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Re: [Fluxx] Rich and Poor bonus

  • Fromadross@xxxxxxx
  • DateThu, 29 Mar 2007 06:52:59 +0000
-------------- Original message from "Daniel W. Johnson" <panoptes@xxxxxxxxxx>: -------------- 
> 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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