[haggis] Haggis board 86 (repeat of previous rant with examples this time)

[Eric Shultz <swift_4@yahoo.com>]

Having one suit very valuable and another less
valuable locks up the game:

> Rules:
>     1 = Each set of 2 white cards multiples the
> value of one green card by 2

>     3 = The holder of the most white cards scores a
> bonus of 9.
>        
>     5 = Each set of 2 orange cards multiples the
> value of one white card by 3
>         
>     9 = A green card is worth 4.
>        
>     11 = A white card is worth 3 more than a green
> card.

White cards give a base of 7 each.  Every two orange
cards makes one white card worth 14 more points.
Whoever has the most gets 9.  One quarter of the rules
related to white being positive.
        
>     12 = A green card is worth 2 more than a yellow
> card.

Yippee.  The only thing a yellow card is good for is
six points.  1/12th of the rules related to yellow,
and it's not that great.

I think balancing how the suits appear in the rules is
a big priority.  If it were yellow that got multiplied
by orange cards, or had the bonus for the most, people
might have been able to trade them or use them.


		
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