[Fluxx] Rich and Poor bonus

[Chris Lowell]

If you wanted to be correct in logic terms, it could be worded "If you have
more/fewer Keepers than each other player...." but a little common-sense
thinking (even if it isn't 100% spelled out in the wording) and "spirit of
the rules" would lead to the intention of the rule and how it is meant to be
played.



On 4/8/07, Rosa Contreras <minniedaisy_love2 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>  It seems clear to me. I mean it does say "If you have more/fewer keepers
> than anyone else..." meaning that if you are the one that has the most or
> fewer keepers then you are the one that draws the extra card. I think the
> word "anyone" is refering to anyone in the group that is playing, and if you
> just look at their keepers then you can clearly tell who has the most or the
> fewest keepers. I do not see how this can be confusing?
>
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> > From: adross at att.net
> > To: fluxx at lists.looneylabs.com
> > Subject: Re: [Fluxx] Rich and Poor bonus
> > Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 06:52:59 +0000
> >
> > -------------- Original message from "Daniel W. Johnson" <
> panoptes at iquest.net>: --------------
> > > At 07:47 -0500 2007-03-25, Melissa Parish wrote:
> > > >My husband (Ryan) and I had a minor argument last night about Rich
> > > >and Poor bonus, so I thought I'd ask the people who know more about
> > > >such things.
> > > >
> > > >The pictures at the top clearly say "Most Keepers" and "Fewest
> > > >Keepers", but the text at the bottom is less clear. "If you have
> > > >more/fewer keepers than anyone else..."
> > >
> > > The problem is that the word "any" is inherently ambiguous. Consider
> > > the following examples:
> > >
> > > "Anyone here can operate this equipment."
> > >
> > > "Can anyone here operate this equipment?"
> > > ------------
> >
> > I redid my Rich Bonus and Poor Bonus onto Fluxx Blanxx so that they now
> say "If you are the one player with the most Keepers..." and "If you are the
> one player with the fewest Keepers...".
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