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Mispeps
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Different rules in different languages

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Hello everyone, I own a physical copy of the game and had played a few games before trying it here. In my italian copy (and in italian rulebooks online), the rules clearly state that during the draw phase, you are allowed once per turn to discard any number of cards drawn that round and re-draw the same number of cards from the deck. This allows you to hold on to one (or more) card and redraw the others in hope of getting a pair, without necessarely having to commit to taking the first copy in the first place.
When I tried playing online and noticed this was not possible I thought it was a bug, but the english rulebook states that you can discard and redraw "the cards drawn this round". Is my game an older edition or is it just a translation error? Imo it's not a bad rule, playing it here on bga I feel like it's hard to actually get pairs most of the time.
Tmt_BBx
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Re: Different rules in different languages

Post by Tmt_BBx »

I think the traslations had not been checked that accurately. I found some errors in the french edition too (i'm italian, but bought from amazon the wrong version by error ahah). Some cards that would interact with the top card (like cowboy or ghost) refer to the bottom one instead, which is actually not a minor detail since there are a bunch of situations where that matters a lot and worsen the cards. Also the error you pointed out is pretty egregious since as you said makes building decks easier and it's not the way it's intended to be. Don't know if it's in the french version too, i already knew how to play when i bought it and never read the rules.
ExaltedAngel
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Re: Different rules in different languages

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Mispeps wrote: 04 June 2025, 17:02 Hello everyone, I own a physical copy of the game and had played a few games before trying it here. In my italian copy (and in italian rulebooks online), the rules clearly state that during the draw phase, you are allowed once per turn to discard any number of cards drawn that round and re-draw the same number of cards from the deck. This allows you to hold on to one (or more) card and redraw the others in hope of getting a pair, without necessarely having to commit to taking the first copy in the first place.
When I tried playing online and noticed this was not possible I thought it was a bug, but the english rulebook states that you can discard and redraw "the cards drawn this round". Is my game an older edition or is it just a translation error? Imo it's not a bad rule, playing it here on bga I feel like it's hard to actually get pairs most of the time.
Yes, apparently Italian rulebook is wrong, I also played with those rules (which imho make much more sense) in person at Bologna Play, then got confused once I played online :|
DrakeStorm wrote: 14 December 2024, 02:47 So the designer, the developer, the publisher, top players, and most sane people agree that any kind of blocking is ok, but apparently that just isn't good enough to end this argument.
Andrei3009
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Re: Different rules in different languages

Post by Andrei3009 »

Mispeps wrote: 04 June 2025, 17:02 Hello everyone, I own a physical copy of the game and had played a few games before trying it here. In my italian copy (and in italian rulebooks online), the rules clearly state that during the draw phase, you are allowed once per turn to discard any number of cards drawn that round and re-draw the same number of cards from the deck. This allows you to hold on to one (or more) card and redraw the others in hope of getting a pair, without necessarely having to commit to taking the first copy in the first place.
When I tried playing online and noticed this was not possible I thought it was a bug, but the english rulebook states that you can discard and redraw "the cards drawn this round". Is my game an older edition or is it just a translation error? Imo it's not a bad rule, playing it here on bga I feel like it's hard to actually get pairs most of the time.
Was also surprised, russian version has the same translation.
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