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		<title>Evolutionary games&#8230;evolve or go extinct!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 05:59:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>daniel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back in high school and college, I hosted these role playing-type evolutionary games.  Essentially, the game is started by the leader (usually me) giving a topic, a few details about the surroundings and a few rules/limits.  This game was played offline on paper and it lasted 7 days per round, usually with a quick meet-up [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'">Back in high school and college, I hosted these role playing-type evolutionary games.  Essentially, the game is started by the leader (usually me) giving a topic, a few details about the surroundings and a few rules/limits.<span>  </span>This game was played offline on paper and it lasted 7 days per round, usually with a quick meet-up mid way through.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'"></span><span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'">Before I give an example of a round of this game, I must warn: It is a very geeky game and it can become very addictive.  </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'"><o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'">Example of my last round played, that I can remember… </span><em><span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'">You are brought from the year 2000 and placed in 50,000 BC.<span>  </span>You have no tools with you and your task is to generate electricity.<span>  </span>You do not have to power anything fancy; you just need to create electricity with some amperage (no static electricity).<span>  </span>You have plenty of firewood, stone, unrefined steel, natural earth magnets, and copper ore.  </span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'"></span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'"></span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'"></span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'"></span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'"></span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'"></span></em><span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'">There is not much else to it: find a creative way to get the task done.<span>  </span>There are many ways of getting the job done and you do not always need to use all the items that were given to you.<span>  </span>You cannot make up items, but natural resources should be assumed to be available (in this scenario).<span>  </span>Discussions with other players are frowned upon, but confirmation with the leader is generally ‘okay’ to make sure you are on the right track.<o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'">The above scenario was simple and involved creating a stove, forge, developing advanced foundries and finally refining the ore.<span>   </span>From there, you would create some form of simple generator and you would have an output in AC.<span>  </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'">Normally, most rounds are not laid out this easy and the results can be much more “random” and unpredictable.<span>  </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'"><span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'"></span><span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'"></span><span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'"></span><span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'">I have never attempted to put this game online or attempt it in a digital format.<span>  </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'"><span></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'"><span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'"><span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'"><span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'"><span></span><o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'">If I get enough requests (say, 10+?), I will create a separate page and post rounds there.<span>  </span>So, people coming in to geek out, do not have to catch a random and useless article!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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