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jwarrend · Joined: 19 Mar 04 Posts: 5

Hey, now we can see how many farmers are in the cup! That's great, thanks for adding that.

But, if I might make one more request...it would be great to be able to see how many are in the supply, as well. Or, at the very least, how many fell out in the initial seeding.

Thanks again, this is a fantastic interface!

-Jeff

milksheikh · Posted: Wed May 12, 2004 11:13 pm Post subject:

Well, it's not just that you can see how many are in the cup, it's that they stay in the cup (when they should). I had missed that in the rules (discarding all farmers when they fall out, even when they weren't involved), until someone pointed it out.

I'm not certain about presenting the initial seeding information -- I personally think it might be better to not know exactly what's in the tower initially. Maybe I'll make it a game-specific option?

Llama · Posted: Mon May 24, 2004 9:14 am Post subject:

But it's public knowledge. In fact, I would like to see an option for knowing exaclt how many are in the tower as, again, it's public knowledge.
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lotsa blots · Joined: 30 Apr 04 Posts: 66 Location: New York City

I agree: both how many farmers are in the Tower and how many of each player's cubes remain in the Tower is definitely public knowledge at start, and in every face to face game I've played, determined and announced to all. Frequently in face to face, keeping exact track falls by the wayside, but one of the great benefits of computers is to keep track of time consuming details effortlessly. I am a definite advocate of 'publishing' updated counts of both Tower and Cup content throughout the game.

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rhagmaier · Joined: 16 Aug 04 Posts: 1

I think that as long as the players know what is in the supply, they can do it themselves. Players who take the time to determine the tower contents on their own will be rewarded.

TheCat · Joined: 15 Feb 05 Posts: 97

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lotsa blots · Joined: 30 Apr 04 Posts: 66 Location: New York City

I agree with The Cat's logic.

It's an extreme case, granted, but it illustrates the principle.

Why make any aspect of the game more convenient, when, with effort, the player could work it out for themselves? and if you're going to make one aspect convenient, for example, providing a map versus making player draw their own, which players could do, but it would be inconvenient, why not make another aspect like providing farmer counts convenient as well?

steve.leach · Joined: 21 Dec 04 Posts: 5

This is public knowledge in the face to face game. Its not like people who play the actual game are doing all this figuring to determine the number of green cubes in the tower.

Knowing the number of green cubes in the tower as well as the number of your cubes in the tower makes spring combat actions a lot easier to think about.

It is a feature of the game of Wallenstein that everyone knows how many cubes of each color are in the tower after the seeding. It should be a feature here as well.

csibadajoz · Joined: 05 Jul 05 Posts: 6

Resuming: you can use the computer to take track of the public information or you can use an abacus to do the same.

Well. if the computer does the hard work by me, it doesn't matter to my.

Mistrales · Joined: 29 Nov 21 Posts: 18

I think that as long as the players know what is in the supply, they can do it themselves. Players who take the time to determine the tower contents on their own will be rewarded.

GerryLi · Joined: 15 Feb 22 Posts: 11

thank you for information

Feedmark346 · Joined: 18 Mar 22 Posts: 13

[quote="jwarrend"]Hey, now we can see how many farmers are in the cup! That's great, thanks for adding that.

But, if I might make one more request...it would be great to be able to see how many are in the supply, as well. Or, at the very least, how many fell out in the initial seeding.

Thanks again, this is a fantastic interface!

-Jeff.
Hi all. I have the same opinion how Jeff