[s-d] Re: [s-b] [auto] Peter submits p4

[Daniel Lepage <dpl33@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Apr 14, 2005, at 6.58 PM, automailer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Peter has submitted a new proposal, p4.
>
> ---------------------------------
> Proposal 4/0: Tiles
> A Standard Proposal by Peter
> Last modified on nweek 85, nday 2
>
> Create a new section of the rules, with each second-level header 
> (surrounded by == ) denoting a new rule:
> {{
> = Tiles =
> == Definitions ==
> Tiles are Game Objects.
>
> Each Tile may have a Tile Letter.
>
> A Tile may be owned by a Player.
>
> The set of Tiles that a player owns is called eir Rack.
>
> Any Tiles that are not owned by a player are said to be in the Bag.
>
> A statement that a Tile is put into the Bag is equivilent to meaning 
> that the Tile is no longer owned by a player.

If you say "The Bag is a game object; all Tiles without defined 
locations are put into the Bag" then it covers the previous two 
sentences and also doesn't implicitly ban the existence of other 
locations for Tiles to be in (like on a board).

> A statement that a player Draws a Tile means that if there are any 
> Tiles in the Bag, a random Tile from the Bag becomes owned by that 
> player.
>
> == Joining and Leaving ==
> Each player may be Playing Tiles. Players initially are not Playing 
> Tiles.
>
> A player not Playing Tiles and who has not been Playing Tiles for at 
> least two nweeks may choose to be Playing Tiles as a Game Action.
>
> A player who is Playing Tiles may choose to no longer be Playing Tiles 
> as a Game Action. When e does so, all Tiles in eir Rack are put into 
> the Bag.
>
> == Drawing ==
> If a player who is Playing Tiles at any point does not have at least 7 
> tiles in eir Rack, e Draws Tiles until either e has 7 Tiles or there 
> are no more Tiles in the Bag, whichever comes first.
>
> == English Words ==
> An English Word is a word recognized as a word by the 
> [http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/ Yahoo! dictionary] 
> and labeled as a part of speech with the exception of the following:
>  * Words that always contain a capital letter
>  * Abbreviations
>  * Prefixes and suffixes not standing along
>  * Words that contain a character that is not one of the 26 standard 
> English letters, such as a hyphen or apostrophe.
>
> == Playing ==
> At most twice per nweek, a player may make a Tile Play. A Tile Play 
> consists of specifying a sequence of Tiles that each have a Tile 
> Letter from eir Rack such that the Tile Letters on those Tiles in that 
> sequence form an English Word.
>
> When a Tile Play is made, the Tiles specified by it are put into the 
> Bag.

So you're leaving it to somebody else to provide a reason for wanting 
to do this?

--
Wonko

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