Re: [Rails-devel] 1835 playtest report - Rails 1.4.2

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

> -----Original Message-----
> From: John David Galt [mailto:jd...@di...]
> 
> These problems still exist.
> 
> 3. When the 4+4 train is purchased (after the Prussian has formed), all
> players get asked whether to convert our remaining minors.  (This is only
> supposed to happen (a) when the M2 converts, thus forming the Prussian, or
> (b) at the beginnings of rounds.  Thus we should not be asked upon the 4+4
> purchase unless the owner of M2 declined all earlier opportunities to form
> the Prussian and so is forced to form it then.)

Confirmed, will be fixed.
 
> 5. The train limit for most major companies gets reduced to two, and I am
> forced to discard one, upon the 4+4-train purchase.  This is not supposed
to
> happen until the first 5-train purchase.

Conformed, this is a configuration issue that will be fixed with the new
phase management approach.

> 6. When I was forced to purchase a train using money out of hand, the
> program forced me to buy the 3 from the bank pool rather than the 6 which
> is the next new train for sale.  I believe I am supposed to be allowed to
buy
> the 6-train.

Indeed. This relates to another problem with 1856, reported by Aliza Panitz
months ago:

> However, a play-forward of a game I'm in has Rails telling a company
> president that they may contribute cash up to the face value of the train
in
> question when making a forced purchase from another company.

1835 behaves the same way. It's a generic problem: all games still follow
the emergency train buying rules of 1830.  That obviously needs to be
addressed.

Erik.