Re: [spoon-discuss] Subgame?

[bd <bdonlan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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On Thursday 26 June 2003 01:15 am, Daniel Lepage wrote:
> On Thursday, June 26, 2003, at 12:10  AM, Rob Speer wrote:
> > On Wed, Jun 25, 2003 at 11:54:26PM -0400, Daniel Lepage wrote:
> >> How does this look for a start?
> >
> > Sounds too complex for the state of the game right now.
>
> Most of the complexity is simply a roundabout way of saying, "Let's
> pretend we're taking turns and have cards!"
>
> The game I'm trying to create is Dvorak, which can be described in 99
> words:
>
> Shuffle the cards into a draw pile.
>   Draw five cards each. Choose who takes the first turn.
>   Each turn, draw a card from the top of the draw pile, then play a
> Thing and/or an Action. (Things go onto the table in front of the
> person who played them, Actions go face-up onto the discard pile.)
>    If you've got more than five cards in your hand at the end of your
> turn, discard down to five. Then it's the next Player's turn.
>    When the draw pile's empty, shuffle the discard pile to make a new
> one.
>    And that's it.

Hm. How about Card Props, then? Less bandwith used, but they can only create a 
card.

> > There's a rule from A Nomic that was just getting off the ground when
> > the game ended (which, of course, wasn't my fault :) which seemed like
> > a
> > whole lot of fun - Political Go.
> >
> > It had the significant advantage that it kept track of itself - you
> > made
> > a move by posting the new board position to the -business list.
> >
> > The problem was that the board was too big. No conflict ever got to
> > happen.
> >
> > I'd like to see something like this as a subgame. Perhaps I'd propose
> > it.
>
> I'd never thought about the possibility of a stone-laying game...
> hmm....

Too bad about rocky, then :)

> > Incidentally, I am in favor of a clean start with the Grid.
> > _Especially_
> > the part about getting rid of Races.
>
> Then I think I'll make it a real prop.

Personally, I like the idea.

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