The Twenty-Seventh Dynasty of Kevan

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13 August 2020 - 9 September 2020

Ascension Address

Sunrise on an unexplored planet. A cloud of metallic dust shimmers into the clear, orange sky as the ISV Jenny Haniver pivots and touches down beside a towering outcrop of dark grey rock. As the ship’s landing legs lock into place, solar panels begin to unfurl in the morning sun, recharging essential circuits for the long journey back to the Jovian core system.

Raising their gloved hands against the sun’s glare, the Pathfinder crew of the Haniver make their way down the landing ramp, out into the dust. The first of the group peers intently at a handheld device with a small, spinning wheel, while two others drag a heavy crate of supplies into the shade and detach its locking bolts. “Computational wheel scans indicate this area should be relatively rich in subsurface sudorite and deltarite,” says the lead Pathfinder over the open comms channel, “and despite the plant cover, these readings suggest that any life on the planet is statistically unlikely to—”

All visors suddenly tilt up at a sharp crack of sound and light from the rocks nearby. After a beat, they turn to a lower-ranking Pathfinder still standing at the airlock, who lowers their standard-issue stun pistol with an embarrassed shrug. “I thought I saw something.”

“That’s vertorite.” says the Pathfinder with the wheel, stepping up to the dark rock to run a gloved finger across the black smudge on its surface. “Looks like our weapons don’t affect it.” They tap a button on the wheeled device, and a purple square shimmers to grey.

Replace “Gambler” with “Pathfinder” and “Emperor” with “Computer”, throughout the ruleset.

Players

The following players were active at the start of the Dynasty:

Bais, Cuddlebeam, Darknight, derrick, Josh, Jumble, Kevan, pokes, Publius Scribonius Scholasticus, Raven1207, Zyborg, Ther

And at the end:

Cuddlebeam, derrick, Josh, Kevan, pokes, Raven1207, Riggdan, Tantusar

Final Ruleset

Gamestate

The final (and unofficial) map of New Ganymede

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(This list of significant dynastic events is currently incomplete.)

Ascension

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It was all about Prestige once the victory condition was in place - whoever had the most when New Ganymede is Understood had won.

Derrick was in a large lead for Prestige (39), with Josh in second place (30). In order to gain the boost in strength that they needed in order to win, Josh recruited Cuddlebeam, having offered a 40% chance to the Emperor mantle in exchange for their help. In order to reduce derrick's per-Sunrise Prestige gains, they linked their base's Location to the Cortex Desert, reducing its Usefulness by decreasing the distance between it and that central base (which determined its Prestige gains).

While Proposals had been made to try to prevent it, timing actions around the last Sunrise proved to be crucial. Right before it, Cuddlebeam crafted an Energy Drink and with their new Stamina, they Product Scanned Iterium and Arcti Sordia to increase the Usefulness of Josh's base, and therefore, their Prestige gains. Josh drank an Energy Drink and used their Stamina to gain Prestige for themselves as well, via Applications.

However, at the same time that Josh was making their actions, derrick was on the move as well. Josh performed Research and moved to the Haniver to win. Derrick immediately performed enough Research to take them back into the lead, but didn't return to the Haniver before the DoV had been posted, so Josh was the only player to achieve victory. (Inspecting wiki API timestamps, they showed a 40-second gap between the Josh and Derrick's Research actions, meaning that Derrick had also likely Researched after Josh had posted their DoV.)

Commentary

I was snoozing pretty hard on the dynasty after the earlygame and had my Prestige floored, so I had no chance to win conventionally (and I wasn't trying to, anyways. Just waiting for a new dynasty to roll in). Thankfully, somewhat out of the blue, Josh proposed to me a 40% offer to the mantle in exchange for me helping them out. Now, they could be a Traitor-playing-as-a-Traitor, but without much of an option to gain any dynasty prizes in any other way, I accepted. Embarassingly, they had to write up what I had to do for me to copypasta because I wasn't studied on the rules, but I diligently did everything that was required of me. And Josh won by the skin of his teeth! But I lost the roll to the mantle, lol. Still, its yet another good example of how Pools are strong - they provided the boost Josh needed to catch up with derrick to win. We've had a Pool meta lately (I'm partially to blame), and I think this endgame has been a good example of how Pooling trumps Conventional play - both Josh and derrick were playing conventionally and on their own, but the addition of the Pool gave Josh that push he needed to (barely) win from being behind. Scams are stronger than Pools though, and often don't require any allies to pull off. Maybe the meta turns into that eventually, as people perhaps look for something that can overwhelm Pools. ----Cuddlebeam (talk) 07:16, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

Dynastic Histories

Round One - Myke I - Lyndse I - Myke II - Kevan I - Anthony I - Est I - Kevan II - Damanor I - Kevan III - Cayvie I - Josh I - Keitalia I - SatyrEyes I - Metadynasty I - Cayvie II - Brendan I - Kevan IV - Knightking I - Chronos Phaenon I - TrumanCapote I - Knightking II - Quazie I - Simon I - AngryGrasshopper I - Rodney I - Aaron I - Josh II - Metadynasty II - Chronos Phaenon II - Excalabur I - Excalabur II - 75th Trombone I - Elias IX I - Metadynasty III - Angry Grasshopper II - Hix I - Thelonious I - Elias IX II - Rodney II - Clucky I - Doremi I - Chronos Phaenon III - Amnistar I - Clucky II - Amnistar II - Bucky I - Clucky III - Josh III - Kevan V - Hix II - Spikebrennan I - Jack I - Purplebeard I - Rodlen I - Yoda I - Amnistar III - Darknight I - Bucky II - Yoda II - Metadynasty IV - Arthexis I - Amnistar IV - Devenger I - Ais523 I - Ienpw III I - Qwazukee I - Klisz I - Metadynasty V - Bucky III - Wakukee I - Kevan VI - Ais523 II - Josh IV - Purplebeard II - Ais523 III - Ienpw III II - Klisz II - Lilomar I - Coppro I - Ais523 IV - Kevan VII - Brendan II - Alecto I - Josh V - Clucky IV - Purplebeard III - Kevan VIII - Ais523 V - Purplebeard IV - Yoda III - Bucky IV - Kevan IX - Bateleur I - Metadynasty VI - Coppro II - Ais523 VI - Cpt Koen I - Southpointingchariot I - Josh VI - Scshunt III - Quirck I - Clucky V - Bucky V - Kevan X - Josh VII - Kevan XI - Scshunt IV - RaichuKFM I - Larrytheturtle I - Skju I - Metadynasty VII - Purplebeard V - Spitemaster I - Josh VIII - RaichuKFM II - The Alien I - Benzene I - RaichuKFM III - Purplebeard VI - Kevan XII - Ayesdeeef I - Bucky VI - Kevan XIII - Josh IX - Mideg I - Kevan XIV - Brendan III - Kevan XV - Tantusar I - Josh X - Kevan XVI - Thrawn I - Brendan IV - Kevan XVII - Moonroof I - RaichuKFM IV - Larrytheturtle II - Brendan V - Kevan XVIII - Brendan VI - RaichuKFM V - Kevan XIX - Brendan VII - Kevan XX - Viv I - Pokes I - Sphinx I - Madrid I - Pokes II - Madrid II - Metadynasty VIII - Axemabaro I - Diabecko I - Kevan XXI - Diabecko & Card I - Kevan XXII - Derrick I - Card I - Madrid III - Card II - Kevan XXIII - Pokes III - Kevan XXIV - Trigon I - Derrick II - Kevan XXV - Derrick III - Farsight I - TyGuy6 I - Pokes IV - Madrid IV - TyGuy6 II - Kevan XXVI - The Duke of Waltham I - Josh XI - Clucky VI - Naught I - Metadynasty IX - Kevan XXVII - Josh XII - Clucky VII - Josh XIII - Bucky VII - Josh XIV - Kevan XXVIII - Lemonfanta I - Clucky VIII - Josh XV - Misty I - ais523 VII - Josh XVI - Kevan XXIX - Trapdoorspyder I - Metadynasty X - Brendan VIII - Brendan IX - Zack I - Misty II - Josh XVII - MadisonSilver I - Josh XVIII - Kevan XXX - Lendunistus I - Josh XIX - SingularByte I - Trapdoorspyder II - Bucky XIII - JonathanDark I - Trapdoorspyder III - Habanero I - JonathanDark II - Misty III - Metadynasty XI - Josh XX - Lemon II - Kevan XXXI - Josh XXI - Clucky IX - Vovix I - JonathanDark III - Zack II - JonathanDark IV - Josh XXII