RE: [Rails-devel] More Token Code

[Brett L. <wak...@ea...>]

The cost isn't really much of an algorithm, so I think it makes sense to just explicitly define the fixed costs.

This allows us to even partially encode some of the real cost algorithms out in the XML if we want to approach it from that direction when we look at implementing other games in the future.

Though, at this point the driving idea is to leave things flexible enough to make implementing more games a reasonable task for the future. While I don't want to solve all the problems today, I don't want to paint ourselves into a corner if we can easily avoid it.

---Brett.

-----Original Message-----
From: "John A. Tamplin" <ja...@ja...>
Sent: Dec 13, 2005 1:41 PM
To: rai...@li...
Subject: RE: [Rails-devel] More Token Code

On Tue, 13 Dec 2005, Erik Vos wrote:

> Only the number of tokens varies by company, not the cost or
> the cost algorithm. I would define the costing only once.

No, in some games the cost for various tokens change.  For example, in
1850 the edge tokens are $50 rather than $100, and cannot be the sole
station on a route.  In 1846 the fourth token for the B&O and PRR (and
maybe CO, I don't remember off-hand) costs $100 if used normally or used
as a teleport token to its reserved slot, but a different amount (varies 
for the company) if it is placed there when they have connectivity.  
Several games have destination tokens that may be placed at the normal 
cost or placed for free if associated with a destination run (which may 
take place outside the normal OR sequence as a special run or may be one 
of the normal runs).
  
> You may choose the number of tokens you buy, with a maximum.

And a minimum -- minors must have at least one and majors must have at 
least two.

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