Re: [piecepack] Re: New game: Piecepack Subways

[Mark Biggar <mark.a.biggar@...>]

Benedict wrote:
> > 1. can a player place a Grand Centeral station as one of their 
>
> initial 
>
> > two stations?
>
>
> No.  I am not sure how clear the rules are, but the 2 start stations 
> are placed in districts.  Grand central is not a district.  Sounds 
> like I need to add this clarification.

It difinitely appear to be implied by you rules, but an explisit
statement would at least prevent others from asking the same question.

> > 2.  The cost of a track segment is unclear.  I think you are trying
> > to say that it is the average of the values of the two tiles 
> > rounded up, correct?
>
> Correct.  Is it clearer if I use "average of two tiles rounded up"?

I think it is, the sentence you currently use is a little awkward and I 
think that would improve it.

> > 3. It is intended that a track segment from one blank district to
> > another blank district cost $0?
>
> Yes.

You might want to give a couple of examples including the 0-0 case.

> > 4. Does a track segment from the board to Grand Central 
> connect to
> > all the stations there or just the player's who built it?  
> Apparently
> > not, but the rules are unclear.
>
> I think somewhere in the rules (unless I accidentally deleted it 
> during revision) it says that stations do not connect to each other 
> at Grand Central.

Yeah, but all others track segments connect districts not stations.  I
think that some diagrams would help here.  Also they would help
in the variants with tunnels.

BTW, in the NY variant you need to say that the blank coin is needed
to mark one of the tunnels (always use blank and 5 for tunnels?).
Likewise you should explisitly state in the London game that you
five coin is used as you tunnel marker.


> > 9. Did you consider a setup with a pseudo-hex grid by 
>
> offsetting each 
>
> > row of tiles by a half tile?
>
>
> No, actually I hadn't, but that might be a fun variant setup way to 
> play - that gives you 6 possible connections for a tile, right?  I 
> wonder if that would decrease the amount of player subway line 
> interaction?

Yeah 6 connections and no need for the diagonal connection hack for
Grand Central.

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Mark Biggar
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