Re: Power Of The Day -- Amex

On 12 Nov 2003 09:54:14 -0800
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Patrick Riley) wrote:

> To simplify things, why not just make Amex like a lucre version of
> Miser?
> 
> You start the game with an extra hoard of 40 lucre. This hoard is not
> subject to loss of lucre because of other powers, Edicts, consolation,
> or other effects; your normal lucre is affected normally. When you
> receive new lucre, it does not go into your hoard. If you spend all
> the lucre in your hoard, you may refill it to 40 by vacating an
> external base (or home base if you have none). A Cosmic Zap prevents
> you from spending lucre from your hoard, but not from losing a base.
> 
> That way, there is no ledger and no worrying about whether or not you
> are in debt to 40 for the first or second time. Since you still have
> "normal" lucre, players can still get lucre from you, but your hoarde
> is safe.
> 
> I don't like the "lose a base" mechanism because it seems a bit clunky
> and drags the game on. As an alternative, how about "If you spend all
> the lucre in your hoard, you may refill it to 40 and every other
> player also gets 10 lucre from the bank."

How about something that acts more like a real bankruptcy, where your assets are 
divided. So something like "If you spend all the lucre in your hoard, you may refill 
it to 40 and every other player gets a base where you already have a base."

--Christopher Tyler