[Nomic02] Ratified: Delivery Is Not Free

[Admiral Jota]

On Mon, 20 Jan 2003, Admiral Jota wrote:

> Delivery Is Not Free [Jota]
>
> I. Some tokens may be designated "prize tokens". A prize token, in
>    addition to its name and location, also has a value (a non-negative
>    integer) and a destination (a room on the map). If a token's
>    destination ceases to exist as a part of the map, then its destination
>    will be set to West of Nowhere. If West of Nowhere no longer exists,
>    its destination will be set to the room whose name is alphabetically
>    last in the list of rooms, not counting articles. Rooms whose names
>    consist solely of articles shall not be considered for this reckoning.
>
> II. Any player who drops a prize token in its destination room will be
>     awarded a number of brownie points equal to its value. Any player
>     whose servant drops a prize token in its destination room will be
>     awarded a number of brownie points equal to half of its value, rounded
>     up. In either case, that player may now choose what room the token's
>     destination will be. If no selection is made by the end of the
>     player's turn, the token's destination is unchanged.
>
> III. After a player has been awarded brownie points for a prize token
>      being dropped in its destination room, that player is prohibited from
>      picking up that token or causing his or her servant to do so until
>      after the token has been picked up by at least one other player or
>      servant.

The above proposal has been supported (explicitly by jwalrus, Psmith, and
baf and implicitly by myself and Roger), so I'm calling it ratified. Rules
57-59, one hour from this timestamp.

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