Even with the cards on the mat, it can be easy to forget about the card. The coloring does help as a reminder. Also, coppers can end up on your mat. Personally, I think the coloring makes sense.
To remind you to put them on your mat?
The tan color reminds you that if a Reserve is actually in play, you're getting the "call" effect, and not the "play" effect.
Yes off course.I just agreed to say nothing about the closed beta beyond the fact that I'm part of it.
So here I am saying absolutely nothing except that I'm part of it
Can you tell us anything about the closed beta?
Fact 1: It's closed.
Fact 2: It's beta.
What I mean is that TR and Golem don't use any of those words that say anything about timing, so they aren't applicable.
My point was that we've been fine with intuitively knowing when a card was resolved for the entire history of Dominion, without "resolved" ever being used on a card.
But now that it is used on cards, it's confusing that there is no clear, official specification of its meaning, especially considering that "resolve" is regularly used in the rulebooks to refer to non-on-play effects.
I think "Directly after playing" would be less confusing. Of course the concern there would be people thinking that means before completing the on-play instructions. But cards like Throne Room and Golem already require the understanding that to play an Action is to do all the stuff, and the rulebook is a bit more clear about this.
I don't think TR and Golem really apply here. Thta wording would be confusing because "when play" effects typically kick in right when the card is played, before you resolve it. When an opponent plays Minion, you have to reveal Moat before she chooses whether to use Minion to discard or not. The words "Directly after" may push the intended meaning, but it's just as valid to interpret it as having the same timing as the "when play" on reactions like Moat.
Why doesn't "calling" just set it aside until Clean-up, avoiding the confusion of putting a card into play that you're not playing?
How is that at all confusing, though? It's spelled out really clearly in the rules.
I also tried "calling" putting the card in your discard pile at first.
My point was that we've been fine with intuitively knowing when a card was resolved for the entire history of Dominion, without "resolved" ever being used on a card.
I think the real characterization of when you have "resolved" an Action is, an Action is resolved at the time after playing it at which you can either play more Actions or proceed to your Buy phase.
the player must fully resolve an Action card before playing another one
Can the discussion about the merits of various payment systems be split into another thread?
If I've re-read you correctly, I can go into a lobby, but play against bots rather than humans, as opposed to hitting the "Play Bots" button from the home screen?
I think it's convenient that Outpost stays out to remind you that you're taking an Outpost turn, and therefore can't take another turn due to another Outpost you play this turn. It's a shame that there's no such tracking mechanism for Mission.
Mostly for convenience most cards that can have effects like that are Durations, so that they normally are still in play when they have effects, but it's still not them being in play that has an effect (unless it's an effect that is an when-in-play effect of course (as for Lighthouse). It's easy to believe that a card like Caravan has an effect because it is still in play, but it's the other way around – it's still in play because it has an effect (and it hasn't been removed from play by Procession or whatnot). When you've realized that the implication is in that direction there is not that much confusing going on, even in strange cases.
