Successor game rules, draft one.

[Zim]

I'm a bit busy for the next day or so as the Sheriff's Department is doing a gun auction... I'll give the rules a good look and editting tomorrow evening.

To answer those last few questions real quick:

"(1) Why was the Prioritized Construction system removed? That worked fine and seemed popular in LotR and was one of the effective methods of avoiding a totally partisan Chancellor."

Was it popular? During the time I played (with a big chunk missing in the middle fo the game when I didn't have internet access) virtually noone used it...

I removed it because I thought almost noone used it and I wanted to simplify the rank powers a little (same reason I took out a few of the other powers).

"(2) Is it intentional that pretty much every player gets prioritized units? In LotR, the system allowed only the 'top dog' in a feudal chain to get prioritized units, though he could prioritize them in his vassals settlements. This was designed to make Houses more cohesive and create a more important relationship between the top-most lord and his vassals. By giving EVERYONE prioritized units, you are actually making the Houses more decentralized and less reliant on the Duke, which I think is the opposite of what people wanted. In addition, we're going to be bleeding Prioritized Units out our eyeballs once the initial expansion is over and everyone has a province. You're looking at upwards of 80 prioritizations per term! "

I liked the idea of decentralizing it a bit and giving lower ranks a chance to prioritize a small number of movements. I did mention it and ask if anyone had concerns, quite some time ago, which would have been a nice time to raise them. However, I did not do the number crunching needed to forsee if it would be a problem...

It might be worth noting that I had exactly one request for something like 3 prioritized units during my term as Megas, even though many, many more could have been made. Seeing the low use rate for that power, I guess I didn't think too much about the ramifications if everyone used it.

At any point anyone is free to put up their own rule system or volunteer to take over gm duties. I put my own efforts towards doing so because nooone else seemed willing to at the time and I've found these games to be a big part of the fun I've had since coming to the Org. I'm not a lawyer and I've never written rules for a complex game before. I'm just doing the best I can...