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[Nancy Drew 39]

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[Nancy Drew 39]

Please advise. I’ve read everything and am hopelessly confused on what to do.

[Nancy Drew 39]

Right now, you have four options.

1) Take the Yellow 6 and mark off the Yellow 6 in the second column.
2) Take the Yellow 6 and mark off the Yellow 6 in the fourth column. (This is what NotAJumbleOfNumbers and Sirius9121 both opted to do; this doesn't stop you from doing that yourself if you want.)
3) Take the Blue 4 and mark off the Blue 10. (Blue always gets added with White, and White is a 6.)
4) Take the Green 5 and mark off the first Green number. (Green has to be done in order, but consequently is less picky; the die just has to be >= the next number, and 5 >= 1.

Any of those would be legal choices. I can't advise you on which of those you *should* do, but

I can try to go over the consequences of each more if you want

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Yes, please do. Thanks.

[Nancy Drew 39]

So, it’s most optimal to pick Blue then?

How much time do I have to decide this?

[Nancy Drew 39]

So, you think I should pick yellow then?

Okay, let’s do that.

[Nancy Drew 39]

(expired on 2020-10-19 09:00:00), to be exact, before prods come into play.

Which play is optimal is a matter of opinion. In pure objective terms, both Blue and Green are worth one point now, while Yellow is worth zero right now. But all three are building blocks on the way to more points later, and that's where things get dicey.

Yellow demands specific dice, but offers greater short-term rewards.

Sixes are tough to get, and getting one now means not needing it later. And it only takes three dice to get a decent amount of points.

Blue's not picky now, but will get pickier over time. But as the pickiness increases, the rewards increase as well. But the specific combo you have now is a harder combo to get, and taking it now means not needing to find it later (just like Yellow).
Green's like Blue, but the pickiness factor ramps up faster - and then reset half-way through. Rewards increase, and those don't reset. Green, however, will take literally anything for your first score - no difference at all between starting with a 1 and starting with a 5.

Does the bolded help answer your question?

[Nancy Drew 39]

Column 2 is fewer potential points but is easier to complete.
Column 4 is more potential points but is harder to complete.

Which one do you want? Both could be described as a "decent amount of points."

Can you please post the YELLOW graph again and explain this to me?

[Nancy Drew 39]

Choose column 4

[Nancy Drew 39]

I still have no idea what to do yet.

[Nancy Drew 39]

So, I’m getting I should choose between orange 1 and blue 2 this time. Is blue 2 better?

[Nancy Drew 39]

Sirius9121 scores the Yellow 1 (2nd column).

Sirius9121

Spoiler: Yellow

10 pts	14 pts	16 pts	20 pts	Row Bonus
3	6	5	X	BLUE X
2	X	X	5	ORANGE 4
1	X	2	4	GREEN X
X	3	4	X	FOX
Diag	onal	bonus	==>	S TOKEN

Is turn skipping allowed in this game? I don’t think mine was finished?

[Nancy Drew 39]

It's a matter of opinion as to which is better.

Both of them equate to 1 point right now. Orange is 1 point specifically because the die is a 1; Blue is 1 point because Blue is always 1 point the first time you score it, no matter what you score it with.

Orange has more bonus potential and more total scoring potential - but Orange also needs high valued dice to have that scoring potential; Blue needs variety. Plus some of Orange's bonuses are multipliers - which get even more benefit from high-valued dice.

Orange is flexible - it can always be scored unless you run out of slots. With Blue, each possible 2d6 result (2-12) can only be scored once, and some numbers are harder to get than others.

Based on this, Blue will remain at one point the first time I play it whenever that is right? But do I have low or high-valued dice here?

[Nancy Drew 39]

So, I guess orange is the more optimal play then?

[Nancy Drew 39]

That, I can't answer. It's a matter of opinion - as the player, yours is the only one that matters here.

But I don’t have one or how to determine one, which is why I’m trying to figure out which choice is the most beneficial, which is what I did last time.

[Nancy Drew 39]

So, I guess orange is the more optimal play then?

Anyway on reread, it sounds like it may be blue? I honestly couldn’t tell from reading it.

[Nancy Drew 39]

if i were you i'd use the blue die

+1

I was kind of leaning that way.

[Nancy Drew 39]

if i were you i'd use the blue die

+1

I was kind of leaning that way.

Is this your official play?

Not trying to rush you - just want to make sure I don't miss your choice if it's made.

Sure, no dw, I didn’t view it that way at all.

And yes.

[Nancy Drew 39]

Count on it!

[Nancy Drew 39]

Deadline's coming up and once again there's at least a chance I miss it. So: nudging Nancy Drew 39. If she starts up her turn in the next (expired on 2020-10-21 10:00:00), this won't count as a prod.

Hi, I thought I had already completeted my turn?

[Nancy Drew 39]

Step 1: Roll 6d6.

1st number: Yellow.
2nd number: Blue.
3rd number: Green.
4th number: Orange.
5th number: Purple.
6th number: White.

If you don't like what you get, you can re-roll - but doing this costs you an R TOKEN, and you only have one, so spend it wisely. (You'll get another one at the start of Round 3-1, and there are other R TOKENs scattered around your scoresheet as bonuses that you can collect.)

Okay, I’m seriously confused, what am I supposed to do now?

[Nancy Drew 39]

Nancy Drew 39 scores the Blue 2. 2+4 = 6; she marks off the Blue 6.

That ends Round 1-2. It is now Round 1-3.

It is now

Nancy Drew 39

's turn.

Nancy Drew 39

R TOKENs: 1
S TOKENs: 0

Spoiler: Yellow

10 pts	14 pts	16 pts	20 pts	Row Bonus
3	6	5	X	BLUE X
2	1	X	5	ORANGE 4
1	X	2	4	GREEN X
X	3	4	X	FOX
Diag	onal	bonus	==>	S TOKEN

Spoiler: Blue

R TOKEN	GREEN X	PURPLE 6	S TOKEN	Row Bonus
X	2	3	4	ORANGE 5
5	X	7	8	YELLOW X
9	10	11	12	FOX

#s Xd out	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Points	1	2	4	7	11	16	22	29	37	46	56

Spoiler: Green

Die value >=	1	2	3	4	5	1	2	3	4	5	6
Bonus	(NONE)	(NONE)	(NONE)	S TOKEN	(NONE)	BLUE X	FOX	(NONE)	PURPLE 6	R TOKEN	(NONE)
Points	1	3	6	10	15	21	28	36	45	55	66

Spoiler: Orange

Slot:
Bonus:	(NONE)	(NONE)	R TOKEN	x2	YELLOW X	S TOKEN	x2	FOX	x2	PURPLE 6	x3

Spoiler: Purple

Slot:
Bonus:	(NONE)	(NONE)	R TOKEN	BLUE X	S TOKEN	YELLOW X	FOX	R TOKEN	GREEN X	ORANGE 6	S TOKEN

Please let me know if you need help walking through the mechanics of taking your turn, or what the direct consequences will be of taking a particular die once you roll them.

I think the lack of turn order is confusing me, because I just went?

So what do I do now pick the orange option I rejected?

Please help me out here @mod, I clearly have no idea how this game works.

[Nancy Drew 39]

Hi, I have dyslexia and I honestly thought I was doing my best to follow instructions. If the mod is okay with ut and no replacement has yet been found, I would still like to play. Thanks.

The other posts were my attempting to figure out how to try to complete my turn but I deleted them because I wasn’t sure if I was still allowed to play or not and if a replacement had already been found?

So, I hope it’s okay to post this. I won’t try and actually complete my turn without mod approval obviously. Just wanted everyone to know why I deleted my posts.

[Nancy Drew 39]

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[Nancy Drew 39]

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[Nancy Drew 39]

To clear up any confusion, your turn starts when you roll 6 dice.

roll 6 dice

[Nancy Drew 39]

Original Roll String: 6d6

6 6-Sided Dice: (3, 2, 1, 4, 2, 3) = 15

[Nancy Drew 39]

Once you've made that post, take a look at the results you got. From left to right, these are the colors of the dice:

1st number: Yellow
2nd number: Blue
3rd number: Green
4th number: Orange
5th number: Purple
6th number: White

Choose one of them to score. That die will be frozen; you'll no longer roll that die. In addition, if you do not choose the lowest-valued die, you must also freeze any numbers LOWER than the number you picked.

Example: let's say you rolled 4,3,2,1,6,5 in that order. You'd have:
Yellow 4
Blue 3
Green 2
Orange 1
Purple 6
White 5.

If you scored the Orange 1, you'd only freeze the Orange 1. If you scored the Green 2, you'd freeze the Green 2 and the Orange 1 (losing the Orange 1). If you scored the Purple 6, you'd freeze all of the dice (losing all of them EXCEPT the Purple 6).

Hint: don't freeze all the dice unless it's your third and final roll. Don't freeze all but one die on your first roll either.

Once that's done, you'll roll again (second roll). This time, you'll roll only however many dice are still unfrozen. You'll repeat the above process - score one, freeze it and anything lower than it.

Then third and final roll. Same process, except this time you'll freeze *everything* no matter which one you pick - so pick whatever looks best to you, even if it's the highest.

If you don't like a roll, you can re-roll, but you can only do that once. Re-rolls don't count towards your three rolls, but they do cost you an R TOKEN. (You have one.)

Remember - if you score Yellow, you also need to pick a column that has that number. If you score White, you'll need to specify which color you want to use it as.

I'll be around sporadically over the weekend; mostly in the evenings (from a PDT perspective). I'll answer questions when I see them, but evenings are when I'll be most available to answer them quickly.

I still don’t understand so I should just pick orange and roll twice?

[Nancy Drew 39]

Original Roll String: 6d6 (STATIC)

6 6-Sided Dice: (4, 6, 1, 6, 6, 3) = 26

Can I reroll this?

[Nancy Drew 39]

Send me a PM, please.

Original Roll String: 6d6 (STATIC)

6 6-Sided Dice: (2, 1, 3, 3, 5, 5) = 19