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Secretary- Turn 4
« on: July 16, 2014, 01:22:22 pm »

Secretary
Of Mix and Match!

What is this?
You take over a civ and lead it to victory though history.

What's the catch?
You all control one civ. Each person belongs to a department and can only control that aspect of civilizations? To keep it simple, there will be five departments. There are win conditions for each department and some lose conditions as well. Maintain your department’s power and public image while debasing those of others.

Departments?
Department of Defense
Control external and internal defense
Department of Production
Control construction, production and employment.
Department of Economy
Control money, value and trade
Department of Science
Control technology, innovation and education
Department of Culture
Control culture, religion, and tourism

How do I play?
This will be a turn based game. There will be a multiple of 5 people playing (5, 10, 15 oh my), for balance.
Every Department has their own terms and actions that they can do. There is also a general terms and action list that everyone can use.
Every turn you can perform 1 action and 1 combination.
Combination
Combine 2 terms to try to make a new one. Not always successful. Hint: if it doesn’t make sense logically, it might not work.
Sometimes a catalyst term is required in order to for a combination to work, requiring 3 words for a reaction to work. The catalyst just needs to exist for a combination to work. So combinations result in the same thing.
Action
Do an action from one of your departments powers. This usually changes or adds an aspect to life.
Joint Combination
Ask a Department to lend one of their terms while offering one of your own. When this happens, the receiving end of the offer can reject it.
Joint Action
Ask a Department to perform a specific Joint Action that you propose. Joint operations the specialties of both departments in order to be completed. When this happens, the receiving end of the offer can reject it.
Rejection
Several different types of rejection:
Denouncement- Affects the public opinion of either you or them, by increasing or decreasing. Affected by public image, power and hilarity of insult. An insult is required.
Rebuttal- Affects the power of either you or them, by increasing or decreasing. Affected by power, public opinion and wit of rebuttal. A witty rebuttal is required.
Declination-Simply decline and nothing happens. Rarely, a slight increase in public opinion would occur.
Rejections or acceptations are "passive" and don't count as a action.

How can I win?
We cannot all win.
Only one department can win.
You win by obtaining a win condition.
Win conditions basically make the entire nation represented by that one aspect. Example: a great nation of wealth, a dominantly military state, a scientific empire!
We can all lose.
We lose by obtaining a lose condition.
If that happens the GM wins.

Feel free to ask any questions, I’m pretty sure I missed a whole lot of information.

First time ever posting on the forum. Might as well jump in the deep end.

Current Players:
Yourmaster
Hawk132
Comrade Shamrock
Playergamer
Remuthra
LordSlowpoke
NAV
sal880612m
escaped lurker
scapheap

Waitlist, but feel free to provide ideas:
TamerVirus
Alev
Arcvasti

EDIT: Added lists of names.
EDIT2: Fixed descriptions of stuff.
« Last Edit: July 17, 2014, 11:34:28 pm by Beta Graphite »
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Re: Secretary- Of Checks and Balances
« Reply #1 on: July 16, 2014, 01:49:15 pm »

The title had me guessing something - to be honest - far... less interesting, but this actually looks quite intriguing instead.
Paint me interested in this one.

While the system is easy enough to understand at first glance, that combination system could give it quite the depth. Could you explain it in more detail, as I only have a hunch how it might work. Just one a two examples would do the trick.

Also of interest, at what "tech-level" would we start?

Edit: Oh my, how embarassing, didn't think of it straight awaiy >>

Welcome to the Forums! ;3
« Last Edit: July 16, 2014, 02:16:40 pm by escaped lurker »
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Re: Secretary- Of Checks and Balances
« Reply #2 on: July 16, 2014, 02:05:46 pm »

Department of !!Science!!
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Re: Secretary- Of Checks and Balances
« Reply #3 on: July 16, 2014, 02:08:20 pm »

1. Can we volunteer now? I want to be DoP (Production)
2. What is a term?
3. Could you please try and explain combinations in depth. I'm probably more in the dark than lurker.
4. Will there be other civs?
5. Also, tech level interests me too.
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Re: Secretary- Of Checks and Balances
« Reply #4 on: July 16, 2014, 02:15:32 pm »

Play a game of Doodle God. That's basically it.
For example, in one of my first games, in the early stages, someone combined person and exploration to make a scout and got the ability to recruit scouts.
Another person tried herbs and water but got nothing. Later came back mid game with medicine as a catalyst and got potion.
For the tech, you will basically be cavemen just observing the land. Terms will appear in bold as I give winded descriptions about stuff.
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Re: Secretary- Of Checks and Balances
« Reply #5 on: July 16, 2014, 02:17:52 pm »

Oh snap, people are signing up. I never did this before. What do I do?
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Re: Secretary- Of Checks and Balances
« Reply #6 on: July 16, 2014, 02:18:25 pm »

Interesting. Although I don't think I'll play (that might changed).

I am assuming that the merging of terms is something in the vein of Doodle God.

FAKEEDIT: Damn ninja GM.

REALEDIT: Sign me up for Department of Defense.

EDIT2: I've just noticed. Welcome to the forums!
« Last Edit: July 16, 2014, 02:32:31 pm by Hawk132 »
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Re: Secretary- Of Checks and Balances
« Reply #7 on: July 16, 2014, 02:29:43 pm »

Play a game of Doodle God. That's basically it.

Yep, that also was my hunch. Out of interest, do you have a whole sheet with these combinations ready, or will there be a random element involved?

Either Way; I'll take Department of Culture

Oh snap, people are signing up. I never did this before. What do I do?

Well, unless the gm specifies otherwise, the "first come, first served" rule is commonly used here. In this context it means that the first to sign up for a position, is also the one who will get it. Anyone after that may wander on the waitlist, or just had bad enough luck to find the game too late.

So basically; "Wait untill enough players have sorted out the - who will be who - amongst themselves, and then start the game" ... I guess?
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Re: Secretary- Of Checks and Balances
« Reply #8 on: July 16, 2014, 02:34:41 pm »

Oh snap, people are signing up. I never did this before. What do I do?
Wait until your multiple of five is here. Quickly invent content off the top of your head and begin the game.  ;D

Edit: Lurker's plan is better
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Re: Secretary- Of Checks and Balances
« Reply #9 on: July 16, 2014, 02:35:55 pm »

Department of Defense, since science and culture are taken
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Re: Secretary- Of Checks and Balances
« Reply #10 on: July 16, 2014, 02:37:00 pm »

Department of Defense, since science and culture are taken
Sorry, but I've already taken that.
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Re: Secretary- Of Checks and Balances
« Reply #11 on: July 16, 2014, 02:37:07 pm »

I'll take the department of economy.

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Re: Secretary- Of Checks and Balances
« Reply #12 on: July 16, 2014, 02:42:10 pm »

DoD Hawk
DoP Me
DoE Remuthra
DoS NAV
DoC Escaped Lurker

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Re: Secretary- Of Checks and Balances
« Reply #13 on: July 16, 2014, 02:45:58 pm »

Woah, that was fast.
So the list is:
Hawk132
Comrade Shamrock
Remuthra
NAV
escaped lurker

With Yourmaster waiting for 4 other colors.
Ill get on my actual computer to get the images ready.
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Re: Secretary- Of Checks and Balances
« Reply #14 on: July 16, 2014, 02:47:02 pm »

waitlist on trade
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