Re: [spoon-discuss] Simplifying

["Baron von Skippy" <baronvonskippy@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > > 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.
<snip>

-Wellll... okay, I like that idea too, but I'm still going to vote against 
taking out the basic Grid. At least it's A La Carte. Objection mostly 
rescinded.-

[[BvS]]

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