019 15:33:38 UTC
Enact a rule, “Workdays”, as follows:
‘Today’ is defined as the number of days the current date is beyond August 31, 2019. (For example, on September 12, Today would be 12.)
Each Castaway has a Date value, a number tracked in the GNDT, which defaults to the current value of Today minus 1.
A Castaway may perform a Date Action by increasing their Date by 1, so long as their Date is less than Today. Date Actions include the following:
*Gather an amount of wood, randomly determined between 1 and 4, inclusive.
*Salvage a random item from the Wreck. (See The Wreck)
*Explore the island, choosing an exploration event at random, and increasing their Date by an extra 2 for time spent returning. (See Exploration)
*Construct, spending the appropriate amount of wood. (See Construction)
*Rest in their shelter to reduce their HSR by 1. (Not possible unless they have a shelter.)
Enact a rule, “Construction”, as follows:
A Castaway has a number of wood, tracked in the GNDT as Wood.
To Construct is to spend wood to create one of the following:
*A level X shelter, recorded in their Items as shelterX, where X is 2 plus the highest level of their current shelter, or 2 if they have no shelter. This shelter replaces any old shelters, and costs X wood.
*A part of the Message in the Sand. This costs any positive amount of wood, and the message is completed (and can’t be added to) once 50 or more Wood is spent in total by the Castaways. Castaways receive 1 Story Point per 2 wood they spend (at once) on this project. Total spent is recorded here: 0
*A part of the Giant Bonfire. This costs any positive amount of wood, and the Giant Bonfire is completed (and can’t be added to) once 100 or more Wood is spent in total by the Castaways. Castaways receive 1 Story Point per 5 wood they spend (at once) on this project. Total spent is recorded here: 0
Enact a Rule, “Items”, as follows:
Castaways may have one or more Items, recorded as a list of their names in the GNDT under “Items”. Descriptions/effects of Items may be listed here by name:
Leaving several loose ends, here, such as Story Points, open to others’ interpretation in later Proposals.
BTW, I am basing my theme on a certain favorite coop board game of mine, also named Castaways.
I love the theme so far TyGuy6, I was so sure you were baaing it on Lord of the Flies!
I like the day mechanic, but “see X, where X doesn’t exist” is an extremely loose end.
“Workdays” is promising as a catch-up mechanic for idle players, but I’m having a hard time envisioning how the remainder would work.
TyGuy6:
I figure it’s a bit of a mess, but these are my thoughts. If locations become a thing, we could integrate exploration with that, somehow. I’d probably write up a rule for The Wreck next, with some items to salvage.