The Tenth Dynasty of ais523
18 May - 2 June 2025
Contents
1 Ascension Address
Ascension Address: A Drafting Task
The Drafters filed into the drafting room, eager to take on their first assignment, but with some trepidation. Would they really be able to live up to the standards of such a large nomic?
They started reading the task they were given. “Write a summary of the gameplay for a hypothetical future BlogNomic dynasty, together with at least two hypothetical dynastic rules that might exist in the early stages of that dynasty.” Well, that seemed simple enough. New Emperors did that all the time, often at short notice.
A buzzer sounded, and the task description got a little longer. It was asking for changes, adding restrictions, twists to make the job of drafting harder. Still, one new requirement wasn’t too bad; all that was needed was a few changes here and there, maybe rethinking an idea or two.
Then the buzzer sounded again, and again, and again. Restrictions piled up: anything from well-thought-out “don’t do this, or it’ll cause problems in your dynasty” advice, to somewhat eclectic gameplay preferences which somehow all had to be satisfied simultaneously, to totally arbitrary rules that seemed to be there for no reason to trip people up. It was going to be a long day.
Change Agent to Drafter and Concierge to Supervisor. Repeal all dynastic rules. Remove “Reinitialisation”, “Virtual Actions”, and “Precondition Unidling” from the list of Building Blocks; include “Everyone’s Playing” (adding it) and “Revisions Allowed” (retainng it). Change the gamestate tracking page to “Drafting Board”. Imperial Styles: Guide, Hands-Off, Wildcard.
2 Players
The following players were active in the early game: ais523, Clucky, Darknight, DoomedIdeas, JonathanDark, Josh, Kevan, Trapdoorspyder
The following players were active at the end of the game: ais523, Clucky, Darknight, DoomedIdeas, JonathanDark, Josh, Kevan, lendunistus, Trapdoorspyder, Verba
3 Gameplay summary
Players write Drafts of ideas for the next dynasty, post Reviews of each others' Drafts, and ultimately cast numerically-ordered Ballots for which Draft dynasty they wish to happen next.
4 Final Ruleset
5 Gamestate
6 Posts of Interest
- (This list of significant dynastic events is currently incomplete.)
7 Ascension
The final selection of a Winning Plan produced a questionable result, but happily the Emperor had put a contingency in place in the form of a proposal that would generate the same result shortly after the Plan selection was due to take place. Both measures selected Josh's Container Draft as the winning plan; he duly declared victory.
