Now I'm confused, but admittedly I'm just lurking... I think the rule for the Large-original should be spelled out, rather than some implied recursion to save rules text. In my mind, "once more" is ambiguous; does it mean: 1) Rotate the 1CR piece an additional 90deg? 2) Rotate the 2CR piece an additional 90deg? 3) Rotate the 3CR piece 90deg? I think #3 is intended, and that makes sense from a CRs-to-pips standpoint, but it could be clearer. Basically you need to propagate the rotation through X successive pieces (X = #pips on the selected piece) -- unless at any point in the chain, the just-rotated piece fails to point to another piece. Is this accurate? I know you can't just change the text to what I've said, because 'propagate the rotation' is not in itself well-defined either, but I think it serves well enough to communicate my point (or doesn't it?) I can see I'm going to have to try Rotationary myself, now that I've been sucked in ;-) -Ankhst > X-ASG-Debug-ID: 1168373150-6d1800170000-6KopCH > X-Barracuda-URL: http://dakia3.marvell.com:80/cgi-bin/mark.cgi > X-Barracuda-Connect: unknown[65.98.82.44] > X-Barracuda-Start-Time: 1168373150 > X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.0 (2005-09-13) on lists.looneylabs.com > X-Spam-Level: > X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL autolearn=disabled version=3.1.0 > X-Original-To: icehouse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Delivered-To: icehouse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:conte nt-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references:x-google-sender -auth; b=Xhene/tbQAX6dMyfjsQlcDSwChMRf3e1ghgT30O2kyRRkYi3MKs2jld0XeK0krow7z8WlVupL3hdL1 cZUBE+VUMl5u2wEiscr2NYYcDd63CywMMWpTb1HQWFEjkykQEn+AVHt+FIVtybFebp2u3oL/E0JPaZ9v jsw6t0TtbvzIU= > Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2007 14:05:09 -0600 > From: "Timothy Hunt" <games@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: "Icehouse Discussion List" <icehouse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > X-ASG-Orig-Subj: Re: [Icehouse] (revisit to---) Rotationary Rules - is this it? > Subject: Re: [Icehouse] (revisit to---) Rotationary Rules - is this it? > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > Content-Disposition: inline > X-Google-Sender-Auth: 39ec6c9d5d906c7b > X-BeenThere: icehouse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 > List-Id: Icehouse Discussion List <icehouse.lists.looneylabs.com> > List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.looneylabs.com/mailman/listinfo/icehouse>, <mailto:icehouse-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe> > List-Archive: <http://lists.looneylabs.com/pipermail/icehouse> > List-Post: <mailto:icehouse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > List-Help: <mailto:icehouse-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=help> > List-Subscribe: <http://lists.looneylabs.com/mailman/listinfo/icehouse>, <mailto:icehouse-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=subscribe> > X-Barracuda-Virus-Scanned: by dakia.marvell.com at marvell.com > X-ASG-Whitelist: Sender (Per-User) > X-OriginalArrivalTime: 09 Jan 2007 20:06:05.0327 (UTC) FILETIME=[981699F0:01C73429] > > > By "ORIGINAL PEICE" they do not meanthe FIRST peice I rotated, but the first > > piece that was rotated in reaction the piece I choose... is that it? > > No... > > Let's go through the original rules and I'll add commentary: > > > Pick one piece, > > This piece is the "original" piece. > > > and rotate it one 90° turn either clockwise or > > counterclockwise. > > Rotate the "original piece" > > > Whatever piece it then points to is rotated 90° in the > > same direction. > > Rotate the first "chain reaction" piece. Every time (except as noted > below) you choose a piece, at least one chain-reaction piece will > rotate. > > > > > Then, if the original piece > > ie, the piece that you chose > > > is... > > Small: Stop there > > because you've already rotated one, and a small "original" piece > causes a chain reaction size of one. > > > Medium: If the piece you just rotated (the "active piece") is pointing at > > another piece, then that piece is rotated 90° in the original direction. > > Stop there. > > the "active" piece here is the one most recently rotated, ie, the > first one in the chain-reaction. You've already rotated the original, > picked, piece, the first chain-reaction piece (from the instructions > earlier) and this rule causes you to rotate a second chain-reaction > piece. > > > Large: Same as medium, but once more. > > You've already rotated the original, picked, piece, the first and > second chain-reaction pieces (from the instructions earlier) and this > rule causes you to rotate a third chain-reaction piece. > > > > > If at any point a piece is pointing at nothing (either the blank space on > > the grid or the edge of the board), the process stops. > > And here's the exception : any chain reaction can be terminated in one > of two ways. Either it came to its full conclusion (small + 1 CR > piece, medium +2 CR pieces, Large +3CR pieces), or it was terminated > early because one of the rotations caused the pyramid you just rotated > not to be pointing at another pyramid. > > > After you stop, you > > may make another move. Continue until all pieces are pointing in the same > > direction after all rotations are done. You win! > > > > Does that help? > > Timothy > _______________________________________________ > Icehouse mailing list > Icehouse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.looneylabs.com/mailman/listinfo/icehouse