From: Glenn Overby II (guardcaptain_at_earthlink.net)
Date: Sun Sep 30 2001 - 23:42:16 PDT
Aron Wall writes:
>>>>>>
>My horse rolls a nine. I move it from Start to space six, but can
>proceed no more because of the blockade. Yet, I have three points of
>momentum left, and thus cannot simply land on space 6, so the situation
>entails some sort of Conflict Resolution. Since I have more Charisma
>points than the Klein bottle, I simply order Factitious to step to the
>side and let me through. Factitious's piece is now to the side of space
>6 and the blockade is gone (Factitious will have to spend an extra
>movement point to re-enter space 6). But politeness only works as many
>times as the difference in Charisma values, so any future Conflicts with
>Factitious in which I am the acting player must be resolved with either
>physical or magical combat. I now move two spaces forward and am
>blocked again by Tripper. But this time I must fight since my Charisma
>is two points less. I have 5 strength and my opponent has 3, so I will
>attack physically. Here is how physical combat works. It's all about
>the seconds number in which the rule of the move officially takes place
>(GMT). If the one's place digit is less than or equal to the attacker's
>strength, the attacker wins; if it is not but is less than or equal to
>the sum of their strengths, the defender wins. Otherwise it is a draw
>and I will end up simply landing on space 8. The winner stays put if
>defending or continues if attacking, and the penalty for the loser is
>determined by the tens digit of the official seconds--
>0-Killed-physical form lost and piece sent to void.
>1-Left in mud-pushed beside the space and transfer one charisma point to
>the victor.
>2-Wounded-pushed beside the space and lose one Strength (if any stat is
>negative one is killed).
>3-Kicked into next week-hurled forward to all spaces whose numerical
>component is 7 greater than the conflict space and miss next turn.
>4-Pushed one space farther than victor's final destination.
>5-Sent back to start.
>Whatever effects happen due to the combat take place at the beginning of
>the next player's move. During *this* move my piece does not land on
>any space. I hope that I will get kicked forward to space 15, from
>which I will be able to choose which pathway I take. Otherwise, one
>goes into a superposition of states and takes BOTH pathways.
>>>>>>
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>Rule Date: 2001-10-01 05:27:53 GMT
The Judgement:
Validity: A nine is not possible with 169:11 remaining VALID. Thus, 169:12 is
INVALID. (More's the pity. I want to use some of this.)
Style: Windy (-0.5) and complex (-0.5), but with more clever blockade-running
(+0.5), excellent ideas about Charisma (+1) and Strength (+1), and an extra +0.5
because politeness as a game mechanic tickles me. This is a +2.
Reflections: Aron would have kicked Tripper into next week.
Glenn E. Overby II "da judge"
Clinton Twp, MI
http://home.earthlink.net/~guardcaptain/
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Rule Date: 2001-10-01 06:43:38 GMT
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