RE: [Rails-devel] Operating Round

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> (Another reason why this makes sense is that privates count against
> the certificate limit in most games).

Really?  

Hmmm... in that case, we probably do need a privateCertificate, and a parent Certificate class for both PublicCert and PrivateCert.

> I will also create a new class StartPacketItem, that will contain 
> either one or two Certificates, the second being the additional 
> certificate that comes with some primary ones. The Start Packet will
> be configured separately from the Private companies (because of 1835 etc.).

Why wouldn't you just use the certificate from the Public Company portfolio?

Here's how I see this working:

GameManager fills each publicCompany portfolio with their stocks.
GameManager then examines the rules for each private, and if the private comes with a publicCompany certificate, like the B&O or PRR, just call the existing set*() methods to add the publicCompany certificate to the privateCompany portfolio.

When the privateCompany is bought, we add the contents of its portfolio to the player portfolio.

If a privateCompany can exchange itself for a share of publicCompany stock, such as in 1830 with the private company that may be exchanged for a share of NYC, we don't need any initial stock allocation, we just process that as two steps: close the private, buy an available share for free.