So, I was talking with ruby, and we did a quick mental exercise I like to do. Basically, you take a specific genre or game, and your goal is to design a version that is as stripped down as possible. A few simple rules: All the rules must fit on a sheet of paper, and your ultimate goal is a game easily played on pencil and paper.

First, here’s my game, based off the RTS genre, which I call Paper Knaves. (If you have a better name, let me know!)
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