secretsnail9 via agora-discussion [2023-05-23 00:57]:
> I came up with this idea for a simple officerless subgame: would anyone be
> interested in playing it? If not, what modifications would make it
> interesting?
>
> {{{
> Title: A friendly game
> Adoption Index: 1.0
> Author: snail
> Co-author(s):
> Each player SHOULD list eir Vitality and Bang Balance in all eir messages.
This seems an undue burden on anyone that's not interested in this
subgame. Let me suggest:
--- PROTO ---
Bangs are a currency.
-Vitality is an untracked player Switch with possible values of Alive or
-Unalive (default).
+Vitality is an untracked player Switch with possible values of
+Invulnerable, Alive, Unalive, or Ghostly (default). A player with a
+Vitality that is not Ghostly is called “corporeal”, else e is called
+ghostly. A ghostly player CAN incarnate by announcement, which means
+to flip eir Vitality to Invulnerable, provided there are only
+Invulnerable or Ghostly players.
-Each player SHOULD list eir Vitality and Bang Balance in all eir messages.
+Each corporeal player SHOULD list eir Vitality and Bang Balance in all
+eir messages.
Any player CAN publish a report of all Bang Balances and Vitalities. Such a
purported report is self-ratifying, and SHOULD be made as needed.
-Each Alive player CAN eliminate another specified player by paying a fee of
-1 bang. Eliminating a player makes em Unalive, and grants em 1 bang.
+Each Alive player CAN eliminate another specified Alive player by
+paying a fee of 1 bang. Eliminating a player makes em Unalive, and
+grants em 1 bang.
Any Alive player CAN Capture the Flag by announcement, if there are no
other players that are Alive. When a player Captures the Flag, e wins the
game. If a player won the game in this manner 4 days ago, then the match is
reset.
-When the match is reset, each player is set to Alive, all bangs are
+When the match is reset, each player is set to Ghostly, all bangs are
destroyed, and then each player gains 1 bang.
+When 3 days have passed since a match is reset, all Invulnerable
+players have eir Vitality set to Alive.
When 14 days have passed since a player was last eliminated, the match
resets, and then each player that was alive immediately before the match
reset gains 1 bang.
--- END PROTO ---
This also creates a bit more tension, I'd say. There's a “ready, set,
go!” before a match.
--
juan
