Re: [Rails-devel] 1835 presidency swap: Bug fix required (typos corrected)

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

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> From: John David Galt [mailto:jd...@di...]

> Eyal may also sell 10%.  In this case he just places his 20% non-president
> certificate in the bank pool and takes a 10% certificate.

Apparently you follow the line, that 1835 players buy certificates and sell
shares, both understood as referring to the current common sense meaning of
the words certificate and share.

I don't believe that the (old) rules as written follow this strict
distinction. In some places, the English rules seem to support your view, in
other places I find it pretty clear that the word 'share' should actually be
understood as 'certificate'. 
The word 'certificate' as used in the English rules only seems to occur in
contexts where minors and privates are included as well.

The German rules (found on BGG) state in 2.6.3.2:
"Jedes "Papier" kann nur als Ganzes verkauft werden, nicht teilweise (z.B.
durch den Austausch einer 20%-Aktie durch einen 10%-Anteil)."
" Each certificate can only be sold as a whole, not in parts (e.g. by
swapping a 20% share for a 10% share)."

That seems pretty clear to me. If Rails would ever support your way, it
should in my opinion be a non-default game option.

Erik