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Post #0 (isolation #0) » Wed Jun 03, 2020 6:24 pm
Postby pablito »
Current Status: Auction 4/4
Player
coins
cards
Gammagooey
4
♦♠
StrangerCoug
10
♣
enomis
7
♥♠
Iconeum
4
♦♣
logan5123
2
♠♣
Buy the Bullet is a negotiation, bidding, and targetting game based on concepts similar to Ready, Aim, Fire! and Ferris Wheel. Each round cards will be up for auction, and these cards can help buy a bullet in a future round. Any player who has earned a bullet must then immediately target any player who will then be executed. However, earning that bullet will require negotiation and strategy based on the limited resources that you have to start. Furthermore, executed players still have a chance to affect the outcome, because their unused coins can be pledged to alive players for use later in the game! Who will buy the bullet and who will bite the bullet? This is just like Buy the Bullet but with an additional auction step before bullets are given out.
Rules
Open Phase - Auction
The open phase will take place in auction format. One by one, players will bid to earn cards on the table with a time limit of 12 hours per bid. Failure to bid by deadline will lead to automatically raising the bid by 1 coin. Conditional bids may be PMed in advance. There are four total rounds of auction.
All cards will be shuffled. For 5 players there will be 5 diamonds, 5 hearts, 5 spades, and 5 clubs. One additional card of each suit will be added for each additional player. Cards are ranked in this order Diamonds ♦♢ > Hearts ♥♡ > Spades ♠♤ > Clubs ♣♧.
For the round, there will be 1 card on the table for each player. ie: Round 1 for 5 players = ♦♦♠♠♣. Cards will be organized by rank.
During auction bidding, each player has two options:
Pass
or
Bid $
.
Every player begins with fifteen coins in their hand to bid on cards. Players will not be granted any new coins until coins have been pledged to them by a dead player.
On a player's turn, they may either raise the highest bid by a minimum of 1 coin or pass.
If a player chooses to pass (or cannot successfully raise the bid), they will take the right-most card (lowest-ranked) on the table and will also receive a refund worth half of their coins bid (rounded down - ie if you bid 7, you are given 3 back and therefore have spent 4). As such, every player will always earn 1 and exactly 1 card during each auction.
If all other players have passed, you will take the remaining card on the table but will pay the full amount of your bid.
After the fourth round of auction, no more cards will be auctioned unless all cards have been played. If so, then all players are given seven additional coins and cards will be reshuffled.
Closed Phase - Purchasing
Closed phase will only occur after players have a card in hand. Cards are used to bid for the bullet. Each round while the auction occurs, players will either privately play a card in their hand or no card. Players must PM the mod their choice before end of auction. Players may play a card that they have earned in the current open auction. Failure to complete this step will lead to using their highest non-winning card (or no-card if applicable). The player that bid with the highest ranked unduplicated card for that round will win the bullet. In the case of ties all around, no one will win the bullet and all cards in that round will be discarded. The next auction proceeds whether a bullet has been bought or not. Each round all bid cards will be discarded whether a bullet has been bought or not.
For example if in round two, five players played the following:
A - No card
B - Diamond ♦
C - Diamond ♦
D - Heart ♥
E - Club ♣
Then D would win the trick. Diamonds cancel each other out for duplicating, and the next highest card in the trick is Hearts. However, if E played a Heart, then no one earns the bullet, and all played cards are discarded. All cards played are made public on each round afterward. All cards in hand are also public.
If all alive players submit "no card", then all players will lose their highest-ranked card.
The player that earns the bullet will have 24 hours to then announce in thread whom s/he would like to execute/shoot. Please bold like so
Shoot: pablito
. The executed player is then removed from contention from winning. Auction bidding may then start afterward.
The executed player retains all cards and these are discarded from the game. Alive players can communicate via PMs. Dead players can continue to post only in thread after death to continue negotiating with players.
Because it is very likely that alive players will run out of coins before the end of the auction, dead players may pledge coins each round to any alive player. To do so, a dead player must post in bold like so
Pledge 5 coins to pablito
. Once coins are pledged to an alive player, the choice cannot be undone and the exchange takes place immediately.
Failure to submit an auction bid before deadline will cause player to provide highest bid. Upon third auction strike - player will spend all coins on bid.
Failure to submit a card before deadline will give a player a strike. First strike - Submit "highest non-winning card". Second strike - Modkill/DQ. Failure to shoot someone before deadline leads to receiving a strike and a 24 hr extension of deadline. Penalty will apply during next bidding phase.
Play continues until only one player remains - who is then announced the winner.
Last edited by pablito on Sun Jun 14, 2020 11:17 am, edited 18 times in total.
Round 2. All players secretly PM their closed choice of card or no-card for bidding for the bullet. Can use newly earned cards as well (but must be accurate). Deadline end of auction.
♦♥♠♠♣
As Epsilon won the last auction, has right to bid/pass first.
Epsilon - 1 coin
Alpha - 4 coins
Beta - 6 coins
Gamma - passes (earns ♣ for 0 coins)
Delta - 7 coins
Epsilon - passes (earns ♠ for 1 coin - half rounded down)
Alpha - 8 coins
Beta - 9 coins
Delta - passes (earns ♠ for 4 coins - half rounded down)
Alpha - passes (earns ♥ for 4 coins - half rounded down)
Beta wins ♦ for 9 coins
Alpha - no card
Beta - ♣
Gamma - ♦
Delta - ♦
Epsilon - no card.
Gamma's and Delta's diamonds cancel each other out. Beta buys the bullet by using the ♣. Everyone keeps any unused cards. Cancelled and bid cards are discarded though.
Before any new action occurs, Beta must eliminate a player. Beta shoots Alpha. Alpha is eliminated and may publicly pledge any or all of their coins to any living player. Those coins will be added immediately and can be used immediately during next auction.
These phases continue until end of 4th round of auction, upon which no more cards are available for purchase. Then it becomes more like a classic Buy the Bullet game where players have cards and can play card or no card - except dead players have less influence in that stage.
Last edited by pablito on Thu Jun 04, 2020 7:02 am, edited 1 time in total.
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Post #12 (isolation #4) » Fri Jun 05, 2020 2:47 am
Postby pablito »
5 players!
Current Status: Auction 1/4 - Gamma's bid
Deadline: Friday 9:44pm EST
Player
coins
cards
Gammagooey
15
StrangerCoug
15
enomis
15
Iconeum
15
logan5123
15
Cards on the table for bidding.
♥ ♥ ♠ ♣ ♣
First person to pass gets the club, second club, third spade, fourth heart, winner heart.
Post bids in here - feel free to go in order whenever it's your turn (turn order in this table. StrangerCoug on deck, then enomis...). If you want to submit a conditional bid in advance, feel free to PM me and I will include when I log in.
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Post #29 (isolation #10) » Fri Jun 05, 2020 3:54 pm
Postby pablito »
Coug passes and is refunded 1 coin. Spends 2.
enomis spends all 4. Both get hearts.
Player
coins
cards
bid
Gammagooey
14
♠
2
StrangerCoug
13
♥
3
enomis
11
♥
4
Iconeum
15
♣
Pass
logan5123
15
♣
Pass
Right now it is round 2 of bidding. By the end of this round, everyone must have PMed me if you want to play no card, the card you won in round 1 or the card you won in round 2.
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Post #32 (isolation #11) » Sat Jun 06, 2020 3:13 am
Postby pablito »
Player
coins
cards
bid
Gammagooey
14
♠
StrangerCoug
13
♥
enomis
11
♥
2
Iconeum
15
♣
?
logan5123
15
♣
Right now it is round 2 of bidding. By the end of this round, everyone must have PMed me if you want to play no card, the card you won in round 1 or the card you won in round 2. Conditional plays allowed.
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Post #34 (isolation #12) » Sun Jun 07, 2020 3:05 am
Postby pablito »
Player
coins
cards
bid
Gammagooey
14
♠
StrangerCoug
13
♥
enomis
11
♥
2
Iconeum
15
♣
4
logan5123
15
♣
5
Right now it is round 2 of bidding. By the end of this round, everyone must have PMed me if you want to play no card, the card you won in round 1 or the card you won in round 2. Conditional plays allowed.
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Post #36 (isolation #13) » Sun Jun 07, 2020 6:12 am
Postby pablito »
Player
coins
cards
bid
Gammagooey
14
♠
6
StrangerCoug
13
♥
enomis
11
♥
2
Iconeum
15
♣
4
logan5123
15
♣
5
Right now it is round 2 of bidding. By the end of this round, everyone must have PMed me if you want to play no card, the card you won in round 1 or the card you won in round 2. Conditional plays allowed.
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Post #38 (isolation #14) » Sun Jun 07, 2020 10:30 am
Postby pablito »
Player
coins
cards
bid
Gammagooey
14
♠
6
StrangerCoug
13
♥♣
Pass
enomis
11
♥
2
Iconeum
15
♣
4
logan5123
15
♣
5
♣ to SC for 0 coins.
Right now it is round 2 of bidding. By the end of this round, everyone must have PMed me if you want to play no card, the card you won in round 1 or the card you won in round 2. Conditional plays allowed.
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Post #40 (isolation #15) » Sun Jun 07, 2020 2:52 pm
Postby pablito »
Player
coins
cards
bid
Gammagooey
14
♠
6
StrangerCoug
13
♥♣
Pass
enomis
10
♥♠
2
Iconeum
15
♣
4
logan5123
15
♣
5
♠ to enomis for 1 coin.
Right now it is round 2 of bidding. By the end of this round, everyone must have PMed me if you want to play no card, the card you won in round 1 or the card you won in round 2. Conditional plays allowed.
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Post #44 (isolation #17) » Mon Jun 08, 2020 3:51 am
Postby pablito »
Would be great if I didn't fall asleep in the middle of making a post.
So what does Gammagooey play?
Spoiler:
No card
How about StrangerCoug?
Spoiler:
Heart ♥
enomis?
Spoiler:
No card.
Iconeum?
Spoiler:
Spade ♠
And finally logan?
Spoiler:
No card. Therefore StrangerCoug wins the bullet outright!
Therefore here are the current standings:
Spoiler:
Player
coins
cards
Gammagooey
8
♦♠
StrangerCoug
13
♣
enomis
10
♥♠
Iconeum
13
♣
logan5123
12
♠♣
And StrangerCoug has the bullet and must post in thread within 24 hours of who he'd like to shoot. Once a player has been shot, the next auction will begin.
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Post #51 (isolation #19) » Wed Jun 10, 2020 5:07 pm
Postby pablito »
Player
coins
cards
bid
Gammagooey
8
♦♠
?
StrangerCoug
13
♣
enomis
10
♥♠
Iconeum
13
♣
Right now it is round 3 of bidding. By the end of this round, everyone must have PMed me if you want to play no card, or one of your cards. Conditional plays allowed.
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Post #59 (isolation #23) » Thu Jun 11, 2020 6:25 am
Postby pablito »
Player
coins
cards
bid
Gammagooey
8
♦♠
4
StrangerCoug
13
♣
enomis
10
♥♠
Iconeum
13
♣
Right now it is round 3 of bidding. By the end of this round, everyone must have PMed me if you want to play no card, or one of your cards. Conditional plays allowed.
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Post #61 (isolation #24) » Thu Jun 11, 2020 7:59 am
Postby pablito »
Player
coins
cards
bid
Gammagooey
8
♦♠
4
StrangerCoug
13
♣
5
enomis
10
♥♠
?
Iconeum
13
♣
Right now it is round 3 of bidding. By the end of this round, everyone must have PMed me if you want to play no card, or one of your cards. Conditional plays allowed.
Right now it is round 3 of bidding. By the end of this round, everyone must have PMed me if you want to play no card, or one of your cards. Conditional plays allowed.
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Post #63 (isolation #26) » Fri Jun 12, 2020 9:31 am
Postby pablito »
Player
coins
cards
bid
Gammagooey
8
♦♠
4
StrangerCoug
13
♣
5
enomis
10
♥♠
6
Iconeum
13
♣
7
Right now it is round 3 of bidding. By the end of this round, everyone must have PMed me if you want to play no card, or one of your cards. Conditional plays allowed.
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Post #66 (isolation #27) » Fri Jun 12, 2020 3:07 pm
Postby pablito »
Coug passes spends 3 on ♣ and refunded 2.
Player
coins
cards
bid
Gammagooey
8
♦♠
8
StrangerCoug
13
♣♣
5
enomis
10
♥♠
6
Iconeum
13
♣
7
Right now it is round 3 of bidding. By the end of this round, everyone must have PMed me if you want to play no card, or one of your cards. Conditional plays allowed.
emomis, minimum 9 or pass. 12 hr deadline.
Cards on the table
♦ ♦♥
Last edited by pablito on Sat Jun 13, 2020 3:21 am, edited 2 times in total.
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Post #69 (isolation #29) » Sun Jun 14, 2020 3:26 am
Postby pablito »
Just a reminder that bullet strikes are different than auction strikes. Coug got a bullet strike and therefore it plays now. enomis has an auction strike which does not affect card choice.
So what does StrangerCoug play?
Spoiler:
Bullet strike from last round. ♣
How about enomis?
Spoiler:
Heart ♥
Iconeum?
Spoiler:
No card.
Gamma?
Spoiler:
Diamond♦
Gammagooey wins the bullet outright!
Therefore here are the current standings:
Spoiler:
Player
coins
cards
bid
Gammagooey
4
♦♠
8
StrangerCoug
10
♣
5
enomis
7
♥♠
6
Iconeum
4
♦♣
9
And Gammagooey has the bullet and must post in thread within 24 hours of who he'd like to shoot. Once a player has been shot, the next auction will begin.
Last edited by pablito on Sun Jun 14, 2020 11:07 am, edited 1 time in total.
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Post #88 (isolation #36) » Mon Jun 15, 2020 2:34 pm
Postby pablito »
enomis passes and takes ♥ for 2. 2 refunded.
SC wins ♦ for 5.
Player
coins
cards
bid
Gammagooey
3
♦♠♠
2
StrangerCoug
15
♦♣
5
enomis
5
♥ ♥ ♠
4
You all have your cards in but because there's no more bidding I'll give you 12 extra hours from this post to negotiate and figure out what to play in case you want to switch it.
Last edited by pablito on Mon Jun 15, 2020 6:23 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Post #104 (isolation #42) » Thu Jun 18, 2020 2:17 am
Postby pablito »
I'd add rules about additional rounds of auction if enough cards remain (meaning players were eliminated). I didn't account for someone dying each round.
I'd also reduce starting coin count.
Original Buy the Bullet works well. I'd rather do auctions through the game For $ale instead. If there's interest in either, I could do that.