Quest Medal (DOLM) awards 1630
We had 11 Quests given to Master and higher level players. Since the Quests were secret (and some of them continue as storytelling elements, and may be tasked again in same or modified form), they will not be disclosed unless completed. The new Quest deadline is end of 1639, so you will have plenty of time to request one and complete it in time!
Master Zephyrus successfully prevented CK from meddling with the War on the Continent on the protestant side. (We remain catholic and tensions have eased, also Gustaf Adolf has not launched an offensive yet, which he historically is planning to do.)
Lord Syksy of Petrichor did "20 good deeds" in the admin side.
Lord Cryptonic got the Quest medal for NPCC challenge.
Sir Mooo of Stonehaven also performed in the challenge and Zechariah is not stingy with the medals.
The others will have a new chance.
The Knights of the Order of Doplhin are Knighted upon their first receipt of the DOLM but may gain additional ones. DOLM medals have been awarded twice:
- 8 medals for Plague in 1608
- 4 medals for Quests in 1630.
Gamemaster ruling on NPCC
Syksy's table above is final and prizes will be allocated accordingly.
The NPCC are a backend activity in the game. Until now, we planned it so at least. There has been quite intense discussion about the rules, though. The following points have been mentioned:
- Players who command farms have incentive to give good deals in the market, if not outright "free grain" (VEG), if their farmer compensation suffers less than the expected NPCC compensation (and starve the NPCC with overpriced produce if not).
- One player had CAN and could give a good deal on that.
- Another player had the controlling position on tailors, and - surprise! - his NPCC won the suits race.
- Straight giving to your NPCC was not expressly forbidden, so that was done as well, with obvious results.
- Some cried "unfair" based on common morality, others based on rules, which of course were vague enough since this was the trial round!
We move on. I am not a freshman with the conflict of interest, needing to live constantly with them in my own dealings and decisions. I am still the main financial planner of the Town (of which I own nearly half if Coinshop counts). I have 30% of RWWC, 10% of Bank, majority of NewCorp and hence, NewFarms, 100% of King's Farms, etc(x2). And these are typically larger sums than in the NPCC game. I am quite happy that in my dealings, there has not been open debate about partiality, even up to the extent that we are now having over sums ranging from 5-50 CKG related to NPCC. So clearly I am doing something right. And that is what counts.
We want to continue with the NPCC because they are a very vital component of the game economy. If anyone wants to command an account, or has something to say to the rules, what should we allow and disallow in the future, etc, now is the time to pop in the IRC channel.
We had 11 Quests given to Master and higher level players. Since the Quests were secret (and some of them continue as storytelling elements, and may be tasked again in same or modified form), they will not be disclosed unless completed. The new Quest deadline is end of 1639, so you will have plenty of time to request one and complete it in time!
Master Zephyrus successfully prevented CK from meddling with the War on the Continent on the protestant side. (We remain catholic and tensions have eased, also Gustaf Adolf has not launched an offensive yet, which he historically is planning to do.)
Lord Syksy of Petrichor did "20 good deeds" in the admin side.
Lord Cryptonic got the Quest medal for NPCC challenge.
Sir Mooo of Stonehaven also performed in the challenge and Zechariah is not stingy with the medals.
The others will have a new chance.
The Knights of the Order of Doplhin are Knighted upon their first receipt of the DOLM but may gain additional ones. DOLM medals have been awarded twice:
- 8 medals for Plague in 1608
- 4 medals for Quests in 1630.
Gamemaster ruling on NPCC
NPCC - the new implementation of NPC's - Quest - Nice prizes!
Winner with highest utility (consume points accumulated): Quest completed + medal
1-2 place: 50 CKG
3 place: 25 CKG
4 place: 15 CKG
5 place: 10 CKG
6 place: 5 CKG
7 place: something
Winner with highest utility (consume points accumulated): Quest completed + medal
1-2 place: 50 CKG
3 place: 25 CKG
4 place: 15 CKG
5 place: 10 CKG
6 place: 5 CKG
7 place: something
Syksy's table above is final and prizes will be allocated accordingly.
The NPCC are a backend activity in the game. Until now, we planned it so at least. There has been quite intense discussion about the rules, though. The following points have been mentioned:
- Players who command farms have incentive to give good deals in the market, if not outright "free grain" (VEG), if their farmer compensation suffers less than the expected NPCC compensation (and starve the NPCC with overpriced produce if not).
- One player had CAN and could give a good deal on that.
- Another player had the controlling position on tailors, and - surprise! - his NPCC won the suits race.
- Straight giving to your NPCC was not expressly forbidden, so that was done as well, with obvious results.
- Some cried "unfair" based on common morality, others based on rules, which of course were vague enough since this was the trial round!
We move on. I am not a freshman with the conflict of interest, needing to live constantly with them in my own dealings and decisions. I am still the main financial planner of the Town (of which I own nearly half if Coinshop counts). I have 30% of RWWC, 10% of Bank, majority of NewCorp and hence, NewFarms, 100% of King's Farms, etc(x2). And these are typically larger sums than in the NPCC game. I am quite happy that in my dealings, there has not been open debate about partiality, even up to the extent that we are now having over sums ranging from 5-50 CKG related to NPCC. So clearly I am doing something right. And that is what counts.
We want to continue with the NPCC because they are a very vital component of the game economy. If anyone wants to command an account, or has something to say to the rules, what should we allow and disallow in the future, etc, now is the time to pop in the IRC channel.