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Is '$3, $4, $5 or $6' the same as '$3 to $6'?
« on: November 17, 2018, 08:07:47 am »
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I'm checking the Dutch cards for mistranslations and I see quite some cards (Graverobber, Giant, Knights) where '$3 to $6' has been translated as '$3, $4, $5 or $6'. Are they the same? Are there cases where it matters?
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Re: Is '$3, $4, $5 or $6' the same as '$3 to $6'?
« Reply #1 on: November 17, 2018, 09:10:27 am »
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Well, those are all the integer price points from $3 to $6, and we don't have fractions of coins.
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Re: Is '$3, $4, $5 or $6' the same as '$3 to $6'?
« Reply #2 on: November 17, 2018, 09:12:47 am »
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Well, those are all the integer price points from $3 to $6, and we don't have fractions of coins.

But can '$3 to $6' include debt and/or potion costs?
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Re: Is '$3, $4, $5 or $6' the same as '$3 to $6'?
« Reply #3 on: November 17, 2018, 09:21:55 am »
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Well, those are all the integer price points from $3 to $6, and we don't have fractions of coins.

...yet.

But can '$3 to $6' include debt and/or potion costs?

No.
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Re: Is '$3, $4, $5 or $6' the same as '$3 to $6'?
« Reply #4 on: November 17, 2018, 03:50:34 pm »
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I agree: for now, their meaning is identical.

However, it's not impossible that some day Donald X. will introduce a "the next card you buy is half price" effect or similar...
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Re: Is '$3, $4, $5 or $6' the same as '$3 to $6'?
« Reply #5 on: November 19, 2018, 05:20:41 pm »
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I agree: for now, their meaning is identical.

However, it's not impossible that some day Donald X. will introduce a "the next card you buy is half price" effect or similar...


I believe such and fact would be worded with rounding up to avoid such an issue
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Re: Is '$3, $4, $5 or $6' the same as '$3 to $6'?
« Reply #6 on: November 19, 2018, 07:38:06 pm »
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So far as I can tell, surprisingly little would break (other than players' minds, of course) if you had $6 to spend and bought King's Court for $3½ then Laboratory for $2½!
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Re: Is '$3, $4, $5 or $6' the same as '$3 to $6'?
« Reply #7 on: November 25, 2018, 01:41:05 am »
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Instead of a 'everything costs half as much', you could make a 'everything costs twice as much' to not need to introduce a new mechanic. Or like 'everything costs twice as much and all coins and things produce twice as much', something like that, then you could make something affect odd numbers. A little wordy, but would be able to use existing mechanics (though would introduce the elusive price-increase).
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Re: Is '$3, $4, $5 or $6' the same as '$3 to $6'?
« Reply #8 on: November 26, 2018, 07:55:58 am »
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I've noticed this difference before, but it doesn't really qualify as a translation error in my opinion, just a different way of saying the same thing.
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