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The Triangle Classification Report has been updated with more info about some specific implementations and I added DaveB's implementation to the mix (which had been erroneously omitted). JP notes that the copy of Ra (owner unknown) has missing pieces.
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| WizWar | 4 | MarkH 3 Ben -1 William -1 RussD -1 |
| HoneyBears | 5 | Ben 4 William 2 Jeffles 0 MarkH -2 BradS -4 |
| PigPile | 4 | Ben 3 Clayton 1 TimG -1 MarkH -3 |
| Exxtra | 5 | Ben 4 TimG 2 William 0 RussD -2 MarkH -4 |
| PuertoRico | 5 | JP 4 Whindy 2 Fred 0 Jeffles -2 Marty -4 |
| Carcassonne | 4 | MarkY 3 BradS 1 Sarah -1 Tim -3 |
| PuertoRico | 5 | Daniel 4 BobR 2 Dan 0 RussW -2 Whendy -4 |
| Cartagena | 5 | RussW 4 Daniel 2 BradS -1 Jeffles -1 Fred -4 |
| Transamerica | 4 | Marty 3 MarkY 1 Tim -2 Sarah -2 |
| Tichu | 2 | ( MarkH Ben ) 1 ( JimG Jinane ) -1 |
| Samarkand | 3 | JP 2 TimG 0 BobR -2 |
| Guillotine | 5 | Sarah 4 MarkY 2 Tim 0 Marty -2 Brady -4 |
| Carcassonne | 6 | JP 5 BobR 3 TimG 1 Whindy -1 Dan -3 Clayton -5 |
| Titicaca | 4 | RussW 3 Jeffles 1 PJ -1 Daniel -3 |
| PuertoRico | 3 | Jeffles 2 RussW 0 Daniel -2 |
Ok, I finally played the Latin American themed Puerto Rico, and I see what all the fuss is about. A cool game indeed. I liked it enough to play a second time in the same evening, even though the first game took 2 hours. (The second, with 3 players, took less than an hour.) It is one of those neat games with lots of different strategies and options, and it is almost completely pure skill (only one element of chance exists) but doesn't immediately feel that way, due to the great variety of things that can happen.
Some of us assumed Cartagena was set in Europe, but it turns out it's in Latin America. Exactly where in Latin America is still unclear... This game of Cartagena had one of the largest bursts of pirates running directly from the start space to the boat I can recall, with about a half dozen taking the fast track to freedom in a row! The prison guards must have been sleeping!
It was good to have an excuse to play Titicaca again. I suppose I can't take too much pride in winning since Daniel, PJ, and Jeffles were all newbies. It's a cool weird game I recommend checking out. Like Puerto Rico, it is almost pure skill; the only luck is in simultaneous auction bids.
Meta GameDaniel was the Meta Devil. Here is the Meta Game Daniel mailed out:
(I wondered exactly what defines "Latin America". I guess this site defines what Latin American countries are: http://lanic.utexas.edu/subject/countries/, which seems to be pretty much everything in North and South America except USA and Canada... Various tasty Latin American foods were brought, and lots of Latin American themed t-shirts worn, plus Whendy's Latin American style dress. Daniel & I tied for the most meta points (7), and unsurprisingly I left my house later than he did, so I am this week's Meta Devil and will design the next Meta Game! |
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New Multiplicative Rank Ratings: 5.0106 150.0000 Ben (5) 4.4998 90.0000 JP (3) 2.4849 12.0000 MarkY (3) 2.3026 10.0000 RussW (4) 0.5754 1.7778 TimG (4) 0.5232 1.6875 Jeffles (5) 0.5108 1.6667 Sarah (3) 0.5108 1.6667 BobR (3) 0.4055 1.5000 Whindy (2) 0.4055 1.5000 William (3) -0.1823 0.8333 Daniel (4) -0.4055 0.6667 PJ (1) -0.6931 0.5000 JimG (1) -0.6931 0.5000 Jinane (1) -0.9163 0.4000 Marty (3) -0.9163 0.4000 Dan (2) -0.9808 0.3750 RussD (2) -1.3863 0.2500 Clayton (2) -1.4917 0.2250 BradS (3) -1.6094 0.2000 MarkH (5) -1.6094 0.2000 Brady (1) -1.6094 0.2000 Whendy (1) -1.6094 0.2000 Fred (2) -2.0794 0.1250 Tim (3) |
New Multiplicative Win Ratings: 5.0106 150.0000 Ben won 4 of 5 4.4998 90.0000 JP won 3 of 3 2.3671 10.6667 RussW won 2 of 4 1.3455 3.8400 MarkH won 2 of 5 1.0341 2.8125 Sarah won 1 of 3 0.9400 2.5600 Marty won 1 of 3 0.8755 2.4000 MarkY won 1 of 3 0.6931 2.0000 Daniel won 1 of 4 0.1415 1.1520 Jeffles won 1 of 5 -0.2231 0.8000 Brady won 0 of 1 -0.2231 0.8000 Whendy won 0 of 1 -0.2877 0.7500 PJ won 0 of 1 -0.4055 0.6667 Whindy won 0 of 2 -0.4055 0.6667 Dan won 0 of 2 -0.4463 0.6400 Fred won 0 of 2 -0.4700 0.6250 Clayton won 0 of 2 -0.5108 0.6000 RussD won 0 of 2 -0.6931 0.5000 JimG won 0 of 1 -0.6931 0.5000 Jinane won 0 of 1 -0.7340 0.4800 William won 0 of 3 -0.7340 0.4800 BradS won 0 of 3 -0.7985 0.4500 Tim won 0 of 3 -0.8109 0.4444 BobR won 0 of 3 -1.0986 0.3333 TimG won 0 of 4 |
Ben is indubitably the Devil! JP is Vice-Devil. I am Vice-Vice-Devil.
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We had an international RussCon of sorts, with Jeffles visiting from Paris, a postcard from Matt in Ghana, a Latin American