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Rich Farrington

(RFarr)

United States
Seymour
Connecticut

I always find your reviews valuable and well done, but I think there is a mistake in this one. The rules clearly state that the stronger dog pulls harder, pulling the sled in his direction. Your review illustrates the sled going the opposite way. A stronger dog on the left pulls the sled to the left.

Keep up the great reviews!

Posted Wed Jun 30, 2010 3:06 am
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Raiko Puust

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Harju Maakond

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Thank you. Easier to learn a game from you then read rules in English...

Posted Sat Sep 11, 2010 7:52 pm
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Elia

(Accatitippi)

Italy

Bergamo

RFarr wrote:

I always find your reviews valuable and well done, but I think there is a mistake in this one. The rules clearly state that the stronger dog pulls harder, pulling the sled in his direction. Your review illustrates the sled going the opposite way. A stronger dog on the left pulls the sled to the left.

Keep up the great reviews!

Well I never even read the rules, but I think Tom's interpretation looks more logic: the sledge is turning, not sliding away.

Anyway, check the rules one more time. laugh

Posted Thu Apr 14, 2011 5:39 pm
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Vaughn Sandor

(Vaughn)

United States
Eastlake
Ohio

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Accatitippi wrote:

RFarr wrote:

I always find your reviews valuable and well done, but I think there is a mistake in this one. The rules clearly state that the stronger dog pulls harder, pulling the sled in his direction. Your review illustrates the sled going the opposite way. A stronger dog on the left pulls the sled to the left.

Keep up the great reviews!

Well I never even read the rules, but I think Tom's interpretation looks more logic: the sledge is turning, not sliding away.

Anyway, check the rules one more time. laugh

Tom's interpretation is more logical but it's probably also the reason he has trouble getting kids to understand drifting.

If you teach drifting the way the international version rulebook explains it I think kids will pick it up quicker.

The larger dog (number) pulls the sled toward his side.

This will also keep the color flags lined up properly. Red on the right and yellow on the left on the track and sled.
If you notice on the video you'll see that Tom's are reversed so that his "turning sled" moves toward the correct color.

Edited Thu May 26, 2011 11:53 pm
Posted Thu May 26, 2011 11:53 pm
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Erik Racer

(eracer68)

United States
Urbandale
Iowa

Snow Tails Rulebook wrote:

Drift movement (or just “drifting”) of the sled is the
difference between the pulling power of the 2 dogs.
Drifting is a diagonal forward movement. The sled
drifts towards the dog pulling hardest. (e.g. a sled with
Canine Cards of 3-5 would cause a drift 2 to the right).
The brake value has no effect on drift.