Secret Horde

I was wondering exactly how this card works. Some in our play group say that you put 2X counters on it, meaning that you put 2 from the blood bank, and X from your pool. So if you put 2 and added four, it would have a total of 6. Others say it is 2X meaning 2XX. So if you put 2X3 (from your pool), it would have 6 on it. Any help would be appreciated... Chris rho...@medicine.wustl.edu

rho...@medicine.wustl.edu (Chris Rhodes) writes: >Some in our play group say that you put 2X counters on it, meaning that >you put 2 from the blood bank, and X from your pool. So if you put >2 and added four, it would have a total of 6. This is how it would be interpretted if it were a Mt$ card, fortunately it is not :-) >Others say it is 2X meaning 2XX. So if you put 2X3 (from your pool), it >would have 6 on it. This is how it works. (The Mt$ idea offers no reason to ever use anything but X=0). 2X means 2 times X. 2+X means 2 plus X. Standard algebraic notation. -- L. Scott Johnson (sjoh...@math.sc.edu) | Eschew http://www.math.sc.edu/cgi-bin/sjohnson/home | Obfuscation Graphics Specialist and V:tES Rulemonger. |

On 25 Nov 1996, Chris Rhodes wrote: > Some in our play group say that you put 2X counters on it, meaning that > you put 2 from the blood bank, and X from your pool. So if you put > 2 and added four, it would have a total of 6. I doubt this, since this ruling would b`make it worse than Protracted Investment. > Others say it is 2X meaning 2XX. So if you put 2X3 (from your pool), it > would have 6 on it. This is how I would tend to interpret it. However, there is another possibility: You could say that the '2' is a tens digit, ie- 2x blood would mean that if you put 3 pool in you would put 23 counters on the card, which does seem a little ludicrous. I would say that the intrepretation that it means 2 times whatever x is makes the most sense. It is a slightly more flexible version of Protracted Investment, ie- PI only gives 6 pool, SH will give 6, 8, 10, 12 if you really want it. cya!

On 25 Nov 1996 22:58:40 GMT, rho...@medicine.wustl.edu (Chris Rhodes) wrote: >I was wondering exactly how this card works. > >Some in our play group say that you put 2X counters on it, meaning that >you put 2 from the blood bank, and X from your pool. So if you put >2 and added four, it would have a total of 6. > >Others say it is 2X meaning 2XX. So if you put 2X3 (from your pool), it >would have 6 on it. > >Any help would be appreciated... > Read it like in Algebra class, boys and girls....(Chorus of groans erupts...) Basically. it's like this. You pay X pool. You place 2 times X pool onto the horde. Very simple. Or, if you want a mathematical equation, place 2 * X pool onto the Horde. Alec Chang