Re: [Rails-devel] Fixes

[Erik V. <eri...@hc...>]

> brett lentz wrote:
> > In this situation, my understanding of the rules is that you can't
> > sell the presidency,
> 
> It is controversial whether the president can sell one of his 
> two shares
> (since it's not a separate certificate), but most people play 
> that he can
> (provided that either the bank pool or the new president holds a 10%
> certificate that can be given to the seller as "change").
> 
> In 1835, this sale would definitely be illegal because 1835's rules
> explicitly say that you buy and sell whole certificates, not shares.
> I've played in groups that apply the same rule to 1830 and 
> other games.

Never heard that this is controversial. The 1835 rules (2nd English
edition) are particularly clear about it (IV.3, and Rule XV.7
says "Only shares may be sold"). Of course, another player must have 
enough shares to exchange for the President's share (usually 20%).

Erik.