You could continue placing cards in a row (X X X X X X ) as long as you moved along the row. As chellman said, the key word is adjacent AND orthogonal. (which you now know what it means, as you have a gazillion definitions :-)
On Feb 2, 9:08 pm, chellman <[email protected]> wrote: > "So, I could effectively place cards like this: > X X X X X X X X X X X X > Until I ran out of cards." > > Actually, you cannot do that. The rules state that it must be > adjacent and orthogonal. So you have to do > > X > XPX > X > > And then you can go diagonally. After that, you have to fill up the > slot of another planet.. > > XXX > XPX > XXX > > X > XP(newP) > X > > I don't own the game, but that's how I'd interpret the rules. > > On Feb 2, 6:50 pm, Max Steele <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > There is nothing stating I can only expand on the X axis so far, and > > the Y axis so far. Of course, it's a much more pleasing board if I do > > something like > > > X X X X > > X X X X > > X X X X > > X X X X > > > I was wondering if the specific use of the word orthogonally, which in > > definitions I found said to place an object perpendicular to another, > > was stating an alternating placement pattern of X / Y axis or not. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
