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2005 · 3-6 players · 40min · weight 1.41 · 1,021 ratings
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At a glance — v4 wide
Controlled-vocabulary primitives + 8-axis MDA aesthetic vector. Vocab v1.
Core loop (micro)
Declare legal contents of luggage, sheriff chooses who to inspect, bluff or bribe to avoid fines, stockpile goods for end-game selling.
MDA aesthetic vector (0–3)
Sensation
1
Fantasy
1
Narrative
1
Challenge
2
Fellowship
3
Discovery
1
Expression
2
Submission
1
Mechanic-interaction primitives (4)
- [3]bluff_layer— “declares what he is carrying, but only declares what the law allows, even if it means telling a lie”
- [3]negotiation_over_resources— “person may always suggest the sheriff take some of his dollars to be kind and let him pass”
- [2]set_collection_concentrating— “only a limited amount of each good can be sold; bigger traders in each kind of good sell first”
- [2]closing_window— “stock goods for the end, when the border is closed and the price is doubled”
discovery_score: -0.389
Sources (1)
Inputs to rules-card synthesis. Click any pill with ↗ to open the original source.
LLM memory0.10
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Mechanisms (1)
Categories (3)
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