Re: [Rails-devel] 18EU Tile number overlaps

[Chris S. <chr...@gm...>]

On 10/24/07, brett lentz <wak...@gm...> wrote:
>
> What's the reasoning behind keeping the tile numbering the same?  If
> it's merely because that's what people already know and use for PBEM,
> that reasoning strikes me as tenuous at best.  So long as Rails uses
> an internally consistent numbering scheme, the tile numbering is
> largely irrelevant for actual gameplay.
>
> In other words, the gameplay value of Tile #9 isn't the fact that it's
> number nine, but the fact that it represents track going from one side
> of the hex to the opposite side in a straight line. So, therefore
> whether it's labelled 9 or 99 doesn't really matter at all, does it?

Yes, it does matter, because people often rely on printed tile upgrade
charts and lists.  Also, upgrade possibilities are often delineated in
the rules by tile number.  Since you can't update those documents, you
should be consistent with them.

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Chris

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