Black Thursday [was Re: Announcing the winner!!]

["Clark D. Rodeffer" <cdrodeffer@...>]

RL> I'm a little confused by your
RL> mention of people fearing jumping
RL> out of missed opportunities.
RL> According to the rules, it costs
RL> 1 action point to use a window of
RL> opportunity. And only when you
RL> use this action point, do you
RL> check to see if you need to jump
RL> out of the building.

This is a huge bug, and obviously we weren't on the same page. I need
to rewrite the windows of opportunity text. My original intent, though
it wasn't very well conveyed by the rules text as written, was:

  After moving onto an open window of
  opportunity, a player MUST spend an
  action point to sell one stock
  certificate of the company matching
  that window.

And:

  After moving onto an open window of
  great opportunity, a player MUST
  spend an action point to sell at
  least one stock certificate of the
  company matching that window.

>From there, I can't decide which of the following three exceptions
makes the most sense, and I welcome your thoughts. The first should
give a more defensive game with sudden death endings, the second
should give a more laid-back game, and the third should lie somewhere
in between, but with the risk of stagnation if market buying is limited:

  If a player does not have an action
  point to spend selling at a window
  of (great) opportunity, treat it as
  a window of missed opportunity.

Or:

  If a player does not have an action
  point to spend selling at a window
  of (great) opportunity, the selling
  requirement is waived.

Or:

  If a player does not have an extra
  action point to spend selling at a
  window of (great) opportunity one
  step away, that player may not even
  move onto the window of (great)
  opportunity, but must spend that
  last action point elsewhere.

I hope this makes sense. I value y'all's thoughts.

Clark