A topic from AEG's L5R CCG Rules forum, copied for Oracle of the Void from a copy of the forum saved in October 2015, so pages it didn't save are missing. Players' names are left out; the rules officials are named. Rulings are as they stood on these dates; later rulings, the rulebooks and the Rules Archive may differ.
My opponent is playing the region Ratling Villages from the Hidden Emperor set, claiming that it's a diffrent card than Ratling Village (which is singular). We play legacy rules format.
The two regions have the same ability. Is Ratling Villages considered a different card from Ratling Village, or is this a typo?
My opponent is playing the region Ratling Villages from the Hidden Emperor set, claiming that it's a diffrent card than Ratling Village (which is singular). We play legacy rules format.
The two regions have the same ability. Is Ratling Villages considered a different card from Ratling Village, or is this a typo?
Typo.
I mean, your friend is techncially correct until I update the Legacy wiki in the next few seconds, but come on, right? Same title except for one letter AND same ability?
So, in conclusion, thanks for the catch; it's hard to keep track of them all. A lot of cards dropped the "The" on their reprints, and I only caught some more in just this last month. A pesky "s" is now a new demon that I shall have to watch out for.
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Brook Cunningham wrote:Typo.
I mean, your friend is techncially correct until I update the Legacy wiki in the next few seconds, but come on, right? Same title except for one letter AND same ability?
So, in conclusion, thanks for the catch; it's hard to keep track of them all. A lot of cards dropped the "The" on their reprints, and I only caught some more in just this last month. A pesky "s" is now a new demon that I shall have to watch out for. /quote
“Same title except for one letter AND same ability?”: Next to the name there is a clear difference between the cards: Ratling village also reads “singular” and the Ratling villagers did not.
The name “Ratling villagers” is plural and the name “Ratling village” is singular, so it could have been more than just coincidence that the ratling village also had the singular text.
“except for one letter” : A “pesky “s” “ changes the meaning of words E.g. words and swords, hooters en shooters. ........And with L5R in the title it changes the card ID.
It surprises me that I never read any official word about errata of this name “error” before. With the split second change of Legacy wiki, instead of what I thought to be a considered name change was not more that carelessness of the designers (or their assistance or the print shop) :|
Since it is a question board and not a discussion board: Are you sure the ruling about the typo is correct?
Keep up the good work on l5r and the legacy rules!
Thnx
Kuni (Who was technically correct ).
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Sorry, but the board would not let me reply to the original threat.
That's intentional. See here, fourth paragraph.
“Same title except for one letter AND same ability?”: Next to the name there is a clear difference between the cards: Ratling village also reads “singular” and the Ratling villagers did not.
In Diamond Edition, which introduced the "Singular" keyword, a rule was introduced that ALL Regions (from any edtion) were Singular (DE rulebook, pg. 59). Thus, the instant your above referenced "difference" was printed, it was also eliminated. But we've since rescinded that ruling in the Legacy Rules.
The name “Ratling villagers” is plural...
We are, none of us, immune to the odd typo.
Since it is a question board and not a discussion board: Are you sure the ruling about the typo is correct?
Yes. We're all quite sure.
Keep up the good work on l5r and the legacy rules!
Thnx
You're welcome!
Kuni (Who was technically correct ).
In the sense of, "getting off on a technicality", yes.