Monthly Archives: August 2006

Game Day 08/03/2006

Game #1a

Kaivai

Yeah, another playing of Kaivai for me. Unfortunately, we got a rule wrong. For some reason, this game seems to cause that. Perhaps its the rules translation, or the structure of the rules, or perhaps its just me. Anyways, this game needs a good player aid!

Game #1b - Doug mad

Both Peter and I started out with two ships. Doug started out with one ship and a Gods Shrine. Doug didn’t build another ship for a couple of turns and was feeling the pain of not having two ships in play. And he constantly reminded us of it…

I started in last but jumped out in first and never looked back. I knew I needed to keep a supply of influence tokens both for final scoring and just having the ability to perform more actions.

Thankfully Doug said he would play it again soon (perhaps even next week). With the rules fresh in his mind and a learning game accomplished. He is ready to play a real game of it…

Game #2

Ra

Another playing of this great Knizia game, Ra. Unfortunately, my tile set was not the best. I like a low tile (like the 1 or 2) and high tiles. The 1 is great where there are only a couple of tiles on the board. And the tiles contain a good tile like a Pharoah or Civilization. Call Ra and for people to bid higher or be happy for getting a tile for cheap.

Lunch Time Tichuers 08/01/2006

Today, I was in a risky mood. I decided to be more agressive in calling Tichu. For my Grand Tichu call, I had an Ace, Dragon, Dog, and Mahjong. I passed my partner the Dog and he passed me an Ace. I wished for an Ace in order to promote my hand a little bit. Unfortunately, Jon was hit by it.

Ed had a number of black straight bombs… I think three of them during the game. And he was able to stop me with them. But I got my revenge. I was able to set one of his calls and over Tichu another of his calls.

The end was tight. We were running out of time. And unfortunately for me, we played one too many hands. Not only did I loose, but I was late for my 1pm meeting. What hurt us was our inability to score any points in the last two hands. Or maybe, I should have not called a risky Tichu. Sigh.


The scorecard for a game of Tichu

GT or T bet made or lost

This team scored more points than the other or one twoed

GT/T Team #1 GT/T GT/T Team #2 GT/T
Ed & AdamR Jon & MarkH
  40    
160
T+
 
140
  T- 60  
  230 T+  
170
 
  430     -30 GT-
  450    
150
T+
  500     100 T-
T- 400     300  
  405   T+
495
 
T- 305    
695
T+
 
505
T+   695  
 
805
GT+   695