spoon-business: The King Gremlin

[Wonko <dplepage@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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__Help! Help! I'm being repressed!__

Create a new rule:
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__The violence inherent in the system__

There exists a Gremlin called the King Gremlin. If the King Gremlin is
Active, any player may pay 5+5*(the second Gremlin Number) points to Bribe
the King Gremlin. When the King Gremlin is Bribed, it Represses an Active
Gremlin of the Bribing player's choice. When a Gremlin is Repressed, it goes
into hiding and may not become Active again as long as it remains Repressed.
A Repressed Gremlin ceases to be Repressed 4 ndays after its Repression, or
whenever it is UnRepressed. This rule takes precedence over all rules which
define when Gremlins may become Active.

If the King Gremlin is Repressed by a player, all other Gremlins are
UnRepressed and the player who Bribed the King Gremlin loses 8 points.

If at any time at least 2/3 of all Gremlins other than the King Gremlin are
Hiding, the King Gremlin goes into Hiding. If at any time at least 2/3 of
all Gremlins other than the King Gremlin are Active, the King Gremlin
becomes Active, unless it is Repressed.

If at any time at least 2/3 of all Gremlins other than the King Gremlin are
Repressed, the Gremlins Revolt, all Gremlins are UnRepressed, and the King
Gremlin is Repressed.
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Amend the rule entitled "The Witch Gremlin" to add the following << >>
delimited text:
<< >>
If the Witch Gremlin is Repressed, all Cursed players cease to be Cursed,
and the player who Bribed the King Gremlin loses 5 points.
<< >>
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Rationale:
    Repression is fun. And it keeps those pesky Gremlins under control. I
clarified how things become UnRepressed, and I add Gremlin Revolts.



{{
__Fixing the PEG__
Replace the text of rule 261 with the following HUNGRY delimited text:
HUNGRY
There is a Gremlin named the "Proposal Ingesting Gremlin", or PIG.

If the PIG is Active at the beginning of the 9th day of each nweek, it will
eat the kth proposal on the ballot, as listed when sent out by the
Adminstrator, where k is equal to the nth Gremlin number, where n is the
number of proposals on the ballot.

Any proposal which is eaten by the PIG is immediately removed from the
ballot and has no effect.

If a Ballot is issued with fewer than 12 proposals on it, the PIG goes into
Hiding. At the beginning of each nweek, the PIG becomes Active.
HUNGRY
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Rationale:
    It's unclear exactly when things happen, and I think PIG is funnier than
PEG. I also don't think the PIG should eat off small ballots.





-- 
Wonko
Aut inveniam viam aut faciam.