#77990: "Forced selection option for "Today's Special!" (for Arena Mode)"
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• Please copy/paste the error message you see on your screen, if any.
The card "Today's Special!" reads as follows: "Set your hand aside and draw 3 cards. If today is your birthday, play all 3 cards. If today is a holiday or other special anniversary, play 2 of the cards. If it's just another day, play only 1 card. Discard the remainder."
This card relies on player honesty (as it just gives the three options in this adaptation), so what would happen in Arena mode? The player would be given the three options, but they could choose which one; which pretty much relies on trusting the internet for a competitive mode.
This option would force a player playing this card to play the same number of cards as chosen before the game. -
• Please explains what you wanted to do, what you do and what happened
• What is your browser?
Google Chrome v103
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• Please copy/paste the text displayed in English instead of your language. If you have a screenshot of this bug (good practice), you can use Imgur.com to upload it and copy/paste the link here.
The card "Today's Special!" reads as follows: "Set your hand aside and draw 3 cards. If today is your birthday, play all 3 cards. If today is a holiday or other special anniversary, play 2 of the cards. If it's just another day, play only 1 card. Discard the remainder."
This card relies on player honesty (as it just gives the three options in this adaptation), so what would happen in Arena mode? The player would be given the three options, but they could choose which one; which pretty much relies on trusting the internet for a competitive mode.
This option would force a player playing this card to play the same number of cards as chosen before the game. -
• Is this text available in the translation system? If yes, has it been translated for more than 24 hours?
• What is your browser?
Google Chrome v103
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• Please explain your suggestion precisely and concisely so that it's as easy as possible to understand what you mean.
The card "Today's Special!" reads as follows: "Set your hand aside and draw 3 cards. If today is your birthday, play all 3 cards. If today is a holiday or other special anniversary, play 2 of the cards. If it's just another day, play only 1 card. Discard the remainder."
This card relies on player honesty (as it just gives the three options in this adaptation), so what would happen in Arena mode? The player would be given the three options, but they could choose which one; which pretty much relies on trusting the internet for a competitive mode.
This option would force a player playing this card to play the same number of cards as chosen before the game. • What is your browser?
Google Chrome v103
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• What was displayed on the screen when you were blocked (Blank screen? Part of the game interface? Error message?)
The card "Today's Special!" reads as follows: "Set your hand aside and draw 3 cards. If today is your birthday, play all 3 cards. If today is a holiday or other special anniversary, play 2 of the cards. If it's just another day, play only 1 card. Discard the remainder."
This card relies on player honesty (as it just gives the three options in this adaptation), so what would happen in Arena mode? The player would be given the three options, but they could choose which one; which pretty much relies on trusting the internet for a competitive mode.
This option would force a player playing this card to play the same number of cards as chosen before the game. • What is your browser?
Google Chrome v103
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• Which part of the rules was not respected by the BGA adaptation
The card "Today's Special!" reads as follows: "Set your hand aside and draw 3 cards. If today is your birthday, play all 3 cards. If today is a holiday or other special anniversary, play 2 of the cards. If it's just another day, play only 1 card. Discard the remainder."
This card relies on player honesty (as it just gives the three options in this adaptation), so what would happen in Arena mode? The player would be given the three options, but they could choose which one; which pretty much relies on trusting the internet for a competitive mode.
This option would force a player playing this card to play the same number of cards as chosen before the game. -
• Is the rules violation visible on game replay? If yes, at which move number?
• What is your browser?
Google Chrome v103
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• Which was the game action you wanted to do?
The card "Today's Special!" reads as follows: "Set your hand aside and draw 3 cards. If today is your birthday, play all 3 cards. If today is a holiday or other special anniversary, play 2 of the cards. If it's just another day, play only 1 card. Discard the remainder."
This card relies on player honesty (as it just gives the three options in this adaptation), so what would happen in Arena mode? The player would be given the three options, but they could choose which one; which pretty much relies on trusting the internet for a competitive mode.
This option would force a player playing this card to play the same number of cards as chosen before the game. -
• What do you try to do to trigger this game action?
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• What happened when you try to do this (error message, game status bar message, ...)?
• What is your browser?
Google Chrome v103
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• At which step of the game did the problem occurs (what was the current game instruction)?
The card "Today's Special!" reads as follows: "Set your hand aside and draw 3 cards. If today is your birthday, play all 3 cards. If today is a holiday or other special anniversary, play 2 of the cards. If it's just another day, play only 1 card. Discard the remainder."
This card relies on player honesty (as it just gives the three options in this adaptation), so what would happen in Arena mode? The player would be given the three options, but they could choose which one; which pretty much relies on trusting the internet for a competitive mode.
This option would force a player playing this card to play the same number of cards as chosen before the game. -
• What happened when you try to do a game action (error message, game status bar message, ...)?
• What is your browser?
Google Chrome v103
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• Please describe the display issue. If you have a screenshot of this bug (good practice), you can use Imgur.com to upload it and copy/paste the link here.
The card "Today's Special!" reads as follows: "Set your hand aside and draw 3 cards. If today is your birthday, play all 3 cards. If today is a holiday or other special anniversary, play 2 of the cards. If it's just another day, play only 1 card. Discard the remainder."
This card relies on player honesty (as it just gives the three options in this adaptation), so what would happen in Arena mode? The player would be given the three options, but they could choose which one; which pretty much relies on trusting the internet for a competitive mode.
This option would force a player playing this card to play the same number of cards as chosen before the game. • What is your browser?
Google Chrome v103
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• Please copy/paste the text displayed in English instead of your language. If you have a screenshot of this bug (good practice), you can use Imgur.com to upload it and copy/paste the link here.
The card "Today's Special!" reads as follows: "Set your hand aside and draw 3 cards. If today is your birthday, play all 3 cards. If today is a holiday or other special anniversary, play 2 of the cards. If it's just another day, play only 1 card. Discard the remainder."
This card relies on player honesty (as it just gives the three options in this adaptation), so what would happen in Arena mode? The player would be given the three options, but they could choose which one; which pretty much relies on trusting the internet for a competitive mode.
This option would force a player playing this card to play the same number of cards as chosen before the game. -
• Is this text available in the translation system? If yes, has it been translated for more than 24 hours?
• What is your browser?
Google Chrome v103
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• Please explain your suggestion precisely and concisely so that it's as easy as possible to understand what you mean.
The card "Today's Special!" reads as follows: "Set your hand aside and draw 3 cards. If today is your birthday, play all 3 cards. If today is a holiday or other special anniversary, play 2 of the cards. If it's just another day, play only 1 card. Discard the remainder."
This card relies on player honesty (as it just gives the three options in this adaptation), so what would happen in Arena mode? The player would be given the three options, but they could choose which one; which pretty much relies on trusting the internet for a competitive mode.
This option would force a player playing this card to play the same number of cards as chosen before the game. • What is your browser?
Google Chrome v103
Report history
The problem of players that possibly “lie” when using Today’s Special is known and was discussed thoroughly up front when developing, see also in this bug report: boardgamearena.com/bug?id=41115
We won’t be spending time in adding any other solution that would be sub-optimal anyway at best.
Forcing players to make this choice beforehand in every game, when games will finish very often without this card even coming up, is also cumbersome and strange.
And with your suggestion, what to do with turn-based games that go on for days or even weeks?
Maybe it wasn’t their birthday when the game started but it is now?
Fluxx is meant to be a light, quick, fun chaotic game anyway, so taking it too seriously as an Arena competitive game is not really the intention.
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