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Haggis : 2 ideas

Posted: 17 October 2017, 16:54
by MiqueL de Cuxach
Hello,

Thank you for this very fun website ! Good work !

I have 2 suggestions about the game Haggis :

I'm slighly colorblind, and I sometimes don't play the card I want.
Would it be possible to have a better display of the selected cards that we're going to play ?
Or to choose a confirmation, ie "you're about to play this set/sequence/bomb : [cards displayed]" OK/Cancel"

In order to play faster games :
When playing a bomb, and the opponent doesn't have any choice to play a higher bomb, it would be nice to have an automatic pass, even if the opponent is not connected.
I find not relevant to wait, thus the opponent can't play anything.

Thank you in advance.

Re: Haggis : 2 ideas

Posted: 17 October 2017, 17:11
by Jest Phulin
Auto-play, when there are no legal moves or only one legal move, has been suggested for various games. BGA staff has generally rejected it.

First, it leads to confusion about how the game progressed. "Wait, how did I get this resource/lose this resource?" "I thought I was going to have the lead, what happened?" Etc.

Second, in the case you described, this gives away additional information.
"OK, I just played a rainbow bomb, and my opponent only has 1 face card. Since the move got auto-played, I *know* they don't have the monochrome bomb, so I can safely play...."

Re: Haggis : 2 ideas

Posted: 17 October 2017, 18:02
by MiqueL de Cuxach
Indeed I mentionned case where the auto-play would not give a cour about imminent's hand, ie 3 non-wild cards left.
Thank you for your answer, by the way :)