New: The Gods Decide (free, open-ended, www, computer, historical, abstract)

From: donotreply@pbm.com (PBM List Autoposter)

Date: Sat, 22 May 2004 07:13:05 +0000

Name:		The Gods Decide
Costs:		free
URL:		http://www.ukg.co.uk/thegodsdecide/rules.htm
Frequency:		daily
Email:		info zat ukg.co.uk
Type:		gods bidding strategy (simple) game
Last-Update:		2004May16
Keywords: free, open-ended, www, computer, historical, abstract

Description:

You are a god (male or female, up to you) on Mount Olympus. Bored with
supping on nectar and ambrosia, you look down on the teeming mortal world
and decide to amuse yourself by tampering with the fates of puny humans.
Some humans have sparks that burn brightly, and it is on these, the
heroes, that you concentrate your divine attention.

Turns run every weekday at 10am (UK time). You can submit a maximum of one
set of orders per turn. If you submit more, the newer ones will overwrite
the older ones. You can skip turns whenever you want, it doesn't really
make much difference.

Each turn you must decide which hero you will Favour, and on which hero
you will Stake part of your Reputation. Thanks to the crankiness of Zeus,
father of the gods, these may not be the same hero: you cannot Favour the
hero on whom you have Staked, and you cannot Stake on the hero you have
Favoured. Furthermore, you cannot Stake without Favouring, or Favour
without Staking: you must do both. And even further furthermore, you may
not Favour the hero who's currently top of the rankings: Zeus looks with
displasure on such hubris.

Each new god starts with 10 Reputation. In a turn in which you Stake part
of it, you will gain Reputation if your Staked hero moves up the hero
ranking table, and you will lose it if they move down it. (If they stay
the same, and in turns when you don't Stake, your Reputation is
unchanged.)

If your hero rises, the amount of Reputation you gain is given by (total
number of favours given to that hero this turn) / (number of gods staking
their Reputation on them). If your hero sinks, you lose 1 Reputation.

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