spoon-discuss: Re: spoon-business: Proposal: Go Stones

[Joel Uckelman <uckelman@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Quoth Dan:
> 
> [[This is a neat idea I've been working out in my head all day.  If we're
> lucky it should work well with the in-progress political go.]]
> 
> The following is a new proposal entitled "Go Stones":
> 
> 1. Enact a new rule entitled "Stones" with text as follows:
> 
> Stones are objects.  They can be created, destroyed, transferred, and
> otherwise manipulated only as allowed by the rules.
> 
> Stones have three states:  "Reserve", "In Play", and "Captured".  Newly
> created Stones are always Reserve Stones.
> 
> 2. Enact a new rule entitled "Stone Purchase"
> 
> If a game of Political Go is in progress a player may, at any time,
> purchase a Stone from the bank.  This purchase transfers the purchase cost
> of that stone in points to the bank, and creates a new Stone [[Reserve]]
> owned by that player.
> 
> The purchase price is equal to 5 raise to the power of the number of
> stones already purchased by that player in that nweek.
> 
> 3. Enact a new rule entitled "Reserve Stones"
> 
> Ownership of Reserve Stones is transferable at will by the owner of the
> stone.
> 
> 4. Enact a new rule entitled "Stones In Play"
> 
> Stones In Play acquire the property "location".  The location of an In
> Play stone is specified when it becomes In Play and may not change.
> 
> 5. Enact a new rule entitled "Captured Stones"
> 
> Captured Stones may be sold to the Bank for 1 point each.  This sale
> destroys the stone and transfers 1 point from the Bank to the stone's
> owner.
> 
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A comment: If captured stones can be sold to the Bank at any time, that 
messes up Go scoring, since one's Go score would be captures plus 
territories. I suppose if you mean this to be a way to capitalize on 
captures at the expense of one's Go score, that's ok.

-- 
J.