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Most games start on a "civil law" basis and stay there -- the rules are the rules, and the rules are fully specified by the rulebook. Ambiguities are minimal and clarified by the game company releasing an updated rulebook or errata to the original. You find out how things work by pulling out the rulebook and saying, "Here are the rules."
The Star Trek CCG started out with a somewhat vague rulebook that was then "explained" by a series of "FAQs," which is kind of like civil law, but the game gradually devolved into pure common law: this is how it works because a judge ruled it this way at a tournament ten years ago, or this is how people play it, or here's what the precedent is. By the time the CC took over, not even the Glossary could really even pretend to represent the full rules of the Star Trek CCG. There were a lot of unwritten rules of how to read cards that you just were supposed to know.
We have been moving back in the direction of having all of our rules actually written down, but it is a slow and often tricky process -- and those of us who know all the unwritten rules sometimes don't notice very quickly that they are, in fact, unwritten.
(Also, I assume this happens in all card games, but we just have a lot of players who come up with new interpretations all the time!)
Because of this, I don't think it is unreasonable for you to say that the "becomes" Glossary entry needs to be clarified, and I plan to ask the Rules Committee next month to clarify it. To be clear, I'm not blaming any players for getting this wrong. If multiple players read a rule wrong, that's almost always the rule's fault, not the players'.
Hoss-Drone wrote: ↑Mon Aug 22, 2022 4:49 pmIt often is.AllenGould wrote: ↑Mon Aug 22, 2022 4:46 pmActually it might be because the bigger issue here then is simply consistency and actually making sure the rules are the rules.Hoss-Drone wrote: ↑Mon Aug 22, 2022 4:28 pm Fair or unfair we live in a world where many of not all of us play other games. Become effects in most other games are permanent. Given that the become entry doesn't say that they end, and doesn't even imply it - I question whether or not yours and rules interpretation is fully thought out in this matter.By that logic, Space Amoeba permanently changes all ship and personnel stats?
Other games are handy for looking around, but different games are just that - different games.
Most games start on a "civil law" basis and stay there -- the rules are the rules, and the rules are fully specified by the rulebook. Ambiguities are minimal and clarified by the game company releasing an updated rulebook or errata to the original. You find out how things work by pulling out the rulebook and saying, "Here are the rules."
The Star Trek CCG started out with a somewhat vague rulebook that was then "explained" by a series of "FAQs," which is kind of like civil law, but the game gradually devolved into pure common law: this is how it works because a judge ruled it this way at a tournament ten years ago, or this is how people play it, or here's what the precedent is. By the time the CC took over, not even the Glossary could really even pretend to represent the full rules of the Star Trek CCG. There were a lot of unwritten rules of how to read cards that you just were supposed to know.
We have been moving back in the direction of having all of our rules actually written down, but it is a slow and often tricky process -- and those of us who know all the unwritten rules sometimes don't notice very quickly that they are, in fact, unwritten.
(Also, I assume this happens in all card games, but we just have a lot of players who come up with new interpretations all the time!)
Because of this, I don't think it is unreasonable for you to say that the "becomes" Glossary entry needs to be clarified, and I plan to ask the Rules Committee next month to clarify it. To be clear, I'm not blaming any players for getting this wrong. If multiple players read a rule wrong, that's almost always the rule's fault, not the players'.
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"Then receive this reward from the Glossary. May it keep you strong."
~Iron Prime