View source for The Thirty-Fourth Dynasty of Kevan

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'''24 July - 03 September 2025'''

==Ascension Address==

[https://blognomic.com/archive/the_midnight_broil The Midnight Broil]

<blockquote>A warm summer’s night in the heart of the city, and food truck operators broil and unload cooked kebabs in the yard. As the hour draws on and new customers start to dwindle, one vendor enviously watches a large group dispersing from a rival stall across the plaza. They unclip the marker board from the side of their truck, smear a sleeve across that night’s offers and prices, and start planning a new menu for the day ahead.</blockquote>

''(The rules of the previous dynasty [[Ruleset_238#The_Threshold|said]] that "the body of the [next] Ascension Address should contain its author’s Backronym for the Endgame Acronym": the backronym in question was "[https://blognomic.com/archive/broil_and_unload_cooked_kebabs_in_the_yard broil and unload cooked kebabs in the yard]".)''

Change the term “Wordsmith” to “Truck”, and “Puzzler” to “Yard”. Change the gamestate tracking page to “Food Park”.

Set the Building Blocks “Virtual Actions”, “Precondition Unidling”, “Reinitialisation” and “Revisions Allowed” to be active, removing “No Private Communication”. (I’m no fan of Revisions Allowed, after playing a few dynasties under it, but it seems to be in the zone of a block that’s still being tested, rather than one that the Emperor should take any Ascending view on.)

My [[Imperial Styles|Imperial Style]] will be the same as last time: Gardener/Preservationist/Powerhouse/Guarded/Methodical/Timekeeper, and the undocumented scam stance of “Scam-Gradual” (Scam-Averse for the first week or so, then Scam-Mundane afterwards; I’ll propose to add this to the list, during the dynasty).

==Gameplay summary==
Players privately compile menus for their food trucks, from a selection of ingredients. When everyone's picked a menu, menus are revealed and a number of customers visit the trucks to buy one item at random from each - but if they see an equivalent dish cheaper elsewhere, they'll switch to it. Players can lock in one menu item as a "signature dish" making it more likely to be chosen, and can skip a round to upgrade their truck.

==Players==

The following players were active at the beginning of the game: aria, Bucky, Chiiika, Clucky, Darknight, DoomedIdeas, eternalservererror, JonathanDark, Josh, Kevan, Trapdoorspyder

And at the end: Applebane, arthexis, Chiiika, Clucky, Darknight, DoomedIdeas, eternalservererror, JonathanDark, Kevan, Lawnomos, Trapdoorspyder, Vovix.

==Final Ruleset==

*[[Ruleset 239]]

==Gamestate==
*[[Food Park]]

==Posts of Interest==
* [https://blognomic.com/archive/start_menu Start Menu] (Kevan) proposed the existence of Menus: lists of Dishes made up of specific Ingredients
* [https://blognomic.com/archive/trucks_in_the_night Trucks in the Night] (Kevan) created the basic game loop: a customer approaches each Truck and either buys something at random from it, or buys an equivalent cheaper item from another Truck
* [https://blognomic.com/archive/pitches_get_stitches Pitches get Stitches] (Josh) gave a line of Pitches for Trucks to occupy
* [https://blognomic.com/archive/if_you_cook_it_they_will_come If You Cook It, They Will Come] (JonathanDark) and [https://blognomic.com/archive/whos_buying Who's Buying] (eternalservererror) made Customers into specific entities with names
* [https://blognomic.com/archive/five_oclock_somewhere Five O’Clock Somewhere] (eternalservererror) allowed Trucks to declare Happy Hour discounts
* [https://blognomic.com/archive/mise_en_place_or_everything_in_its_place Mise en place, or, everything in its place] (Josh) split the game round into Prep and Serve phases
* [https://blognomic.com/archive/no_such_thing_as_a_free_lunch No Such Thing As A Free Lunch] (Kevan) required Trucks to pay for their Ingredients each Night
* [https://blognomic.com/archive/closed_for_business Closed for Business] (eternalservererror) allowed Trucks to Close, setting the scene for upgrade actions they could take as a result
* [https://blognomic.com/archive/oysters_on_the_oregon_trail Oysters on the Oregon Trail] (aria) added a new Ingredient with a risk of food poisoning; this built on an earlier, rejected food poisoning mechanic [https://blognomic.com/archive/proposal_oregon_trail Oregon Trail] (eternalservererror)
* [https://blognomic.com/archive/maintenance Maintenance] (DoomedIdeas) allowed Closed Trucks to choose a gameplay benefit for the following day
* [https://blognomic.com/archive/with_credit_to_jonathandark With Credit to JonathanDark] (DoomedIdeas) made the Oyster effect based on their prevalence across all Menus, rather than purely random
* [https://blognomic.com/archive/putting_my_signature Putting My Signature] (Arthexis) allowed Trucks to nominate a Signature Dish which was more likely to be bought, but which could never be changed. [https://blognomic.com/archive/inflation3 Inflation] (Arthexis) later allowed them to modify only the Price.
* [https://blognomic.com/archive/branding Branding] (eternalservererror) allowed Trucks to give themselves a flavour-text description
* [https://blognomic.com/archive/fixtures_and_fittings Fixtures and Fittings] (Kevan) rethemed the temporary "Closed Action" effects as equipment that could be added to a Truck; they were later [https://blognomic.com/archive/fit_for_purpose made permanent effects]
* [https://blognomic.com/archive/sponsored_by_the_algorithm Sponsored by the Algorithm] (Trapdoorspyder) added Trending Ingredients, which would result in tips when Customers bought Dishes that contained them. [https://blognomic.com/archive/viral_marketing Viral Marketing] (Vovix) later made them easier to track and modify.
* [https://blognomic.com/archive/dive_bars Dive Bars] (DoomedIdeas) required future Menus to list at least three items
* [https://blognomic.com/archive/deep_clean Deep Clean] (Clucky) allowed Closed Trucks to remove unwanted Signature Dishes
* [https://blognomic.com/archive/dish_of_the_day Dish of the Day] (Kevan) allowed the Yard to highlight proposals that could potentially impact the current round
* [https://blognomic.com/archive/broke_down Broke Down] (Clucky) allowed Trucks to drop into a negative balance, taking out Loans
* [https://blognomic.com/archive/musical_chairs3 Musical Chairs] (JonathanDark) gave a way for Trucks to select Pitches.
* [https://blognomic.com/archive/half_time_bell Half-Time Bell] (Kevan) created a public notification to emphasise that half the players had submitted Menus, to let the slower players know what the median wait was. [https://blognomic.com/archive/the_daily_news The Daily News] (JonathanDark) later made it a daily countdown of remaining players, and [https://blognomic.com/archive/backlot_roll_call Backlot Roll Call] (Kevan) publicly named those players. Later there was a [https://blognomic.com/archive/induction_hour poll on how quickly players should submit menus] (with a consensus of 48 hours), but the dynasty ended before it could take effect.
* [https://blognomic.com/archive/first_impressions First Impressions] (Kevan) had Customers resolving cheaper Truck visiting decisions based on Pitch positions rather than at random
* [https://blognomic.com/archive/birtians_favourite_pastime Britian’s Favo(u)rite Pastime] (Clucky) allowed players to queue their Shutdown Actions secretly. This was never used.
* [https://blognomic.com/archive/flavour_of_the_week1 Flavo(u)r of the Week] (Clucky) doubled the number of Customers at weekends
* [https://blognomic.com/archive/michelin_guide Michelin Guide] (JonathanDark) added a victory condition: the Trucks with the most money each Night gained a number of Performance points, and the first to collect 10 would win.
* [https://blognomic.com/archive/post_peak_pork Post Peak Pork] (Kevan) removed an ingredient from the game, to increase potential interaction between menus
* [https://blognomic.com/archive/running_low_on_supplies Running Low on Supplies] (JonathanDark) had the most-used Ingredients priced higher in the next round; in practice this would always be the Trending ingredient
* [https://blognomic.com/archive/you_scratch_my_back..._today You Scratch My Back…] (JonathanDark) allowed players to pair up and generate extra "Referral" sales for one another
* [https://blognomic.com/archive/its_the_final_cook_off It’s the Final Cook-Off] (Arthexis) proposed to end the game by having the leading three players write menus and the rest of the players vote on which one they like the best, but it failed to say when that would happen; it timed out 4-2. After [https://blognomic.com/archive/the_prep_for_the_final_cook-off_commences three] [https://blognomic.com/archive/chained_links failed] [https://blognomic.com/archive/counting_the_days_to_cook_off attempts] to make the Cook-Off happen, we suspected that most players were actually against the idea, and [https://blognomic.com/archive/cook_offs_off repealed it].
* <strike>[https://blognomic.com/archive/just_declare_a_winner_already Just Declare a Winner Already]</strike> (JonathanDark) proposed to drop the victory condition from 10 Performance to 5, meaning that Eternalservererror would win immediately. It failed.
* [https://blognomic.com/archive/secondhand_fittings Secondhand Fittings] (Eternalservererror) allowed zero-Performance Trucks to take a free catchup Fitting
* [https://blognomic.com/archive/game_shortener Game Shortener] (Applebane) took the victory condition down from 10 Performance to 8 Performance

===Core amendments===

* [https://blognomic.com/archive/revision_excision Revision Excision] (Josh) repealed the Revisions Allowed building block
* [https://blognomic.com/archive/pace_of_play1 Pace of Play] (Clucky) added Obedient/Considerate [[Imperial Style]]s
* [https://blognomic.com/archive/wrapping_up_loose_pork_wraps Wrapping up loose pork wraps] (Chiiika) added Scam-Gradual and No-Scam-until-Victory styles

===Nights===
* 28/07: '''[https://blognomic.com/archive/monday_night Monday Night]'''
* 02/08: '''[https://blognomic.com/archive/tuesday_night Tuesday Night]'''
* 07/08: '''[https://blognomic.com/archive/wednesday_night Wednesday Night]'''
* 12/08: '''[https://blognomic.com/archive/thursday_night Thursday Night]'''
* 16/08: '''[https://blognomic.com/archive/friday_night Friday Night]'''
* 20/08: '''[https://blognomic.com/archive/saturday_night Saturday Night]'''
* 28/08: '''[https://blognomic.com/archive/sunday_night Sunday Night]'''
* 02/09: '''[https://blognomic.com/archive/monday_night1 Monday Night]'''

==Ascension==

Eternalservererror's Grill Noir took the lead on Performance once it enacted, and from Saturday Night teamed up with Melody's Dine and Wine to have Chiiika's Truck set the same Menu but a dollar or two higher, so that her customers would always head to Grill Noir instead. (From Discord discussion they flipped a coin in advance to decide who would benefit from this plan, the other agreeing to go along with it and lose the dynasty.)

Nobody seemed to notice this Menu business, and Grill Noir got to 5 Performance on Sunday Night. With a proposal to lower the victory bar to 8 Performance, Grill Noir only needed to stay in the lead for one more night - which it did, and Eternalservererror [https://blognomic.com/archive/closing_time_every_new_beginning_comes_from_some_other_beginnings_end declared victory].

==Commentary==
* [https://blognomic.com/archive/temperature_check Temperature Check] was a mid-dynasty review
* [https://blognomic.com/archive/24_hour_pokes_rice_and_beans 24 Hour Pokes’ Rice and Beans] was the post-dynastic discussion

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