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                                MORNINGTON NOMIC

                    Proposals for Voting on in Week Thirty-One
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Proposal 195 - Droning On [Amendment]

Rule 1045 (Nyurmenyurmenyurmen) shall have its final paragraph changed to
read as follows - 
 
"If there is no Drone Keeper or if the Drone Keeper is Inactive then the
 Drone shall be treated as Inactive as defined in Rule 211." 
 
{
  Comment: 
  Just to help speed things up if the Drone Keeper stops playing for a while. 
} 

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Proposal 196 - Player Mode Tweaks [Amendment]
 
Rule 1055 (Player Mode) shall be amended as follows - 
 
All occurrences of the possessive pronoun "es" shall be replaced with the
Spivak pronoun "eir". 
 
The last sentence of the first paragraph shall be changed to read thusly:
"E is then further removed from the turn sequence (making it unnecessary to
indicate any further plays of PASS), and relinquishes the role of Drone
Keeper if held." 
 
{ Comment: 
  Perhaps being picky about Spivak terms isn't the most inspiring Proposal
  material (although it niggles me I'm afraid), but the Drone thing is
  important.
} 

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Proposal 197 - Dawn of the Bronze Age [Amendment]

Amend Rule 1007 (Token Gesture):-

Change "Valid Token colours shall be Black, Red, Blue, Silver and Gold." to
read "Valid Token colours shall be Black, Red, Blue, Bronze, Silver and Gold.
The first three colours are referred to as "non-Metallic", the latter as
"Metallic"."

Add the paragraph:-

"One Gold Token is equivalent to two Silver Tokens, and one Silver Token is
 equivalent to four Bronze Tokens. (Although such Tokens cannot be exchanged
 for one another unless permitted by a Rule.) Non-Metallic Tokens have no
 comparative value."

Replace:-

    "Moving onto or through another                    |     -1 Silver or 
       Player's Home Station                           |     -1 Gold"

with:-

    "Moving onto or through another                    |     -8 Bronze 
       Player's Home Station                           |"

{ Comments: Making the toll effectively "1 Gold / 2 Silver / 8 Bronze" }

And add:-

     Gain 8 Bronze Tokens                              |     -1 Gold
                                                       |
     Gain 4 Bronze Tokens                              |     -1 Silver

{
  Comments:

  Probably the easiest approach to a "change" system; if you need to pay
  three Bronze for something, just convert a Silver to four Bronzes and
  keep one of them. Or a Gold to a couple of Silvers, and one of those to
  four Bronzes.
}

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Proposal 198 - Price Increase [Amendment]

In Rule 1028 (Ticket Stubs), replace:-

  "A Player may play a "Getting Stub" Action along with a Move of "Pass" at any
   Station that has a Connection with British Rail, provide that e is the
   first to do so at that Station. A "Getting Stub" Action may not be played at
   North London."

with:-

  "A Player may perform a "[Getting Stub - Queueing]" Action if eir Piece is at
   any Station that has a Connection with British Rail. If e has played a Move
   of "Pass" this Turn, and forfeits two Bronze Tokens, e gains the Ticket Stub
   for that Station.

   A Player may perform a "[Getting Stub - <Station>]" Action, nominating any
   Station that has a Connection with British Rail. If e forfeits eight Bronze
   Tokens, e gains the Ticket Stub for that Station.

   A Player may not gain a Ticket Stub for a Station if another Player
   already owns that Stub."

If the "Dawn of the Bronze Age" Proposal did not pass, replace "two Bronze
Tokens" with "one Silver Token" and "eight Bronze Tokens" with "one Gold
Token", in the amended Rule 1028.

{
  Comments:

  Well, we can't have British Rail *not* charging extortionate amounts for
  tickets, can we? You can buy them for two Bronze at the Station itself,
  if you don't mind queueing, or you can pay extra to book over the phone.
}

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Proposal 199 - Railcard [Other, Multiple]

If the "Dawn of the Bronze Age" Proposal did not pass, this Proposal shall
not take effect.

1. Railcard [Enactment]

A Player may perform the Action of "[Buying Railcard]" if e has Played a Move
of "Pass" during that Turn, and if e forfeits four Bronze Tokens. Upon
performing such an Action, that Player gains a Railcard.

If a Player owns a Railcard, all Token costs and penalties that result in a
loss of Bronze Tokens are reduced by one Bronze Token.

2. Surrendered to Officials on Demand [Amendment]

Add "All Players lose their Railcards" to the list of things that occur at
the start of each Game, in Rule 1047 (A New Game).

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