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Include the following Building Blocks: "No Private Communication", "Mantle Limitations", "Virtual Actions". | Include the following Building Blocks: "No Private Communication", "Mantle Limitations", "Virtual Actions". | ||
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==Players== | ==Players== | ||
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==Gameplay summary== | ==Gameplay summary== | ||
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| + | Storytellers collaboratively write a story by first creating Fragments of the story using specific words chosen by the Storytellers themselves and a random word from a common list of words. The Fragments are then posted without the names of the authors, and are secretly scored by the Storytellers. The Storytellers receive Points from the Scoring for their Fragment, and the highest-scoring Fragment is added to The Story. | ||
==Final Ruleset== | ==Final Ruleset== | ||
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==Posts of Interest== | ==Posts of Interest== | ||
| + | * [https://blognomic.com/archive/finding_the_right_words Finding the Right Words] - Defined the Common Elements that must be in every Fragment | ||
| + | * [https://blognomic.com/archive/fractured_fairy_tales Fractured Fairy Tales] - Defined a Fragment and the beginnings of Drawing the Common Elements | ||
| + | * [https://blognomic.com/archive/collecting_ones_notes Collecting Ones Notes] - Added Categories as a way to continually re-use certain Characters, Locations, etc. | ||
| + | * [https://blognomic.com/archive/stand_in_judgement Stand In Judgement] - Process for posting each Storyteller's Fragments | ||
| + | * [https://blognomic.com/archive/four_score_and_seven_points_ago Four Score and Seven Points Ago] - Process for scoring Fragments | ||
| + | * [https://blognomic.com/archive/sparks_of_hope Sparks of Hope] - Allows Storytellers to pick a common word for the chance that it gets used in the Common Elements, and added the Common Words in the [[Oxford 3000]] wiki page | ||
| + | * [https://blognomic.com/archive/writers_block1 Writers Block] - Removed the time limits for submitting Fragments or Scoring | ||
| + | * [https://blognomic.com/archive/ghost_writers Ghost Writers] - Shortened the Idle timer to 96 hours for Storytellers who didn't post or comment and who didn't perform significant dynastic actions within the past 96 hours | ||
| + | * [https://blognomic.com/archive/giving_credit_where_credit_is_due Giving Credit Where Credit Is Due] - Allowed posting of who wrote which parts of The Story at the end of the dynasty | ||
{{to be completed}} | {{to be completed}} | ||
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| + | ===Non-dynastic Proposals=== | ||
| + | * [https://blognomic.com/archive/mantle_shelf_core_building_blocks Mantle Shelf] - Made Mantle Passing off by default | ||
==Ascension== | ==Ascension== | ||
Latest revision as of 21:39, 13 June 2024
22 May 2024 -
Contents
Ascension Address
The children gathered around Granny as she sat in her rocking chair, smoking her pipe while waiting for the tiny voices to settle down into silence. She took one last puff and blew a smoke ring that drifted lazily up to the ceiling before it faded away. With a smile, she set down her pipe, then reached out and grabbed a well-worn book from the nearby shelf, its edges frayed from multiple readings and its pages yellowed from the ravages of Time. It smelled of leather, pulp, and decades of dust. The spine made an audible creaking noise as she opened the book and turned to the first page. In a quiet but clear voice, she began to read: "Once upon a time..."
The dynasty's theme shall be "Storytelling".
Repeal all dynastic rules.
Set the synonym for Player to "Storyteller" and the synonym for Emperor to "Publisher".
Change the gamestate tracking page to "Once Upon A Time".
Include the following Building Blocks: "No Private Communication", "Mantle Limitations", "Virtual Actions".
Imperial Styles: Guide, Protective, Powerhouse, Scam-Neutral, Servile, Methodical.
Players
The following players were active at the beginning of this Dynasty: 4st, Clucky, JonathanDark, Juniper.ohyegods, Kevan, NadNavillus
The following players were active at the end of this Dynasty:
Gameplay summary
Storytellers collaboratively write a story by first creating Fragments of the story using specific words chosen by the Storytellers themselves and a random word from a common list of words. The Fragments are then posted without the names of the authors, and are secretly scored by the Storytellers. The Storytellers receive Points from the Scoring for their Fragment, and the highest-scoring Fragment is added to The Story.
Final Ruleset
Gamestate
Posts of Interest
- Finding the Right Words - Defined the Common Elements that must be in every Fragment
- Fractured Fairy Tales - Defined a Fragment and the beginnings of Drawing the Common Elements
- Collecting Ones Notes - Added Categories as a way to continually re-use certain Characters, Locations, etc.
- Stand In Judgement - Process for posting each Storyteller's Fragments
- Four Score and Seven Points Ago - Process for scoring Fragments
- Sparks of Hope - Allows Storytellers to pick a common word for the chance that it gets used in the Common Elements, and added the Common Words in the Oxford 3000 wiki page
- Writers Block - Removed the time limits for submitting Fragments or Scoring
- Ghost Writers - Shortened the Idle timer to 96 hours for Storytellers who didn't post or comment and who didn't perform significant dynastic actions within the past 96 hours
- Giving Credit Where Credit Is Due - Allowed posting of who wrote which parts of The Story at the end of the dynasty
- (This list of significant dynastic events is currently incomplete.)
Non-dynastic Proposals
- Mantle Shelf - Made Mantle Passing off by default
