Re: [Rails-devel] IfOption in Map.xml

[Jim B. <jim...@ya...>]

I'd be happy to help with info text too.  

I think it's inevitable that there's rules questions during play.

In my f2f games, I have the rulebook at hand all the time- I'm sure you guys do too.  

I do that for pbem games too, but it's nice if really basic stuff is summarized without having to look at the book (train prices and schedule, simple privates/private-tokens stuff, etc).  

Much of that would be normally summarized on the charters, the back of the privates, markings on special tokens/chits, etc, that aren't apparent when we're playing within Rails.

It seems like the ideal would be- Rails won't teach you the game, but the basic summary/info is close at hand, just for reference.

 - jim

 
On Jan 15, 2010, at 5:09 PM, Phil Davies wrote:

> I'm happy to write up info text, Can do this for 18EU or 1870 which I
> both own which is a good start, after that I'd be reliant on other
> sources for solid data for input.
> 
> I'd agree with the approach of not being too overt with the rules.
> There are certain things that might be a nice assistance such as when
> trains rust but I wouldn't want to put in too much data in this
> regard, just clean, simple reminders of certain key points
> 
> 2010/1/15 Erik Vos <eri...@xs...>:
>> I don't know what kind of stories you would put there; I find the current
>> private info is pretty complete.
>> And so far the assumption pretty much was that users were up to date on the
>> rules.
>> Including the game rules certainly isn't in the scope of this project.
>> 
>> But sure it can be done. For instance an (optional) extra <Info> tag per
>> company and train type.
>> Such train and private info could nicely be made visible as extra items
>> under the Info menu in the Map/OR window.
>> 
>> I can write the code, but I need a volunteer to write the texts. Anyone?
>> 
>> Erik.
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Jim Black [mailto:jim...@ya...]
>> Sent: Friday 15 January 2010 21:50
>> To: Development list for Rails: an 18xx game
>> Subject: Re: [Rails-devel] IfOption in Map.xml
>> 
>> 
>> I wanted to interject a couple of comments related to the xml-
>> 
>> a) in the privates auction- it's nice to see the privates info under the
>> info (i) button, but it sure is cryptic.  could a textual description be
>> added to the xml record, so that annotation/text displays instead? (if
>> present)
>> 
>> b) afaik, I can't get back to that help info later- that's problematic (the
>> info is often critical, when you're trying to use the private)
>> 
>> c) similar comment applies to trains- it's nice that the roster is listed in
>> 1.1.1, albeit tersely- the rusting info is a key omission, in practice
>> 
>> so, someday- throughout the game- maybe when you hover-over a private, a
>> train-inventory, a particular major, etc- the help text could show in a
>> popup.
>> 
>> in general, rails' users might could use a little more care-and-feeding, in
>> this area.   %-}
>> 
>> this seems related to the thread issues here, but, my apologies if it's too
>> tangential- just wanted to slip these comments in.
>> 
>> -  jim
>> 
>> 
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