In most games, the designers and the players are separate. In Agora the players are the designers, and changing the rules is part of playing. This is what makes Agora special.
In Agora you can focus on winning the game (through subgames or scams), designing the game (through proposals and voting), or maintaining the game (through offices and reports). In practice, most players dabble a bit in each of these.
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| Compliance (3): Falsifian, Jason, Tyler | |
| Economy (4): Cuddlebeam, Fred, R. Lee, Trigon | |
| Legacy (4): G., Gaelan, Zyborg, grok | |
| Legislation (2): P.S.S., nix |
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| |Ministor Pre-Report| | |
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| Notices | |
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| This is not a report and it does not self-ratify, this is just a listing | |
| of current switches and a test of what the actual report will look like. |
| A complete replacement of offices, intended to be done for the 25th anniversary of Agora. | |
| Making, Joining, Leaving Unions | |
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| A Union is an entity. Unions have a title; a Union Charter switch, with values of text documents and defaulting to blank; a membership switch, with possible values of sets of players (ie, members) defaulting to the empty set; a Powers switch, with possible values of sets of Powers defaulting to the empty set; a Responsibilities switch, with possible values of sets of Responsibilities defaulting to the empty set; and a Hero switch, with possible values of Agora and each player, defaulting to Agora. | |
| The text of a Union Charter may specify ways to act on behalf of a Union, ways for a Union to use (or for them to be used on behalf of the Union) its Powers and Responsibilities, ways for the Union to vote (or be voted on behalf of), methods of flipping the switches of the Union, and any other mechanisms deemed pertinent to the aforementioned functions. A Union |
| Enact a new rule titled "Debts" | |
| Debts are a fixed, indestructible currency. The Secretary is the | |
| recordkeepor of debts. | |
| If a rule specifies something can be done by 'accruing x Debt' then a | |
| player CAN do the specified action by increasing eir Debt balance by | |
| x. | |
| A player CAN, by announcement, pay Agora a specified number of |
| Enact a new rule titled "Debts". | |
| Debts are fixed, indestructible assets. The Secretary is the | |
| recordkeepor of debts. | |
| Each Debt has an associated Value, set at creation. Debts with the | |
| same value and the same owner are fungible. | |
| When a player would pay Agora a number of Shinies, e may instead | |
| create a Debt with Value equal to the number of Shinies that would |
| Treasury: $1000. | |
| Offices: 13 | |
| Quarters: 8 | |
| Players: 21 | |
| Player 0 created with role scribe and office(s) [12]. | |
| Player 1 created with role acol and office(s) [11]. | |
| Player 2 created with role pol and office(s) [10]. | |
| Player 3 created with role scribe and office(s) [9]. | |
| Player 4 created with role acol and office(s) [8]. | |
| Player 5 created with role pol and office(s) [7]. |
| G; | |
| PS; | |
| x1; | |
| weight = g; | |
| hp = ps; | |
| continue = 1; | |
| while(weight > 1000) { x1 = 1; continue=0 } // LKM |
