re: Black Thursday

["Benedict" <boycat_oh@...>]

Hi, Clark

Really interesting game you have there, I'm sure I am forgetting 
one or two but  I don't recall there being any piecepack games 
with negotiation making up as much of the game play as there is 
in Black Thursday.  I am also a fan of the alternate boards that 
are arranged to look like different NY skyscrapers.

As for your dilemma (and I may not even understand this 
correctly myself, so if I am way off base let me know), would it 
work if it costs 2 APs to move onto a window of opportunity and 0 
APs to sell 1 stock in that company, 1 AP to sell 2+ stock? 

If so, then you wouldn't need an exception rule, as if you didn't 
have 2 APs to move onto the window you wouldn't be able to do 
it.

Phillip

>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