Re: [Rails-devel] Playtest report of 1837 under Rails 2.0.beta3

[John D. G. <jd...@di...>]

>> 5. The mechanism for reducing prices for the next purchase if everyone
>> passes during a start round works correctly -- up to the point where the
>> prices of some of the items available reach zero.
>>
>> The save-game file "1837_20150801_2003_Kermit.rails" demonstrates this
>> problem.  Everyone passed consecutively starting with John and ending
>> with Kermit, multiple times through.
>>
>> What actually happened then (from the Game Report window) is:
>>
>>      (**)Kermit passes.
>>      All players have passed.
>>      Price of EKT is now reduced to 0K
>>      Price of AB is now reduced to 85K
>>      Price of ZKB is now reduced to 0K
>>      Kermit buys EKT for 0K
>>      EKT floats and receives 100K
>>
>>      And it is still Kermit's turn -- with AB and ZKB available for their
>> reduced prices! (but EOD is at its normal price of 100).
>>
>> What SHOULD have happened is this:
>>
>>      (**)Kermit passes.
>>      All players have passed.
>>      Price of EKT is now reduced to 0K
>>      Price of AB is now reduced to 85K
>>      Price of ZKB is now reduced to 0K
>>
>>      Now it becomes John's turn.
>>      Pass is grayed out, forcing John to buy one of the three companies
>> on offer (AB for 85, or EKT or ZKB for free).  Once he does so, all
>> prices return to normal, Pass is re-enabled, and it becomes Kent's turn.

> Isnt he forced to buy the first one on display thats zero ? (i fixed the 
> behaviour now that he will buy the first unsold company with a zero price.)

No, I checked this in the rules.  The next player has to buy something
now, but can still select from any column if it is non-empty and he has
the cash.