Oh yeah - I had forgotten that the cards had all reversed sides as well. Nice catch. Hopefully some time we get to play it again as I wouldn't mind stepping through it again.
On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 10:35 AM, Mark Tyler <[email protected]> wrote: > I still think the scoring for this part was handled incorrectly: > > "HOWEVER - in the case of the event card last night it DID flip the > article AHEAD of time so due to this fact those that had voted Nay > WOULD get the 2 points per delegate on the Nay side." > > The article was flipped from federalist to anti-federalist AND all the Yea > votes were moved to the Nay side (and the Nay votes moved to the Yea > side). So at this point the article was "anti-federalist" and the Nay > votes were "federalist. When the Nay side won, none of the delegates get 2 > points because none of them matched the article position. > > Anyway, your reading of the rules seems to shoot down the mistaken idea > that if the Nays win, you flip the article BEFORE scoring. > > On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 8:48 AM, Sylvus <[email protected]> wrote: > >> So I downloaded the rules and perused them having now played the game >> once. In the end I would have lost two points in the game because of >> the "Nay" rule we got incorrect. Here is how it should have worked: >> >> First you look at the winning side (be it Nay or Yea) and then you >> compare symbols to the article. If they match you get two points >> (which would never be the case on the "Nay" side since a delegate that >> supports the Faction on the article can't be placed on the "Nay" >> side). >> >> AFTER points are counted THEN you flip the article... >> >> HOWEVER - in the case of the event card last night it DID flip the >> article AHEAD of time so due to this fact those that had voted Nay >> WOULD get the 2 points per delegate on the Nay side. >> >> Thus in my case I had gotten 8 points total but it would now be >> altered as: >> >> 4 points for the Nay side during the "Mirror, Mirror" event (you have >> to be a trekkie to get that) >> 2 points instead of 4 during the last round in which I had Nay voters >> that won. >> >> I can't remember if I was only one point ahead of somone or not. >> >> ** Also my review of the rules indicated that you MAY pick up your >> Planner if they show and that it is NOT a requirement that you do so. >> So I could have used that event to trigger the other players planner >> in the discard pile to get more influence. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "utah county boardgamers association" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<ucboardgamers%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/ucboardgamers?hl=en. >> >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "utah county boardgamers association" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<ucboardgamers%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/ucboardgamers?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "utah county boardgamers association" 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/ucboardgamers?hl=en.
