Post originally by Doug Orleans at 2004-02-18 09:04:17
Converted from Phorums BB System

I don't know what version of the rules you have, but my 1999 Avalanche Press rules don't say "simultaneous and secret" anywhere. It simply says "When an offer is accepted, swap the cards face-down."

The examples, though, are all worded so that the active player "slides" the offer face-down to the player he chooses to trade with, who then slides his offer back. It's not clear that this was intended to mean the non-active player gets to see how many cards are in the active player's offer before choosing how to fulfill his offer, but that is a plausible way to interpret the rules.