Is the idea even feasible? I am thinking somewhere along the lines of the original Mornington Crescent, with all its nuances and strategies, being played as a contest monitored by a few meta-rules. So a move consists of a description of the move with things like "Nice move, I'll have to rethink this. Actually, Uxbridge is the only worthwile legal move for me right now." combined with a meta-action like [praising another player's move].
I imagine some kind of "progress" value for each player that changes with the meta-actions, and that has to reach a certain level before one is allowed to MC. Initially I thought that [praising another player's move] would gain you progress, and [debating over rules] would lose both you and the supposedly rule-breaker progress, but I'm not sure. The actions I can think of, that occur naturally in MC, would be: Debating over rules Friendly reminding a player about rules Announcing that everyone is playing just according to your plan Praising another player's move Commenting on how dangerously close a player is to achieving MC, and taking a move to block Which have I forgotten? Any other thoughts? -- -Tiger
