horse/play.md

title	date	ruleset
Let's Play Sports Horse	2022-11-13	draft v0.1.0

Setup

Let's make our first horse:

• Let Them Eat Ugly For The Win, a pinto pony (Razzledazzle 8, Gumption 15, Moxie 7, 10 spirit)

I love him already.

I start with 100c.

This will be a short, timed play. Let's see where we're at after 12 turns.

Here we go!

Turn 1

Need to pay 6c for my pony and 10c for my stalls = already down to 84c

Let Them Eat Ugly For The Win doesn't really have much Razzledazzle or Moxie to speak of, so let's compete in a Gumption sport.

I personally can't wait to play Basket Duck.

Roll d20 under 15. Get 13 = 2c winnings = 86c total

Yikes, sports horsing is kind of expensive, and doesn't pay that good!

Turn 2

Pay 11c upkeep = 75c

Let's do some more gumption!

12 vs 15 Gumption = 3c = 78c

C'mon ftw, make poppa some currency!!

Turn 3

12c upkeep = 63c

Let's play Running and Jumping

6 vs 15 Gumption = 9c = 72c

I might really have to tweak how upkeep works. It is really hard to make a profit here..

Turn 4

12c upkeep = 60c

12 vs 15 Gumption = 3c = 63c

Turn 5

13c upkeep = 47c

really burning through my money..

10 vs 15 Gumption = 52c

I don't think my winnings have been more than my upkeep this whole time.

Turn 6

11c upkeep = 41c

8 vs 15 Gumption = 48c

Turn 7

16c upkeep yikes = 25c

19 vs 15 Gumption. Uh oh! FTW lost the competition!

He's going to roll Gumption to avoid losing spirit, and takes 16 damage to his spirit. that puts him in the negative. sad!!

spirit result: 3 = their spirit is crushed! i have to spend 1 currency nursing them back to health. 24c total

poor boy

Turn 8

15c upkeep = 9c remaining!

Well back to the sports though!

Time to play some Basket Duck!

13 vs 15 Gumption = 11c

Turn 9

15c upkeep = I'm flat broke, -4c

I'll compete one more time to see what happens

12 vs 15 Gumption = -1c

Conclusion

That was not a very fun horse game.

That was a rather stressful money management game.

Decision: heavily tweak or do away with upkeep costs. I didn't get to do any of the fun stuff like getting extra horses or anything!