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<div style="background-color:#eee;border:1px solid #ccc;float:right;margin:1em;padding:0.5em;width:275px;">You can "go above and beyond" your entries by also updating the [[Ghyll Index]], [[Encyclopedant Calendar|Ghyll Timeline]], and [[WhoIsWho|Ghyll Who's Who]] based on your turn. If you don't, no worries - it'll get done eventually.</div>
 
<div style="background-color:#eee;border:1px solid #ccc;float:right;margin:1em;padding:0.5em;width:275px;">You can "go above and beyond" your entries by also updating the [[Ghyll Index]], [[Encyclopedant Calendar|Ghyll Timeline]], and [[WhoIsWho|Ghyll Who's Who]] based on your turn. If you don't, no worries - it'll get done eventually.</div>
  
To join the other scholars documenting Ghyll, [[Special:Userlogin|create an account and login]]. Defining a new entry is as simple as going to its URL or clicking any red links (''phantoms''). For example, to create "Crab apples", go to http://gamegrene.com/wiki/Crab_apples, click "edit", and begin typing your entry. More information about wiki syntax (creating headers, links, bold, italic, etc.) can be found at [[Wikipedia:Help:Editing]].
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First, read everything you can! Then [[Special:Userlogin|create an account and login]]. Defining a new entry is as simple as going to its URL or clicking any red links (''phantoms''). For example, to create "Crab apples", go to http://gamegrene.com/wiki/Crab_apples, click "edit", and begin typing your entry. More information about wiki syntax (creating headers, links, bold, italic, etc.) can be found at [[Wikipedia:Help:Editing]].
  
In-game discussion about terms should occur at the bottom of each entry. Out-of-game comments should appear on the entry's "discussion" page. Think of in-game discussions as fireside footnotes in the margins. Be warned: other scholars may take heated issue with your comments! For an example of the in-game/out-of-game distinction, take a look at [[AuroAnthropology]] and [[Talk:AuroAnthropology]].
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In-game discussion about terms should occur at the bottom of each entry. Out-of-game comments should appear on the entry's "discussion" page. Think of in-game discussions as fireside footnotes in the margins. Be warned: other scholars may take heated issue with your comments! For an example, see [[AuroAnthropology]] and [[Talk:AuroAnthropology]].
  
 
Finally, consider writing a brief intro about your scholar (ex. [[User:MorbusIff|Morbus Iff]] and [[User:Sbp|Sean B. Palmer]]). This is NOT a "turn" - this is just you fleshing out your character, much like you'd do before a new tabletop campaign. You should not reference phantom links in your scholar description - just blurb a bio, and if entries happen to be defined later during play (by yourself or someone else), you can retroactively apply links.
 
Finally, consider writing a brief intro about your scholar (ex. [[User:MorbusIff|Morbus Iff]] and [[User:Sbp|Sean B. Palmer]]). This is NOT a "turn" - this is just you fleshing out your character, much like you'd do before a new tabletop campaign. You should not reference phantom links in your scholar description - just blurb a bio, and if entries happen to be defined later during play (by yourself or someone else), you can retroactively apply links.

Revision as of 10:13, 9 September 2004

Current Turn Spotlights:

See all entries in Ghyll Index.

Encyclopedants Progress Report 1:
The Encyclopedants are in-game keepers of the Ghyll encyclopedia and the "voices of cohesion." Scholars: learn where we're failing, succeeding, and how things can improve!

Welcome to the world of Ghyll. The basic idea is that each player takes on the role of a scholar, from before scholarly pursuits became professionalized (or possibly after they ceased to be). You are cranky, opinionated, prejudiced, and eccentric. You are also collaborating with a number of your peers -- the other players -- on the construction of an encyclopedia about Ghyll.

Despite the fact that your peers are self-important, narrow-minded dunderheads, they are honest scholars. No matter how strained their interpretations are, their facts are accurate as historical research can make them. So if you cite an entry, you have to treat its factual content as true! (Though you can argue vociferously with the interpretation and introduce new facts that shade the interpretation.)

Game Rules

New players may join in at any time. If you have questions, check the FAQ or ask here.
The core of the game is based on Neel Krishnaswami's "Lexicon: an RPG".

  1. Scholars shall dib (reserve), and then write, one entry per turn. Turns loop from A to Z.
  2. Entries shall cite two phantom (unwritten) entries and, after the first turn, one existing entry.
  3. Scholars shall neither cite themselves, nor write phantoms they cited first.
  4. All phantoms for a letter shall be written before new entries are created for that letter.

Example of Play (first turn)

  1. On the first turn, Sean B. Palmer defines his one entry for the letter A: Andelphracian Lights (Rule 1).
  2. In Andelphracian Lights, he creates two phantoms: Bysted Timperton and Quester and Phorrus (Rule 2).
  3. Sean B. Palmer may never define Bysted Timperton and Quester and Phorrus now. (Rule 3).
  4. On the next turn, all phantoms for the letter B (like Bysted Timperton) must be defined (Rule 4).

Example of Play (all other turns)

  1. It's turn 2, letter B, and scholars must first define all phantoms starting with that letter (Rule 4).
  2. Morbus Iff decides to write Bysted Timperton and commits a quick edit saying so (Rule 1).
  3. He checks "What links here" on the Bysted Timperton page to see what facts, if any, are known.
  4. He writes the entry, and cites two phantoms (either existing phantoms or brand new ones) (Rule 2).
  5. He also cites an existing entry (Andelphracian Lights, which originated the Bysted Timperton phantom) (Rule 2).
  6. His citations, however, must not be those he's previously created (Rule 3; see Ghyll Index and FAQ).

How To Participate

You can "go above and beyond" your entries by also updating the Ghyll Index, Ghyll Timeline, and Ghyll Who's Who based on your turn. If you don't, no worries - it'll get done eventually.

First, read everything you can! Then create an account and login. Defining a new entry is as simple as going to its URL or clicking any red links (phantoms). For example, to create "Crab apples", go to http://gamegrene.com/wiki/Crab_apples, click "edit", and begin typing your entry. More information about wiki syntax (creating headers, links, bold, italic, etc.) can be found at Wikipedia:Help:Editing.

In-game discussion about terms should occur at the bottom of each entry. Out-of-game comments should appear on the entry's "discussion" page. Think of in-game discussions as fireside footnotes in the margins. Be warned: other scholars may take heated issue with your comments! For an example, see AuroAnthropology and Talk:AuroAnthropology.

Finally, consider writing a brief intro about your scholar (ex. Morbus Iff and Sean B. Palmer). This is NOT a "turn" - this is just you fleshing out your character, much like you'd do before a new tabletop campaign. You should not reference phantom links in your scholar description - just blurb a bio, and if entries happen to be defined later during play (by yourself or someone else), you can retroactively apply links.