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[Rooster]

Frelock and Dwarves of Mountains:

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Two of the dwarves are feeling nervous, and are on their guard for danger. They decide it would be best to take care of others. You are rewarded with 0.25 sentiency points

The rest create a tight group. One of them decides to examine a plant, and another picks up a branch. you are rewarded with 0.50 sentiency points.

Areas of importance:

I designate the southern exit as important and dangerous.
I designate the plants as important and beneficial.
I designate the water to the east as important, beneficial, and dangerous.

Points: 0.75

Items held:
branch
plant

Haika, and Mermen of the seaside:

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All of the merfolk are fascinated with the beauty of the land. The glittering of the sand, and the waves of the sea.

Two merfolk decide to jump right into unexplored waters. Then they stumble upon seaweed. Their curious nature compells them to know more about it, so they watch. One of them rips the seaweed into two pieces with his claws, but it doesn't die. His thought is "grow". Beneficial actions of your people give you 1 sentiency point.

Two of the merfolk see that sea is worth exploring and run off to pick up branches. Two more follow.
The first pair, consisting of male and female, dances a sensual dance while watching the turtles doing the same thing. The other two enjoy the warmth of water. You are awarded with 0.50 points

Two of the merfolk also jump into the sea. Fascinated with seaweed they pick it up. You are awarded with 0.25 points

The last three decide to watch the shore for others. They create a tight group.

Areas of importance:

Ocean is marked as benificial, important, dangerous.
sand will be marked as important
rock or whatever that is to the north I will mark as unimportant for now.

Points: 1.75 (that means you can spend them on "general ideas" next turn OR leave them be and wait to have more of those.)

Items held:
branch x 4
seaweed x 3

Some people have are liked by the holy dice.
As you can see, creative turns get more points.

As you can see turns will be done when I have time, and not when everybody posts their actions.
So RAM and Archangel get on here or you'll never catch up with others 

[Frelock]

I watch the dwarf by the water, and see what he's thinking.

I put "eat" into the mind of the dwarf with the plant.
I put "build" into the mind of the dwarf with the stick.
I put "fortify" into the mind of the guard in the south.
I put "collect" into the minds of 2 other dwarves.
Finally I put "dig" into the minds of yet another 2 dwarves.

I designate the stones as important
I designate the dirt as unimportant
I designate the wall as important

[Haika]

observation will go to the merfolk with 'grow' in his head.

The three merfolk on the beach get 'Sentry'
The two watching turtles will be left to do what they do, with a minor influence of 'mauve'
The one with 'grow' in his head, I will give the influence of 'plant'
A couple merfolk around the seaweed will get 'gather'
anyone left over will recieve 'learn'

Seaweed is designated benificial, important.
Turtles marked important, benificial.
Branches marked as benificial.
not sure what any of those items are on the map, but if any are shells, mark those benificial.
very deep sea will be marked with dangerous

I think I'll wait for a technology idea before I use my points for now.

[RAM]

/Rock
+/branch
plant
-River
-ocean
+Treefolk

2 treefolk "Grow"
2 treefolk "multiply"
4 treefolk "spread"

I try to observe whoever hasn't been influenced by me.

If any approach Rocks I send "wall"
If they approach Branches or Plants I send "fertiliser".

[Archangel]

Mark all glaciers as dangerous for now.
Mark the plants and sticks as beneficial, important.
Mark the bear or whatever it is as beneficial, dangerous.
Put the thought "Hunt" into the minds of two Yeti.
Put the thought "Talk" into the minds of another two; the thought "gather" into all but one of the remainder; and the thought "heat" into the last Yeti.

[Rooster]

Frelock and Dwarves of Mountains:

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The dwarf is thinking "flooding". The dwarf is nervous.

The dwarf with "eat" goes to meet the dwarf by the water. They hold a conversation.
They start looking for stream fish, and small water animals. (1d100:30) All they manage to catch is a small cave lobster. They are displeased. (1d100:42) The dwarf with plant weaves. He creates a bag.
They try again with the fishing. (1d100:66) They catch a cave fish. They eat. The dwarf by the water is less nervous, the other dwarf is proud. You get 0.25 points

What's going on? Two dwarves start collecting stones and boulders! Two other start transporting the rocks and pass them on! Another two are piling the rocks! One that is piling the rocks is guiding them all! Chain reaction combo! Joint action! award: 1.50 points

Areas of importance:

I designate the southern exit as important and dangerous.
I designate the plants as important and beneficial.
I designate the water to the east as important, beneficial, and dangerous.

I designate the stones as important
I designate the dirt as unimportant - illegal action, dirt not really existing at this point
I designate the wall as important

Points: 2.50

Items held:
branch - brown south
plant bag - dark blue east

Haika, and Mermen of the seaside:

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The merfolk holding shredded seaweed is thinking "repair"

The three "sentry" are compelled by their nature to watch the sea.

The merfolk puts shredded pieces at the bottom of the sea.

The two merfolk pick a seaweed each. They have now 2 seaweed. you get 0.25 points.

More and more merfolk start dancing with the turtles! you get 1 point

Areas of importance:

Ocean is marked as benificial, important, dangerous.
sand will be marked as important
rock or whatever that is to the north I will mark as unimportant for now.

Seaweed is designated benificial, important.
Turtles marked important, benificial.
Branches marked as benificial.
not sure what any of those items are on the map, but if any are shells, mark those benificial.
very deep sea will be marked with dangerous

Points: 3

Items held:
branch x 4 (2 purple, 2 light blue)
seaweed x 5 (1 light green, 4 dark green)

RAM, and treefolk of the forest:

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Sudden rush of angriness befalls your people. 4 of them start wandering. And every single one of them avoids walking towards any waters. They don't really care about their environment.

On of them even approaches a boulder... and kicks it towards a tree. It destroys it completely. 0.75 points awarded

Three of them walk towards branches and plants... and absorb them. As in eat them. You get 0.25 points.

Some of your guys think stuff like "devour", "absorb", and "food".

Areas of importance:

/Rock
+/branch
plant
-River
-ocean
+Treefolk

Points: 1

items:
none

Archangel, and Yeti of the tundra:

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One of your guys says:
"Oooga!Oga!Oooooooga! heat! Oooga!"
Two respond with:
"Ooga!"
They form a tight group.
0.75 points awarded.

Two yeti invent a game of running around, and tracking. 1 point awarded.
Eventually they pick up sticks, and try to take them out of opponents hands. another 0.25 points award.

Four Yeti gather around the sleeping bear. They start whispering:
"OOgA! Oooga! Worship!"
"OOga!"

Respond the others. whooping of 1.25 points award.

Points:2.25
 
Areas of importance:

Mark all glaciers as dangerous for now.
Mark the plants and sticks as beneficial, important.
Mark the bear or whatever it is as beneficial, dangerous.

K, at this point I must admit. The turns take way too long, but are so enjoyable that I'm not giving up on this game.
But I need some open ideas and critique now.

First of all the game should give the player both unpredictability of action and the ability of executing plans. I don't know if I fullfill that well enough. I need more open ways to screw the players over, because if they pick stuff like "gather" or "plant" stuff that are hard to misinterpret, then I'll have a big challenge with the game. Also players will eventually stop getting points from repetitive words. Just saying.

[Haika]

Well, I think it's interesting, but very vague and such. It's hard to clarify what you want your guys to do, maybe restrict a turn to 1 word, 1 designation, and a watch? Then you could put more randomness in other members of the species.

for my turn however:
I will observe the female of the two dancing merfolk.

mauve merfolk marked as important

Seaweed merfolk gets 'Life'

One of the three sentries gets 'Weapon'

edit: yes, I'll go ahead and buy a technology as well with my points, and see what I get.

[Frelock]

Whatever the system, the players will attempt to find some way of exercising control over that system.  After all, if a game plays itself, what's the fun in playing it?  So no matter what you do, there's still going to be some players who will try to exploit that system.  However, as it is now, its very difficult to control what the civilization is doing, at least how you interpret it.  I originally expected my dwarf to eat the plant, build small houses with sticks to learn something of construction, the guard to find a more secure position, the two dwarfs to get more branches, plants, and stones, and the last two to begin tunneling into the mountain(or at least try to).

What they actually did was completely different, though certainly not harmful.  If the main problem is the length, then it might be reasonable, as Haika suggested, to restrict a turn to a word (which could be given to any amount of creatures), a designation, and a watch.

Following this format, I will put "net" into the mind of the fisherdwarf, skip the designation stage, and watch the southern guard.  I will also use two points to discover fire (that would be tech, right?).

[RAM]

A couple of Treefolk think about white lowercase "o"s 4 others think "Explore" and the rest all get busy "Absorb"ing.

[Rooster]

Yeah, thanks for the ideas, I just might do that.

EDIT: So, it looks like the lack of understanding between the game and players is enough for the random factor? It's reasonable dare I say.
I'll do this turn normally and then the next with 1 thought 1 designation and 1 observation among any number of objects.

(Also Frelock: Fire is indeed on the list lucky you, but if anybody attempts to discover something that isn't, then one gets a random idea from the subtype instead)

Turn well, in about 12 hours...
In the meantime:
Frelock gets: Fire technology idea (your people know about fire, they will start fires, use it in more complicated actions if the opportunity presented itself and so forth)

Haika gets: (1d10:4) Craft technology idea (Your people get the bigger picture about items, so they will craft, create and combine items when needed)

Known ideas on the technology list:
-fire
-...
-...
-craft
-...
-...
-...
-...
-...
-...
10 total

[Archangel]

I shall use my points to get a tech idea.

 put the thought "Weapon" into the minds of the two Yeti with sticks; the thought "explore" into two of the ones near the bear; and the thought "friends" into the three that are huddling together.

I will watch the two Yeti that I've left alone.

[Rooster]

Haika, and Mermen of the seaside oceania:

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The mauve mermaid declares herself a queen. She's thinking "Ritual".
The mauve mermen swim off to the center of the shore. There they, well *pop* an egg or two.
Point award: 0.50

What the sea? The seaweed merfolk starts doing... stuff. He swims off, grabs a couple of seaweeds, shreds them to pieces, then puts them on a small area from before. Three original planted seaweeds have already grown. The mermen sea caretaker crafts a bag. and puts pieces of seaweed there.
The sea floor here starts to turn into a farm.
Point award:0.25

The seledine merman swims off and meets the turtle dancers. He asks one for his branch. Then swims a little farther away and using a stone sharpened by the sea and a seaweed from the seaweed caretaker crafts a spear.
Point award:0.25
Bonus: Discovered that one of the ideas of War is "weapon" which grants people the concept of harmfull objects and their use. They will actively seek them before combat.

Areas of importance:

Ocean is marked as benificial, important, dangerous.
sand will be marked as important
rock or whatever that is to the north I will mark as unimportant for now.

Seaweed is designated benificial, important.
Turtles marked important, benificial.
Branches marked as benificial.
not sure what any of those items are on the map, but if any are shells, mark those benificial.
very deep sea will be marked with dangerous

mauve merfolk marked as important

Points: 2

Items held:
branch x 4 (2 purple, 2 light blue)
seaweed x 4 (4 dark green)
bag x 1 (light green)

Ideas:
Craft

Frelock and Dwarves of Mountain Fortress:

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All the building dwarves complete the wall and the gate. Point award: 0.50

Your fisherdwarf is brave (or foolish) enough to go upstream!
There he adjusts his bag slightly. And places it carefully.
(1d100:77) There he catches a rainbow fish! It's quite big!
Point award: 0.75

The southern guard thinks "Safe"

Areas of importance:

I designate the southern exit as important and dangerous.
I designate the plants as important and beneficial.
I designate the water to the east as important, beneficial, and dangerous.

I designate the stones as important
I designate the dirt as unimportant - illegal action, dirt not really existing at this point
I designate the wall as important

Points: 1.75

Items held:
branch - brown south
a net - dark blue east

Ideas:
fire

RAM, and dark treefolk of the forest:

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Two of the treefolk go to grab boulders and throw them at each other!
(1d100:78) Both of them collide in the air. They drop on the groung creating quite a mess.
Point award:0.25

6 of the treefolk cross the river and start throwing boulders at the deers!
Point award:0.50

2 more cross the river, finish off the deers and eat them. They grow bigger.
Point award:0.50
Bonus award: Magic contains the idea religion which will cause treefolk to commit bloody animal sacrifice to the holy tree. It may give different thing to different races.

Areas of importance:

/Rock
+/branch
plant
-River
-ocean
+Treefolk

Points: 2.25

items:
none

Archangel, and Yeti tribe of the tundra:

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(1d10:1) Your Yeti now know the concept of fire!!!

Two yeti play with the sticks! They (the sticks) burst into flames. They are pleased.
They show their findings to the tribe. Point award:0.50

Two yeti rush off to rip dead trees out! They create a big pile of wood. Point award:0.50

The three Yeti are... mating?

The last two Yeti are praising the bear for the gift of fire!

Points:1.25

Areas of importance:

Mark all glaciers as dangerous for now.
Mark the plants and sticks as beneficial, important.
Mark the bear or whatever it is as beneficial, dangerous.

Ideas:
fire

Damn I feel like I forgot about something or done something wrong...
Just in case, you can UNdesignate areas if you wish to do so.

...Am I very late?

[RAM]

deer is beneficial
the treefolk diagonally between two dead deer thinks 'hoard'
The eastern-most treefolk is observed

[Archangel]

Small patch of ice to the North-West is changed to beneficial, unimportant.
The Yeti next to the bear thinks "kill". He will be observed.

[Haika]

Ok, lets watch our farmer merman.

The 'king' to the queen, gets 'protect'.

Eggs marked important, dangerous, benificial

And I'll go ahead and buy another technology idea

 
ocean is marked as benificial, important, dangerous.
sand will be marked as important
rock or whatever that is to the north I will mark as unimportant for now.
seaweed is designated benificial, important.
turtles marked important, benificial.
branches marked as benificial.
not sure what any of those items are on the map, but if any are shells, mark those benificial.
very deep sea will be marked with dangerous
mauve merfolk marked as important