Action Based

Ludic Temporal Structure action_capacity · action_based

Agents can perform a fixed number of Actions per segment. The limit creates opportunity costs: each chosen action excludes others. Action Based is not a segmentation type of its own but a constraint within a segment – to be used in combination with a structuring card.

Design question – How many actions may players perform per segment – and what tension arises from this limit?

Reference example – XCOM: each unit has two actions per turn – move and shoot, or move twice. Agricola: each family member is one action per round; more children, more actions.

Compatible with

• Wave (DU-02) – The action budget forces an act-evaluate rhythm.
• Pulse (DU-07) – With a tight budget and fast turns.
• Crescendo (DU-01) – When the action budget grows over time.