My opponent the last time we played I think moved a concealed stack and then split it off. A12.11 says a new concealment counter is created for the new stack. Does that hold true if the original stack was all dummies?
Well I have played that wrong from the "get-go". Learn something new in ASL everyday. Thanks for info!Yes, the top counter is never a dummy, so you need to add a concealment counter to the top of the new dummy stack when it splits off from a stack.
No. The top counter is not a dummy counter. The top counter is a concealment counter. A dummy counter is a "?" that is beneath a concealment counter. If you have a stack of 3 x "?", you have two dummies and one concealment counter. The stack can split into two stacks, each of one dummy counter and one concealment counter. You can increase the number of concealment counters but you can never increase the number of dummy counters.Well I have played that wrong from the "get-go". Learn something new in ASL everyday. Thanks for info!
So if I have this right, a total dummy stack of 3 "?" [?, ? ,?] becomes two stacks of 5 "?", arranged as [?, ?, ?] and [?, ?].
No, a dummy stack of 3 is two dummies and one concealment counter. So they break up into two stacks of one dummy and one concealment counter. If you had a dummy stack of 4 (3 dummies and 1 ? counter), you could break that up into 3 stacks of 1 dummy and 1 ?.Well I have played that wrong from the "get-go". Learn something new in ASL everyday. Thanks for info!
So if I have this right, a total dummy stack of 3 "?" [?, ? ,?] becomes two stacks of 5 "?", arranged as [?, ?, ?] and [?, ?].
Velo
First, as most people play it (myself included), a concealed stack can split into two stacks. However, each stack is not topped "with its own newly created '?'" Instead, one stack keeps the original "?", while the new stack gains a fresh "?".
A concealed stack is the part of each stack that is below a concealment counter. Dummies are always concealed - the moment they lose concealment, they cease to exist.Secondly (and more important to the OP), exactly what is the definition of a "concealed stack"? Can Dummies actually be concealed?
It would be creating a new dummy stack, just not new dummy counters.Wouldn't splitting an existing stack be creating a new dummy stack? ...just wondering!