Quacks of Quedlinburg | Game over

[Felissan]

Yyyyyup, I'll stop right there.

[Snakes]

Felissan draws a

Bomb 1

and stops.

Cauldron

Spoiler:

Buys	Victory Points	Ruby?	Players	Buys	Victory Points	Ruby?	Players
0	0	No	Farren Start, Nancy Drew Start, Felissan Start, Inspiratieloos Start	21	6	No
1	0	No		21	6	Yes
2	0	No		22	7	No
3	0	No		22	7	Yes
4	0	No		23	7	No
5	0	Yes		23	8	No
6	1	No	Farren	24	8	No
7	1	No	Inspiratieloos	24	8	Yes
8	1	No	Nancy Drew, Felissan	25	9	No
9	1	Yes		25	9	Yes
10	2	No		26	9	No
11	2	No		26	10	No
12	2	No		27	10	No
13	2	Yes		27	10	Yes
14	3	No		28	11	No
15	3	No		28	11	Yes
15	3	Yes		29	11	No
16	3	No		29	12	No
16	4	No		30	12	No
17	4	No		30	12	Yes
17	4	Yes		31	12	No
18	4	No		31	13	No
18	5	No		32	13	No
19	5	No		32	13	Yes
19	5	Yes		33	14	No
20	5	No		33	14	Yes
20	6	No		35	15	No

Farren

Spoiler: Bag

Dice number	Chip
1	Bomb 1
2	Bomb 1
3	Bomb 2
4	Bomb 3

Spoiler: Chips Played

Bomb 1

,

Orange 1

,

Green 1

,

Bomb 1

,

Bomb 2

Victory Points:

0

Bombs:

4

Potion:

Full

Rubies:

1

Nancy Drew

Spoiler: Bag

Dice number	Chip
1	Bomb 1
2	Bomb 1
3	Bomb 2
4	Green 1

Spoiler: Chips Played

Bomb 1

,

Bomb 2

,

Orange 1

,

Bomb 1

,

Bomb 3

Victory Points:

0

Bombs:

7

Potion:

Full

Rubies:

1

Felissan

Spoiler: Bag

Dice number	Chip
1	Bomb 1
2	Bomb 3
3	Green 1

Spoiler: Chips Played

Orange 1

,

Bomb 2

,

Bomb 1

,

Bomb 1

,

Bomb 2

,

Bomb 1

Victory Points:

0

Bombs:

7

Potion:

Full

Rubies:

1

Inspiratieloos

Spoiler: Bag

Dice number	Chip
1	Bomb 2
2	Bomb 3
3	Orange 1

Spoiler: Chips Played

Green 1

,

Bomb 1

,

Bomb 1

,

Bomb 1

,

Bomb 2

,

Bomb 1

Victory Points:

0

Bombs:

6

Potion:

Full

Rubies:

1

[Nancy Drew 39]

I’m really not completely sure what I’m doing but I think it’s probably the most optimal for me to draw.

[Farren]

If you are drawing, you'll roll a 1d4.

Please be aware that if you roll anything but a 4, your cauldron will explode.

[Nancy Drew 39]

If you are drawing, you'll roll a 1d4.

Please be aware that if you roll anything but a 4, your cauldron will explode.

So, I guess I should probably stop in that case.

[Farren]

Is that your final decision?

I've committed to drawing another; once you decide for sure that you (are / aren't) drawing, I'll roll the die.

[Nancy Drew 39]

Is that your final decision?

I've committed to drawing another; once you decide for sure that you (are / aren't) drawing, I'll roll the die.

I’m assuming my cauldron exploding would be a bad thing, so yeah.

[Farren]

Generally, not exploding is preferable to exploding.

Drawing my chip ...

Original Roll String: 1d4

1 4-Sided Dice: (3) = 3

[Farren]

One of those rare times when I'm happy to draw the Bomb 3.

I'm stopping.

[Snakes]

Nancy Drew stops. Farren draws a

Bomb 3

and stops.

It is now turn 6. Inspiratieloos is the only player left. He has already drawn his chip, so he has (expired on 2021-03-06 17:00:00) to decide whether he wants to keep drawing or not.

Cauldron

Spoiler:

Buys	Victory Points	Ruby?	Players	Buys	Victory Points	Ruby?	Players
0	0	No	Farren Start, Nancy Drew Start, Felissan Start, Inspiratieloos Start	21	6	No
1	0	No		21	6	Yes
2	0	No		22	7	No
3	0	No		22	7	Yes
4	0	No		23	7	No
5	0	Yes		23	8	No
6	1	No		24	8	No
7	1	No	Inspiratieloos	24	8	Yes
8	1	No	Nancy Drew, Felissan	25	9	No
9	1	Yes	Farren	25	9	Yes
10	2	No		26	9	No
11	2	No		26	10	No
12	2	No		27	10	No
13	2	Yes		27	10	Yes
14	3	No		28	11	No
15	3	No		28	11	Yes
15	3	Yes		29	11	No
16	3	No		29	12	No
16	4	No		30	12	No
17	4	No		30	12	Yes
17	4	Yes		31	12	No
18	4	No		31	13	No
18	5	No		32	13	No
19	5	No		32	13	Yes
19	5	Yes		33	14	No
20	5	No		33	14	Yes
20	6	No		35	15	No

Inspiratieloos

Spoiler: Bag

Dice number	Chip
1	Bomb 2
2	Bomb 3
3	Orange 1

Spoiler: Chips Played

Green 1

,

Bomb 1

,

Bomb 1

,

Bomb 1

,

Bomb 2

,

Bomb 1

Victory Points:

0

Bombs:

6

Potion:

Full

Rubies:

1

[Snakes]

Is that your final decision?

I've committed to drawing another; once you decide for sure that you (are / aren't) drawing, I'll roll the die.

I’m assuming my cauldron exploding would be a bad thing, so yeah.

If your cauldron explodes, it means that you have to stop immediately, aren't eligible to roll the bonus die, and have to choose between getting victory points or buys instead of getting both of them.

[inspiratieloos]

If I blow up the last chip still counts for my buy points right?

[Snakes]

If I blow up the last chip still counts for my buy points right?

That's right

[inspiratieloos]

Welp, here we go then

Original Roll String: 1d3

1 3-Sided Dice: (1) = 1

[inspiratieloos]

I'll take the buys.

[Farren]

So that means we're now starting up the Evaluation phase.

Rolling the bonus die:

Original Roll String: 1d6

1 6-Sided Dice: (5) = 5

[Farren]

I'll buy a

Black 1

.

[Snakes]

Inspriatieloos draws a

Bomb 2

and his cauldron explodes!

It is now the evaluations phase.

• Nobody has their green chip in one of the last two positions, and there are no purple or black chips, so we will skip that step.
  
• Because they landed on a spot with a ruby, Nancy Drew and Felissan receive
  1 ruby
  .
  
• Nancy Drew and Felissan earn
  1 victory point
  . Farren earns
  2 victory points
  . Because his cauldron exploded, Inspiratieloos does not earn any victory points.

All players can now buy chips. Nancy Drew and Felissan each have

9 buys

and Farren and Inspiratieloos each have

10 buys

. Players can buy 1 or 2 chips, which will be placed in their bag for the rest of the game. If you're buying 2 chips, they can't be of the same color.

Additionally, Felissan and Nancy Drew have the option of spending

2 rubies

to move their start token one space forward.

Finally, since he made it the furthest without his cauldron exploding, Farren gets to roll the bonus die.

Spoiler:

Dice number	Result
1	1 victory point
2	1 victory points
3	2 victory points
4	1 ruby
5	Orange 1
6	Move start token 1 space forward

Players have (expired on 2021-03-08 20:00:00)

Chips

Spoiler:

Chip	Price	Effect
Blue 1	5	Draw 1 chip from your bag. If you wish, you can place it into your cauldron
Blue 2	10	Draw 2 chips from your bag. If you wish, you can place 1 of them into your cauldron
Blue 4	19	Draw 4 chips from your bag. If you wish, you can place 1 of them into your cauldron
Orange 1	3	None
Red 1	6	If there are 1 or 2 orange chips in your cauldron, move forward an extra space. If there are 3 or more orange chips in your cauldron, move forward an extra 2 spaces
Red 2	10	If there are 1 or 2 orange chips in your cauldron, move forward an extra space. If there are 3 or more orange chips in your cauldron, move forward an extra 2 spaces
Red 4	16	If there are 1 or 2 orange chips in your cauldron, move forward an extra space. If there are 3 or more orange chips in your cauldron, move forward an extra 2 spaces
Green 1	4	For each green chip that is the last or next-to-last chip in your cauldron, receive 1 ruby
Green 2	8	For each green chip that is the last or next-to-last chip in your cauldron, receive 1 ruby
Green 4	14	For each green chip that is the last or next-to-last chip in your cauldron, receive 1 ruby
Black 1	10	If you have more black chips in your cauldron than one of the players above or below you in the player list, move your start token forward 1 space. This means that in all future rounds, you will start 1 space further ahead. If you have more black chips than both of the players above and below you in the player list, you get to move your start token forward 1 space and receive a ruby

Cauldron

Spoiler:

Buys	Victory Points	Ruby?	Players	Buys	Victory Points	Ruby?	Players
0	0	No	Farren Start, Nancy Drew Start, Felissan Start, Inspiratieloos Start	21	6	No
1	0	No		21	6	Yes
2	0	No		22	7	No
3	0	No		22	7	Yes
4	0	No		23	7	No
5	0	Yes		23	8	No
6	1	No		24	8	No
7	1	No		24	8	Yes
8	1	No	Nancy Drew, Felissan	25	9	No
9	1	Yes	Farren, Inspiratieloos	25	9	Yes
10	2	No		26	9	No
11	2	No		26	10	No
12	2	No		27	10	No
13	2	Yes		27	10	Yes
14	3	No		28	11	No
15	3	No		28	11	Yes
15	3	Yes		29	11	No
16	3	No		29	12	No
16	4	No		30	12	No
17	4	No		30	12	Yes
17	4	Yes		31	12	No
18	4	No		31	13	No
18	5	No		32	13	No
19	5	No		32	13	Yes
19	5	Yes		33	14	No
20	5	No		33	14	Yes
20	6	No		35	15	No

Farren

Spoiler: Bag

Dice number	Chip
1	Bomb 1
2	Bomb 1
3	Bomb 1
4	Bomb 1
5	Bomb 2
6	Bomb 2
7	Bomb 3
8	Orange 1
9	Green 1

Spoiler: Chips Played

Bomb 1

,

Orange 1

,

Green 1

,

Bomb 1

,

Bomb 2

,

Bomb 3

Victory Points:

2

Bombs:

7

Potion:

Full

Rubies:

1

Nancy Drew

Spoiler: Bag

Dice number	Chip
1	Bomb 1
2	Bomb 1
3	Bomb 1
4	Bomb 1
5	Bomb 2
6	Bomb 2
7	Bomb 3
8	Orange 1
9	Green 1

Spoiler: Chips Played

Bomb 1

,

Bomb 2

,

Orange 1

,

Bomb 1

,

Bomb 3

Victory Points:

1

Bombs:

7

Potion:

Full

Rubies:

2

Felissan

Spoiler: Bag

Dice number	Chip
1	Bomb 1
2	Bomb 1
3	Bomb 1
4	Bomb 1
5	Bomb 2
6	Bomb 2
7	Bomb 3
8	Orange 1
9	Green 1

Spoiler: Chips Played

Orange 1

,

Bomb 2

,

Bomb 1

,

Bomb 1

,

Bomb 2

,

Bomb 1

Victory Points:

1

Bombs:

7

Potion:

Full

Rubies:

2

Inspiratieloos

Spoiler: Bag

Dice number	Chip
1	Bomb 1
2	Bomb 1
3	Bomb 1
4	Bomb 1
5	Bomb 2
6	Bomb 2
7	Bomb 3
8	Orange 1
9	Green 1

Spoiler: Chips Played

Green 1

,

Bomb 1

,

Bomb 1

,

Bomb 1

,

Bomb 2

,

Bomb 1

,

Bomb 2

Victory Points:

0

Buys:

10

Bombs:

8

Potion:

Full

Rubies:

1

[Snakes]

Farren gets 2 victory points and buys a

Black 1

Farren

Spoiler: Bag

[

Dice number	Chip
1	Bomb 1
2	Bomb 1
3	Bomb 1
4	Bomb 1
5	Bomb 2
6	Bomb 2
7	Bomb 3
8	Orange 1
9	Green 1
10	Black 1

Spoiler: Chips Played

Bomb 1

,

Orange 1

,

Green 1

,

Bomb 1

,

Bomb 2

,

Bomb 3

Victory Points:

4

Bombs:

7

Potion:

Full

Rubies:

1

[inspiratieloos]

Buy black 1

[Felissan]

I'll buy an Orange 1 and a Red 1, and not spend my rubies yet.

[Snakes]

Felissan buys an

Orange 1

and a

Red 1

, and Inspiratieloos buys a

Black 1

.

Felissan

Spoiler: Bag

Dice number	Chip
1	Bomb 1
2	Bomb 1
3	Bomb 1
4	Bomb 1
5	Bomb 2
6	Bomb 2
7	Bomb 3
8	Orange 1
9	Green 1
10	Red 1
11	Orange 1

Spoiler: Chips Played

Orange 1

,

Bomb 2

,

Bomb 1

,

Bomb 1

,

Bomb 2

,

Bomb 1

Victory Points:

1

Bombs:

7

Potion:

Full

Rubies:

2

Inspiratieloos

Spoiler: Bag

Dice number	Chip
1	Bomb 1
2	Bomb 1
3	Bomb 1
4	Bomb 1
5	Bomb 2
6	Bomb 2
7	Bomb 3
8	Orange 1
9	Green 1
10	Black 1

Spoiler: Chips Played

Green 1

,

Bomb 1

,

Bomb 1

,

Bomb 1

,

Bomb 2

,

Bomb 1

Victory Points:

0

Bombs:

6

Potion:

Full

Rubies:

1

[Nancy Drew 39]

@Snakes, @anyone, I have no clue what to do here. HALP!

[Snakes]

Ok, so look at this table. You can buy a chip as long as its price is 9 or less, or you can buy two chips as long as their price doesn't add up to more than 9.

Then, let me know if you want to spend your two rubies to move your start token up 1 space.

If you have any questions, let me know.

Chip	Price	Effect
Blue 1	5	Draw 1 chip from your bag. If you wish, you can place it into your cauldron
Blue 2	10	Draw 2 chips from your bag. If you wish, you can place 1 of them into your cauldron
Blue 4	19	Draw 4 chips from your bag. If you wish, you can place 1 of them into your cauldron
Orange 1	3	None
Red 1	6	If there are 1 or 2 orange chips in your cauldron, move forward an extra space. If there are 3 or more orange chips in your cauldron, move forward an extra 2 spaces
Red 2	10	If there are 1 or 2 orange chips in your cauldron, move forward an extra space. If there are 3 or more orange chips in your cauldron, move forward an extra 2 spaces
Red 4	16	If there are 1 or 2 orange chips in your cauldron, move forward an extra space. If there are 3 or more orange chips in your cauldron, move forward an extra 2 spaces
Green 1	4	For each green chip that is the last or next-to-last chip in your cauldron, receive 1 ruby
Green 2	8	For each green chip that is the last or next-to-last chip in your cauldron, receive 1 ruby
Green 4	14	For each green chip that is the last or next-to-last chip in your cauldron, receive 1 ruby
Black 1	10	If you have more black chips in your cauldron than one of the players above or below you in the player list, move your start token forward 1 space. This means that in all future rounds, you will start 1 space further ahead. If you have more black chips than both of the players above and below you in the player list, you get to move your start token forward 1 space and receive a ruby

[Nancy Drew 39]

Is it best to be acquiring rubies > making buys and what are the pros and cons of cashing in one’s rubies?