[Fluxx] Radioactive Potato timing question

[Andrew Plotkin]

On Fri, 31 Aug 2007, Joseph Pate wrote:

> I started to write a response, but it's pretty much the same as Steve's
> response.  Fluxx is more or less stateless -- whenever a new rule or
> goal comes into play, it's as though these had been the rules the whole
> time... so even if someone only just now meets the requirements for the
> goal, they win immediately, they don't need to first complete the current
> turn, adhere to any limits in play, etc. before they are declared the
> winner, unless there's specific card text that says otherwise.

There are two corner conditions to worry about, not one:

A: You play a goal that you fulfil, causing the potato to rotate to you.
(Do you win before the potato lands?)

B: There is a goal in play which you fulfil, but you also have the potato. 
You play a new goal, causing the potato to rotate *away* from you.
(Do you win right after the potato leaves, before the goal changes?)

And there are three possible answers:

1: The potato moves right after the goal changes. (A: yes. B: no.)

2: The potato moves right *before* the goal changes. (A: no. B: yes.)

3: It's simultaneous. (A: no. B: no.)

The one game I've played with potato in the deck, we ruled "simultaneous". 
Mostly because it's easier -- you don't have to reason about momentary 
states.

--Z

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