[Icehouse] Martian Coasters rule question

[James Hazelton]

I think it's immediate--blue wins.  If ever it isn't immediate, it's usually
stated pretty plainly in the rules (Chrononauts, for example).

On 12/18/06, Bart Janssens <bartjanssens at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> Season's Greetings everybody!  I have a rule question for Martian
> Coasters.
>
> It is possible to achieve a Nest on your home square out-of-turn.  I can
> only think
> of one way it can happen, but there may be more.  If you have all three
> pieces 'home', in the proper
> order, but another player's piece(s) is/are between them, and they Dig
> them out, you have your Nest.
> Do you win immediately? Or do you have to win on your turn?
>
> Consider this setup:  Blue and Green coasters are adjoining, with arrows
> giving a three-space path
> from Blue's center to Green's.  The Blue center has (bottom to top) the
> Blue pawn, Blue drone, Green
> pawn, and Blue queen;  the Green center has the other two Green pieces.
> It's Green's turn; he/she
> rolls a Dig and a 4 (or more).  Green can use those 4 movement points to
> dig out the Pawn and get it
> home, and then use the Dig action to Nest all three pieces. However,
> Blue has gotten a Nest as well -
> and that happened first, even though it's not Blue's turn.
> Who wins?
>
> Bart Janssens
> Double-Duty Lab Rabbit
>
>
>
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