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[quacks.git] / pumpkin-books.md

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 % Books involving pumpkins
 
 
-*** NB see pumpkin-books.pdf to see which ones have been playtested ***
-
-
-
 Choose books randomly, and include the books below as options.
 
 [Rationale: a friend was disappointed after playing Book 1 to discover
@@ -28,13 +24,16 @@ YELLOW
 5/13/21
 
 Find up to 1/2/4 pumpkins already placed in your pot.  Move them to
-right after the yellow.
+right after the yellow.  You may place the moved pumpkins in any
+order.
 
 Each moved pumpkin is placed in the next available space, regardless
-of its value or of other rules.  You may place the moved pumpkins in
-any order.
+of its value or of other rules, and do not perform any chip or board
+actions.
 
-Any other effects of placing these chips there, do happen.
+Any other effects of placing these chips there, do happen.  If the
+"pumpkin" was actually a "last coloured chip" Lotus, it can mutate, so
+that when it is being re-placed it might be a yellow.
 
 
 RED
@@ -54,7 +53,7 @@ If the previous chip played was a pumpkin, you may exchange it with
 the supply as follows:
 
  Blue 1              =>  Green 1 / Red 1 / Yellow 1 / Blue 1
- Blue 2              =>  Any 2 chip / Purple / Black
+ Blue 2              =>  Any 2 chip / Purple / Black / Lotus
  Blue 4              =>  Any 4 chip
 
 (The new chip should be put aside, to go into your bag in the next
@@ -96,15 +95,6 @@ The value of this chip is 1 higher than the number of pumpkins in the
 pot (but the value is capped at 4).
 
 
-GENERAL
-------
-
-For the avoidance of doubt: when you return a chip to your bag, any
-special effects that have already occurred does not need to be undone.
-But any ongoing or end-of-round effects (or side-effects) no longer
-happen because the returned chip is no longer in your pot: henceforth
-it is henceforth as if that chip was never placed.
-
 
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