RE: [spoon-discuss] Eleusis

["Craig" <ragnarok@xxxxxxxxx>]

>>I came across an interesting Nomic variant based on the card game 
>>Eleusis. The general gist of the game was that one player, the GOD, 
>>created a secret rule governing what sorts of proposals are allowable. 
>>During each player's turn, e makes a proposal; if it is consistent with 
>>the secret rule, it is adopted; otherwise it fails. The objective is to 
>>be the player who figures out what the secret rule is; at the end of 
>>the round, points are given out based on a variety of factors, 
>>including who made the most correct proposals, who finally ran out of 
>>points, etc.
>>
>>The original game collapsed because it became too difficult to get 
>>proposals passed; the records are in Joel's deadgames archive at 
>>http://www.nomic.net/deadgames/eleusis/eleusis.html
>>
>>Would anybody be interested in a subgame run along a similar theme?
>>
>-I could go for this. Sounds pretty cool.-

How 'bout Zendo with ASCII art instead of pyramid sculptures as koans?

 -- Teucer

"Somehow jokes are funnier after 3 minutes of belaboured explanation."
 -xod

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