It has been a while since I have played this classic game from Knizia. Marty likes it as well, so it was easy to bring it to the table. For this game, I decided to concentrate on elephants. I picked and chose my battles, concentrating on gems. I also skipped a lot of battles and, as a result, had a large hand. There were enough cards for my final two battles and for a large bonus at the end. This was enough to give me the win.
Marty had to leave soon, but he had enough time for a quick game of Tichu. Unfotunately, our team had the luck-of-the-Ed. The one time I had a halfway decent hand, I was set. I had the Dog, two Aces, and the Mahjong with other good cards. I called Tichu before the pass and passed my partner the Dog. I wished for an Ace which hit my partner. He dogged me back but I could not go out first. Sigh…
GT/T | Team #1 | GT/T | GT/T | Team #2 | GT/T |
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MarkH & JohnG | Marty & Jon | ||||
20 | T+ |
180
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80
|
T+ | 320 | |||
80 | 520 | ||||
120 |
680
|
T+ | |||
T- | 65 |
735
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