Re: [spoon-discuss] Simplifying

[Daniel Lepage <dplepage@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wednesday, June 25, 2003, at 12:08  AM, Baron von Skippy wrote:

> > I have a proto-prop. I wonder what people think of it:
> -I think no. Simplify the Grid, yes. Destroy it, no! Ye gods, that's 
> half the game you're trying to nuke there. I'm in favor of clearing 
> out the old stuff, but not at the cost of essentially kicking this 
> game back in time a year. And if you do simplify the Grid, leave 
> Armies, land ownership, grid space enhancements, speeders, IID, 
> Ancient Monoliths, and Whoopass - I think the Grid could be 
> revitalized with those alone, if only we had a few Monoliths going. Or 
> a better supply of Whoopass.
>
> Most of the rest you can nuke to your heart's content as far as I'm 
> concerned.-

I thought about that, and indeed, much of my prop is organized in the 
hopes of grouping similar rules, to make it easy to take out all the 
rules related to a given concept/object [[i.e., terraforming, 
resources, entropy, religion, etc.]]

But what I was thinking about trying to create was a new subgame 
entirely, completely unrelated to the Grid - after all, Nomic is a game 
of change; why not change the system entirely?

I'm trying to come up with a good new subgame... We've already got the 
Rumble rule in place, so that's always an option; I've also recently 
learned of a game called Dvorak, which is basically a generic card 
game. See http://www.dvorakgame.co.uk/rules.html for a full description 
of what Dvorak is.

I could definitely see a B Nomic themed deck being built... cards like

(T) Uin (Character, Complexity + 5)
	Action: destroy a rule.

(T) Nweek 2 (Event, Complexity + 10)
	Any number of rules, items, and actions may be played each turn. 
Destroy Nweek 2 at the beginning of your turn.

(T) Rule 0 [Rule, Complexity +2/-6]
	Rule 0's Complexity is +2 unless its Complexity has been changed.
	Action: Destroy two other Rules you control, R0's Complexity becomes 
-6 until your next turn. Play this ability only if you control at least 
two other Rules.

(A) Social Life
	Destroy a Character.

(A) Stock Scam
	If you control Wonko, gain 300 BNS.

(A) Admin's Departure
	Destroy Dave the Admin, if he is in play, and up to six Rules.

But whatever happens, I think we need to wipe the world clean before 
beginning anew. We may choose to reinstate some of the more recent 
developments, like Whoopass and Armies, but first I think we should 
revert to the basics of proposals and CFIs.

--
Wonko

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