Ribbons & Reins Rulebook

Curate your perfect herd of horses or pack of dogs, discover new bloodlines, and shape a program that is entirely your own.

Each player may own multiple properties, maintain horses and dogs, participate in shows, and interact with the community through a single account.

• Each member may maintain one player account. Your forum account is also your Ribbons & Reins login.
• Account sharing, impersonation, or attempting to bypass game restrictions is not permitted.

• Merits recognize your milestones and achivements in Ribbons & Reins. All Merits can be found in the Merit Book. Earned Merits are shown in full color while unearned ones are in muted greyscale.
• Each Merit also earns you Merit Points. Merit Points unlock spiffier features (such as bulk show creation and automated show running).

• Players may own up to four properties. Properties may be designated as a stable, kennel, or mixed property.
• Each property has its own land allocation and facilities.

• Facilities require land. A property cannot build a facility if there is not enough unused land available.
• Additional land may be purchased through the property management page.

• Barns provide horse capacity, kennels provide dog capacity, and arenas allow a property to host shows.
• Players may own multiple facilities of the same type, and each facility may be given its own name.

• Horses and dogs must be housed within the available capacity of the player's properties.
• Animals can be acquire by creating, breeding, purchasing from other player, and by purchasing from the market.
• Creating a foundation animal requires one (1) token.
• A animals' avaliable colors are scoped to their breed. So they will always be breed appropriate.
• Foundation and market animals have no recorded pedigree.
• Market and foundation animals may have a background which adds additional flavor to the game. Backgrounds cannot be edited once entered.
  • A foundation animal's background can be entered at registration or added later.
  • A market animal's background is generated automatically.

• Horses may be bred starting at the age of three. Dogs at the age of two.
• In order to be bred a mare or bitch must be housed.
• Genetics are not inherited in R&R. There are two options:
  • The game chooses the color based on the breed with the parents' colors being more prevelent.
  • The breeder chooses the color(s).
• Liters have a minimum size of two (2) pups and a maximum of six (6) pups.
• A mare may have one foal per birth year. Likewise, a bitch may have one liter per birth year.
• You can breed using a sire you own or one approved through the Stud Directory.

• Animal names should be appropriate for the community and may not be shared with a well-known real life animal.
• All market animals are initially registered with the "MKT" suffix to help prevent potential registration conflicts.
• The only animals that can be freely renamed (one time only) are newly born animals and ones purchased from the market.

• Animals must meet all class eligibility requirements before they may be entered into competition.

• A property must have an eligible arena before the owner may host a show from that property.

• Our primary currency is called Bits () and is used for most in-game purchases . You can earn Bits a number of ways including by hosting and placing in shows, selling animals, and by offering stud services.
• Our active member incentive is called Ribbons (). Ribbons are earned by participating in the community and by being active.
• Facility and land purchases are deducted automatically when the transaction is completed.

• Treat other members respectfully. Harassment, discrimination, threats, and deliberate disruption of the community are not permitted.

• Bugs, exploits, or unintended mechanics should be reported to staff rather than intentionally used for personal advantage.
• Any one found exploiting bugs or intentionally trying to "game the system" or intentionally trying to have a monopoly will be warned and if the behavior continues they will be removed from the game.