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Can I opt not to have Christmas lights between consecutive numbers?
Posted: 23 September 2023, 04:27
by Mathew5000
The rules state:
"When 2 adjacent numbers are consecutive, you can connect them with a string of Christmas lights."
source:
https://boardgamearena.com/link?url=htt ... r&id=12770
It says "you can" not "you must". But it seems when I'm playing, the lights are strung automatically when I write in a consecutive house number. I was hoping to just forego the Christmas lights to get the estate plan where estates must have no lights strung. I think I should be able to, as the rules make the lights optional, just like I can choose not to build a park or a pool when I'm allowed to do so.
Cross-reference
https://boardgamearena.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=102409 but I believe that's a different issue.
Re: Can I opt not to have Christmas lights between consecutive numbers?
Posted: 23 September 2023, 06:32
by Mathew5000
And one other question. Regarding the city plan "Build 2 estates of 3 houses without any string of lights". Does an estate satisfy the criterion if there is no string of lights within the estate, but a house on the edge is connected by a string to a house not in the estate?
Re: Can I opt not to have Christmas lights between consecutive numbers?
Posted: 23 September 2023, 17:29
by Sunfall
Mathew5000 wrote: ↑23 September 2023, 04:27
The rules state:
"When 2 adjacent numbers are consecutive, you can connect them with a string of Christmas lights."
source:
https://boardgamearena.com/link?url=htt ... r&id=12770
It says "you can" not "you must". But it seems when I'm playing, the lights are strung automatically when I write in a consecutive house number. I was hoping to just forego the Christmas lights to get the estate plan where estates must have no lights strung. I think I should be able to, as the rules make the lights optional, just like I can choose not to build a park or a pool when I'm allowed to do so.
Cross-reference
https://boardgamearena.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=102409 but I believe that's a different issue.
I think it's a problem with the translation from the original French. The designer chimes in here:
https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/257170 ... 0#41973580
and makes it clear that the intent is, when you write an adjacent number, you
must draw the string of lights. It is not optional.
Re: Can I opt not to have Christmas lights between consecutive numbers?
Posted: 23 May 2024, 18:52
by SquashEngineer
Mathew5000 wrote: ↑23 September 2023, 06:32
And one other question. Regarding the city plan "Build 2 estates of 3 houses without any string of lights". Does an estate satisfy the criterion if there is no string of lights within the estate, but a house on the edge is connected by a string to a house not in the estate?
I believe the rules for the Christmas variant clarifies for that city plan, that the edge houses can be connected to the adjacent house outside the estate, however the central house cannot be connected to either of the two end houses within the estate. You must plan it such that the numbers are not sequential, as the lights strings will be connected automatically otherwise.