More specifically: Could there be a standardised interface/notation for Dominion games (such as portable game notation for chess) so that councilroom.com could continue their amazing job (if rrenaud were interested in doing so). Maybe in the process we could even replay the games in some form, not only read the logs. That would be really great and for me personally much more important than for example an AI. I realize that this is a bit more complex than for chess, considering the cards, interactions and upcoming expansions.
Indeed, even without more expansions on the way, a simple notation in a game with powerful decks will get very complex for a standardized notation. Some things might be easy:
12. Lab, Lab, SSE: Lab > Market, G; Lab > Festival, C; Market > Lab; Festival; Lab > GP; $14 > PG.
Easy enough to read, but each of those is a vanilla card. Anything that requires interaction means one line per player; anything that creates weirdness means extra stuff. We can add characters, so:
> for Draw, v for Trash, ^ for Gain, < for Discard (hey that's not so bad), and... hrm, _ for Top-Deck? OK, so now let's parse a hand consisting of Lookout, Spy, Lab, KC, and Masquerade...
12P2. Spy, Lab, KC, Masq, Lookout: Spy > P, _ E; Lookout v E, < C, _ G; KC-Lab > GSCC, Lab, Masq; Lab > SS, Masq v C, ^ E, V E; Masq v C, ^ S, v C; $9 ^ KC.
P3. Spy < G; Masq v C, ^ C; Masq v C, ^ C.
P1. Spy _ E; Masq v E, ^ C; Masq v S, ^ C.
OK, actually, that's somewhat readable, though for someone not well-versed in the game, it's going to be really tough to read...
PS: This was a bit tough to write for me - hope I could express myself understandingly in the foreign language. I wasn't sure where to post this too, but decided the Isotropic and councilroom.com Sub Forums are too specific.
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