Round 10/Ruleset Draft: Difference between revisions

Each week is divided into three phases:  

The Bartering Phase: Thursday and Friday

The Resolution Phase: Saturday

== Bidding ==

Players may bid on lots by sending a message in #auctions. A bid must be a natural number of points that is at least 1, and the bidding player must possess at least that number of points. If the game state changes such that a player can no longer afford their bid, the bid becomes invalid and does not affect the auction for that lot. Bids on a lot must increase the amount bid. At the end of the Auction Phase, the auction concludes and the lot is transferred to the possession of the highest bidder and points are deducted.

Each lot consists of two cards. Each auction has six lots.

During any phase other than the Auction Phase, if there are fewer lots than the number specified above, any player may generate cards by announcing that they are doing so and publicly rolling a series of d4s and d5s. The d4s determine each card's suit and the d5s its rank. The cards are then sequentially grouped into lots of two

! Dice !! Rank

| 1 || Ace

| 2 || 10

| 3 || Jack

| 4 || Queen

| 5 || King

! Dice !! Suit  

== Readying a hand ==

During the Bartering Phase, each player may Present a Hand a set of five cards in their possession by sending a message in #game-actions that clearly specifies their choice. The message must be sent through a bot and must be traceable back to the player. Once a player has Presented their Hand during a phase, they may not change or re-do their choice.

 

During the Resolution Phase, all players who have Presented a Hand receive a placement according to the contents of their Ready hands. Better hands get a lower rank number. The players then gain the prize(s) corresponding to their placement.  

Placement | Prizes

1 | 1 Standard Proposal-Maker and 300 points

2 | 1 Standard Proposal-Maker and 100 points

3 | 300 points

4 | 200 points

5 | 100 points

Hands are ranked as follows: (2 and A are treated as sequential for the purposes of ranking hands)

ties are broken in favour of the hand with the highest card.

 

 

 

 

 

If two hands have the same highest card, the tie is broken according to the next highest card, and so on. If two hands are identical, then the tie is broken according to a coin-toss by one of the two players involved in the tie or a moderator.

 

All game actions in this section can be performed by announcing them in the channel #game-actions.

A trade is is an exchange or transfer of zero or more items between two entities. Players may trade items with other players. Players may trade non-Quack items with ducks in their own possession.

 

A trade between two players takes place when both players explicitly consent to the trade in #game-actions. A trade between a player and their duck takes place when the player announces it in #game-actions.

If more than one proposal takes effect, they take effect in the order in which they were proposed.

The class of a proposal is either "normal" or "urgent". When a proposal is submitted, the submitter may specify its class.  

==== Urgent Proposal ====

Any player may make an Urgent Class proposal. Urgent proposals may only be used to correct the game to its intended state and to maintain playability.

 

The voting period for a standard proposal is the phase that started after the proposal was submitted. A standard proposal takes effect if and only if it has no more than three votes against it at the end of its voting period.

== Actions ==

A "game action" is any action a player may take that would alter the gamestate. A default-method game action is a game action that the rules describe as performable by some persons but do not explicitly provide a method for, or an action which the rules describe as performable in #game-actions.

Points.

==== Standard Proposal-Maker ====

Allows the player to make one standard proposal. If the proposal is retracted before its voting period starts, this item is returned to the player's possession.

A judge ruling can be overturned within 4 days of being made by initiating a public vote of confidence in #game-actions; the votes may be cast for a period of 2 days after initiation. A ruling is overturned if strictly more players vote in favor of overturning than affirming. An overturned ruling shall have no bearing on the interpretation of the rules or of the gamestate.

A ruling may be overturned by the Judge within one week of being made. When a ruling is overturned in this manner, the Judge shall then issue a new ruling on the initial request, which shall be binding in the same manner as the original ruling.

Any player may become a candidate for the next Judge by sending a text message in the channel #judge-elections. Immediately after the week ends, the player whose text message has the most :+1: reactions becomes the Judge for the week. Ties are broken in favour of the player with the earliest text message.