From: Chris S. <chr...@gm...> - 2012-08-30 15:51:02
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A number of games don't assign home stations to corporations until formation - 1817 is an example. Similarly, in 1861 after a certain phase (the 5 train?) you can start a new major corporation in any unconnected hex. Thus, I think it's a bit too broad to say the map determines the corporations. -- Chris Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail. On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 7:55 PM, Mike Bourke <com...@ip...>wrote: > Logically, games divide into two elements: maps and rules sets. Maps > include > home bases and therefore starting positions on the board, and determine > which corporations exist within the game. Rules divide into special > abilities related to the maps, such as port tokens and what-have-you, > generic "core" rules, and specific rule implementations for a particular > game variant (1830 vs 1856 vs.... and so on). > > Consider the complications of the Prussian Railway and all the minor > companies that form it and placement on, say, the 1830 board. It can't be > done. So tokens and corporations are map-and-variant specific. > > While the facility could possibly be coded in for using separate drop-down > boxes to select the map (and related parameters like corporations, tokens, > etc) and the rules set to be used, ensuring that all the combinations are > mutually compatible would be a nightmare, vastly blowing out the level of > testing requirements. There would be times when we would be forced to play > god, deciding into which category a particular rule falls (map or system), > always with the potential of angering someone who doesn't agree. So this > would require a line-by-line reading of, analysis of, possible discussion > of, and potential disagreement over, each and every rule in each and every > version of the game. > > I don't think it's worth it. > > A possible compromise might be to create a map editor that takes the > existing elements of the map for a particular game and variant and > rearranges their location on the map board, then saves the resulting map in > a format that permits it to be used within that system-and-variant. Since > the map elements don't change, only their relative placement. But even this > would potentially run into problems. > > > Mike Bourke > Campaign Mastery http://www.campaignmastery.com > Co-author, Assassin's Amulet http://www.legaciescampaignsetting.com > > > > --- > avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. > Virus Database (VPS): 120828-3, 29/08/2012 > Tested on: 30/08/2012 12:55:05 PM > avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2012 AVAST Software. > http://www.avast.com > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Live Security Virtual Conference > Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and > threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions > will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware > threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ > _______________________________________________ > Rails-devel mailing list > Rai...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rails-devel > |