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 The bureaucracy has awoken, and it is time to fill out all your forms and submit all your timetables! Fortunately that law finally passed, the one that lets you get all of that done by playing an opaque cardgame with legacy mechanics online instead of, y'know, having to actually do paperwork! Do you dare to face off against the monolithic bureaucracy by figuring the game out? Can you outplay the other players, or will you be buried under the paperwork? Only one way to find out! General rules of play: - Join by posting ##deal me in. I'll limit this to 5 players for now, but might add another deck if lots of folks want in - It plays kinda like Crazy 8s - Submit form 47-J-1902 to your regional councilor to begin a petition with the magistrate in order to form a discovery committee to analyze the cost/benefit of allowing you to submit form 18-Y-2041 to request a copy of all the rules - Play all your cards to complete your paperwork and Win - Do not fail to meet the submission deadline - Play only one card per round (probably one round per day, unless people play their turns quicker) - You can pass and draw a card instead of playing a card - No fixed turn order, just to keep things moving - Play your turn as if the previously played card was a legal move - the bureaucracy will show mercy to you in this circumstance - All cards played must fulfill all bureaucratic requirements in order to be accepted as a legal play  , orbs!(all card images conveniently uploaded here: https://postimg.cc/gallery/pp0vrbS) |
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this is also partly a test-run/practice for running something like this or maybe bigger in Let's Play. i've never done something like this and i want to start with a known friendly audience lol
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Jul 15, 2021 02:35
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###deal me in this sounds a lot like mao, which i always enjoyed one wrinkle is that i don't have pms so i don't know how i would submit form 47-J-1902... But i'm sure i'll figure it out |
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Jul 15, 2021 02:44
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this is definitely not mao and was definitely not inspired by mao at all! absolutely nothing to do with that card game that i like!
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Jul 15, 2021 02:58
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bad guy enters the game       
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Jul 15, 2021 03:03
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##deal me in
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Jul 15, 2021 03:12
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Pot Smoke Phoenix enters the game       
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Jul 15, 2021 03:23
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Jul 15, 2021 05:17
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your friend sk joins the game       
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Jul 15, 2021 12:46
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##deal me in
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Jul 15, 2021 13:30
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##deal me in
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Jul 15, 2021 16:12
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nut joins the game       
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Jul 15, 2021 16:26
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luvcow joins the game        player limit reached, game beings
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Jul 15, 2021 16:33
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 your supervisor reminds you that you need to clock out for lunch breaks and clock back in only once your workstation is booted up and all your programs are loaded biosterous fucked around with this message at 16:41 on Jul 15, 2021
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Jul 15, 2021 16:35
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playing six of clubs
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Jul 15, 2021 16:56
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Luvcow posted:playing six of clubs
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Jul 15, 2021 18:50
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Jul 15, 2021 18:56
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pass and draw a card
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Jul 15, 2021 19:02
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Luvcow posted:playing six of clubs  Luvcow posted:pass and draw a card  luvcow is penalized for submitting excessive documentation in round 1 your penalty cards:   round 1 is still active you check your task list and tomorrow you have to put up posters that say "time theft is the worst kind of theft possible"
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Jul 15, 2021 19:20
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biosterous posted:you check your task list and tomorrow you have to put up posters that say "time theft is the worst kind of theft possible" 
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Jul 15, 2021 19:36
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biosterous posted:round 1 is still active after clocking out for lunch, I eschew eating in favour of building an elaborate system of strings and pulleys a la freddy got fingered whereby the weight of increasingly more paperwork dropping onto my 'IN' tray propels my fingers to dance randomly across the keyboard, giving the illusion of work (albeit with strings) by the time I've clocked back in.
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Jul 15, 2021 19:44
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Jul 16, 2021 14:54
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sorry I'm late boss, traffic was awful this morning. I play five of spades
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Jul 16, 2021 15:10
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nut posted:
 multiple penalties, oh no! this will not help your upcoming performance review - excessive documentation - insufficient evidence of felines - failed to start or continue a poem your penalty cards:     (5H is no longer in your hand) your friend sk posted:sorry I'm late boss, traffic was awful this morning. I play five of spades - failed to start or continue a poem your penalty cards:   (5S is no longer in your hand)
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Jul 16, 2021 16:40
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round 2 begins you overhear the HR rep telling a coworker not to discuss their wages or benefits with you
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Jul 16, 2021 16:41
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i put on my headphones to preserve a happy, productive work environment before playing the ace of spades
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Jul 16, 2021 17:04
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Jul 16, 2021 17:08
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i'm once again stuffing the suggestion box with notes asking that the hr rep be chosen as employee of the month
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Jul 16, 2021 19:26
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your friend sk posted:i put on my headphones to preserve a happy, productive work environment before playing the ace of spades office scuttlebutt says: you currently have no hidden modifiers  rule ambiguity! loophole detected! flipping a coin: tails the boss is in a bad mood right now adjudication begins rolling 2d6 +/- hidden modifiers: 7  results: this is now a legal play, and is precedent for future issues. the HR rep and your supervisor shoot you a dirty look as you walk out of the meeting room however, - insufficient evidence of felines this may have future consequences... Luvcow posted:
brand new rule ambiguity! loophole detected! flipping coin: heads the boss is in a good mood right now adjudication begins rolling 2d6 +/- hidden modifiers: 10 results: this is now a legal play, and is precedent for future issues. the regional director gives you a friendly smile and nod as you walk down the hallway round 2 continues
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Jul 16, 2021 21:22
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biosterous posted:results: this is now a legal play, and is precedent for future issues. the HR rep and your supervisor shoot you a dirty look as you walk out of the meeting room Ninja is modeling my Death is Certain hoodie for me 
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Jul 16, 2021 21:36
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Gonna keep track of my cards right here:
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not an update: if you're on windows you can use autohotkey and this simple thing i made to post the images with less effort https://pastebin.com/gG8FfWRr i made this to save myself time and then remembered that it could also save other people's time if i shared it lol
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Jul 17, 2021 04:44
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(sorry! yesterday was crazy and I’m having trouble keeping track of my cards on my phone so bear with me!) I write elaborate explanatory notes about all comments my coworkers make to me (which I dually record with my webcam microphone) about how each is a subtle attack on my character. I keep everything in a folder for HR with a bomb on the cover and only refer to colleagues “threatening to break the tripwire” when they ask me how my weekend was on Monday morning.
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Jul 17, 2021 12:56
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nut posted:(sorry! yesterday was crazy and I’m having trouble keeping track of my cards on my phone so bear with me!) - failure to start or continue a poem penalty cards:   (ten of diamonds is no longer in your hand)
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Jul 17, 2021 16:19
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round 3 begins player's hands bad guy pot smoke phoenix your friend sk nut luvcow in play: your boss distractedly tells you that there's no budget for bonuses this quarter while playing with his new apple watch
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Jul 17, 2021 16:27
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I destroy the men’s room so bad right off the top of the morning that I sneak out the side exit, wait for half an hour then come in to pretend like I just arrived, legitimizing my innocence then I play the 3 of hearts 
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Jul 17, 2021 16:45
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I go to play a card in the bathroom, but it's nasty so i generously let someone else go first |
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Jul 17, 2021 18:16
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i complement the boss's new Apple Watch and say it makes them look amazing then I offer to use my lunch break to clean the bathroom while implicating nut as the one who destroyed it. i speculate that nut is feeling stressed out by work and I offer stay late without pay to look over his work and make sure he's not making any mistakes that are costing the company their well earned profits. while I clean the bathroom I hit my meth pipe so I can stay awake and I cry like toddler while whispering to myself "you deserve this..."
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I think out of the box and play the full spade family: jack of spades, queen of spades, and finally the king of spades |
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