given your examples: If their corners meet they are diagonally placed, if two of the sides meet they are orthogonally placed. In fact orthogonal lines are perpendicular by definition.
for a grid: x|o|x o|a|o x|o|x The areas marked "o" would be orthogonal to the area marked "a". On Feb 3, 1:34 am, Max Steele <[email protected]> wrote: > Please excuse my ignorance. I searched for this term, and everything > I come up with is in engineer speak. > > In the game rules for "Free Trader", when placing a new World card, it > states: > > "Take the top card, look at it, and then place it orthogonally > adjacent to the planet you are currently at. If there is no available > space orthogonally then you may place diagonally. If no space is > available diagonally then you may place the planet anywhere adjacent > orthogonally to any planet." > > I have absolutely no clue what it means to place a card orthogonally > to another. Could someone give some type of visual explanation? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BGG Down" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/BGG_down?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
