Re: [s-d] Play Without Work

["Jamie Dallaire" <bad.leprechaun@xxxxxxxxx>]

What I would really like to see in one of these games (and am not sure
how to work it here...) is to have the order in which moves are
submitted not matter at all... It's just annoying to have people
either rushing to be the first to make a move in the nweek (or after
the field is turned) or alternatively waiting it out till near the end
of the nweek so that they can see what the others did before deciding
for themselves (as could happen in the Life game). Simply having all
the moves happen concurrently or according to a priority list
unfortunately doesn't necessarily cut it, since foreknowledge can
still be useful then. Any ideas?

Billy Pilgrim

On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 11:12 AM, Mike McGann <mike.mcgann@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 10:28 AM, 0x44 <bnomic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > It would have to be a very small board for 1 move per week, or the game
> > would last forever
>
>
> Length of game is the hardest part to design. It needs to be long enough to
> be interesting, but not too long that it is boring. While it may be one
> move, the move might require you to move X amount of spaces in one
> direction, so the board doesn't have to be too small. I'll have to run some
> simulations to see how it is all going to work out. Maybe one move per nweek
> is a too much. A turn of the field could be done after all players have made
> their moves or after a certain number of ndays have elapsed. This might work
> out better and without being too chaotic and fast. I also want to put in a
> registration period so only players who are interested are added to the
> board and board size could be based on the number playing. And probably a
> way to end the game early if you can prove the outcome. Still working out
> the details....
>
> - Hose
>
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