Secrecy - Revision history

Matt: Text replacement - "Synod" to "Synod"

2026-01-16T09:38:42Z

Text replacement - "Synod" to "Synod"

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	* [[Senate]] viewing gallery with Senate motions public		* [[Senate]] viewing gallery with Senate motions public
	* [[~~Synod\|~~Synod]] and [[Conclave]] participation models		* [[Synod]] and [[Conclave]] participation models
	* [[Bourse]] auctions		* [[Bourse]] auctions
	* The Synod power of [[Witness]]		* The Synod power of [[Witness]]

Matt: Text replacement - "Conclave" to "Conclave"

2026-01-16T09:37:02Z

Text replacement - "Conclave" to "Conclave"

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	* [[Senate]] viewing gallery with Senate motions public		* [[Senate]] viewing gallery with Senate motions public
	* [[Synod\|Synod]] and [[~~Conclave\|~~Conclave]] participation models		* [[Synod\|Synod]] and [[Conclave]] participation models
	* [[Bourse]] auctions		* [[Bourse]] auctions
	* The Synod power of [[Witness]]		* The Synod power of [[Witness]]

Matt: Text replacement - "Bourse" to "Bourse"

2026-01-16T09:37:00Z

Text replacement - "Bourse" to "Bourse"

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	* [[Senate]] viewing gallery with Senate motions public		* [[Senate]] viewing gallery with Senate motions public
	* [[Synod\|Synod]] and [[Conclave\|Conclave]] participation models		* [[Synod\|Synod]] and [[Conclave\|Conclave]] participation models
	* [[~~Bourse\|~~Bourse]] auctions		* [[Bourse]] auctions
	* The Synod power of [[Witness]]		* The Synod power of [[Witness]]

Matt: Text replacement - "Senate" to "Senate"

2026-01-15T22:23:04Z

Text replacement - "Senate" to "Senate"

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	The goal for Empire is a game where much of the political discourse takes place in the player's eye. Political games are very susceptible to "secret meeting syndrome" where the key political decisions are decided by a small group of players in a secret meeting that nobody else is aware of. To keep Empire as accessible as possible to players - and to new players in particular - the political process is deliberately highly public. For instance		The goal for Empire is a game where much of the political discourse takes place in the player's eye. Political games are very susceptible to "secret meeting syndrome" where the key political decisions are decided by a small group of players in a secret meeting that nobody else is aware of. To keep Empire as accessible as possible to players - and to new players in particular - the political process is deliberately highly public. For instance

	* [[~~Senate\|~~Senate]] viewing gallery with Senate motions public		* [[Senate]] viewing gallery with Senate motions public
	* [[Synod\|Synod]] and [[Conclave\|Conclave]] participation models		* [[Synod\|Synod]] and [[Conclave\|Conclave]] participation models
	* [[Bourse\|Bourse]] auctions		* [[Bourse\|Bourse]] auctions

Matt: Text replacement - "[[Imperial Synod" to "[[Synod"

2026-01-15T21:30:41Z

Text replacement - "[[Imperial Synod" to "[[Synod"

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	* [[Senate\|Senate]] viewing gallery with Senate motions public		* [[Senate\|Senate]] viewing gallery with Senate motions public
	* [[~~Imperial~~ Synod\|Synod]] and [[Conclave\|Conclave]] participation models		* [[Synod\|Synod]] and [[Conclave\|Conclave]] participation models
	* [[Bourse\|Bourse]] auctions		* [[Bourse\|Bourse]] auctions
	* The Synod power of [[Witness]]		* The Synod power of [[Witness]]

Matt: Text replacement - "[[Imperial Conclave" to "[[Conclave"

2026-01-15T16:56:24Z

Text replacement - "[[Imperial Conclave" to "[[Conclave"

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	* [[Senate\|Senate]] viewing gallery with Senate motions public		* [[Senate\|Senate]] viewing gallery with Senate motions public
	* [[Imperial Synod\|Synod]] and [[~~Imperial~~ Conclave\|Conclave]] participation models		* [[Imperial Synod\|Synod]] and [[Conclave\|Conclave]] participation models
	* [[Bourse\|Bourse]] auctions		* [[Bourse\|Bourse]] auctions
	* The Synod power of [[Witness]]		* The Synod power of [[Witness]]

Matt: Text replacement - "[[Imperial Senate" to "[[Senate"

2026-01-15T15:11:56Z

Text replacement - "[[Imperial Senate" to "[[Senate"

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	The goal for Empire is a game where much of the political discourse takes place in the player's eye. Political games are very susceptible to "secret meeting syndrome" where the key political decisions are decided by a small group of players in a secret meeting that nobody else is aware of. To keep Empire as accessible as possible to players - and to new players in particular - the political process is deliberately highly public. For instance		The goal for Empire is a game where much of the political discourse takes place in the player's eye. Political games are very susceptible to "secret meeting syndrome" where the key political decisions are decided by a small group of players in a secret meeting that nobody else is aware of. To keep Empire as accessible as possible to players - and to new players in particular - the political process is deliberately highly public. For instance

	* [[~~Imperial~~ Senate\|Senate]] viewing gallery with Senate motions public		* [[Senate\|Senate]] viewing gallery with Senate motions public
	* [[Imperial Synod\|Synod]] and [[Imperial Conclave\|Conclave]] participation models		* [[Imperial Synod\|Synod]] and [[Imperial Conclave\|Conclave]] participation models
	* [[Bourse\|Bourse]] auctions		* [[Bourse\|Bourse]] auctions

Matt: Text replacement - "[[Imperial Bourse" to "[[Bourse"

2026-01-15T13:19:59Z

Text replacement - "[[Imperial Bourse" to "[[Bourse"

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	* [[Imperial Senate\|Senate]] viewing gallery with Senate motions public		* [[Imperial Senate\|Senate]] viewing gallery with Senate motions public
	* [[Imperial Synod\|Synod]] and [[Imperial Conclave\|Conclave]] participation models		* [[Imperial Synod\|Synod]] and [[Imperial Conclave\|Conclave]] participation models
	* [[~~Imperial~~ Bourse\|Bourse]] auctions		* [[Bourse\|Bourse]] auctions
	* The Synod power of [[Witness]]		* The Synod power of [[Witness]]

Twiggy at 18:02, 26 September 2025

2025-09-26T18:02:43Z

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	Imperial Orcs are particularly susceptible to having their game undermined by Profound Decisions. It would be ''trivially easy'' to create a Druj orc agent masquerading as an Imperial Orc. We've deliberately suggested that this is difficult in the setting material, but the reality of how LRP games play out is that it would be exceptionally easy to trick most participants.		Imperial Orcs are particularly susceptible to having their game undermined by Profound Decisions. It would be ''trivially easy'' to create a Druj orc agent masquerading as an Imperial Orc. We've deliberately suggested that this is difficult in the setting material, but the reality of how LRP games play out is that it would be exceptionally easy to trick most participants.

	Doing so would be utterly unfair to the Imperial Orcs - they have plenty of disadvantages as the game stands anyway - but their lack of political power is intended to be an enjoyable challenge they can overcome. Being locked out of political and military meetings and decisions - because no-one could tell if an individual orc was a Druj agent or an Imperial Orc is not something that adds to the fun of the game. Proving who you are, that you are a loyal Imperial ~~cititizen~~, would be significantly ''more'' easy if the Empire existed on a day-to-day basis than is actually the case for a LRP game where your character exists for eight days a year and has never before met another character in the entire world if this is your first event...		Doing so would be utterly unfair to the Imperial Orcs - they have plenty of disadvantages as the game stands anyway - but their lack of political power is intended to be an enjoyable challenge they can overcome. Being locked out of political and military meetings and decisions - because no-one could tell if an individual orc was a Druj agent or an Imperial Orc is not something that adds to the fun of the game. Proving who you are, that you are a loyal Imperial citizen, would be significantly ''more'' easy if the Empire existed on a day-to-day basis than is actually the case for a LRP game where your character exists for eight days a year and has never before met another character in the entire world if this is your first event...

	For all these reasons we have utterly refused all player requests to play orc double-agents and our plot writers are clear that that is not plot that we are prepared to run. Imperial Orcs are highly loyal, they know their own - orcs who are at Anvil can be easily identified and their loyalty easily verified.		For all these reasons we have utterly refused all player requests to play orc double-agents and our plot writers are clear that that is not plot that we are prepared to run. Imperial Orcs are highly loyal, they know their own - orcs who are at Anvil can be easily identified and their loyalty easily verified.

Beeswax: /* Imperial Orcs */

2025-03-15T17:07:23Z

Imperial Orcs

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	Doing so would be utterly unfair to the Imperial Orcs - they have plenty of disadvantages as the game stands anyway - but their lack of political power is intended to be an enjoyable challenge they can overcome. Being locked out of political and military meetings and decisions - because no-one could tell if an individual orc was a Druj agent or an Imperial Orc is not something that adds to the fun of the game. Proving who you are, that you are a loyal Imperial cititizen, would be significantly ''more'' easy if the Empire existed on a day-to-day basis than is actually the case for a LRP game where your character exists for eight days a year and has never before met another character in the entire world if this is your first event...		Doing so would be utterly unfair to the Imperial Orcs - they have plenty of disadvantages as the game stands anyway - but their lack of political power is intended to be an enjoyable challenge they can overcome. Being locked out of political and military meetings and decisions - because no-one could tell if an individual orc was a Druj agent or an Imperial Orc is not something that adds to the fun of the game. Proving who you are, that you are a loyal Imperial cititizen, would be significantly ''more'' easy if the Empire existed on a day-to-day basis than is actually the case for a LRP game where your character exists for eight days a year and has never before met another character in the entire world if this is your first event...

	For all these reasons we have utterly refused all player requests to play orc double-agents and our plot writers are clear that that is not plot that we are prepared to run. Imperial Orcs are highly ~~tribal~~, they know their own - orcs who are at Anvil can be easily identified and their loyalty easily verified.		For all these reasons we have utterly refused all player requests to play orc double-agents and our plot writers are clear that that is not plot that we are prepared to run. Imperial Orcs are highly loyal, they know their own - orcs who are at Anvil can be easily identified and their loyalty easily verified.

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