Quacks of Quedlinburg | Game over

[inspiratieloos]

I'll take red 1, orange 1 and move my potion token.

To confirm, you want to move your start token? Your potion is still full.

Yes.

[Snakes]

If you picked the black chip, your bag would contain 1 black chip, the same as everyone else. However, only the black chips in your cauldron at the end of the round will count for scoring.

Blue chips are good because they basically mean that you can look into the future, see what chip you're going to draw next, and redraw if it's a chip that you don't want.

Orange chips don't do anything, but they're still a positive since they take up space in your bag, which means you're less likely to draw a bomb.

Red chips go well with orange chips. You could draw a red 1, but actually move forward 2 or 3 spaces depending on how many orange chips you've drawn.

Green chips can get you rubies, but it's not a guarantee. Nobody got a ruby from a green chip this round. But, like orange chips, they're cheap and take up space in your bag even if they don't get you a ruby.

Black chips let you move your start token and potentially get a ruby depending on how many of them you have. Since everyone else has 1, they probably won't help you this turn unless you get lucky, but if you want to have more black chips than Farren and Felissan, you have to start somewhere.

If you just drew a bomb and then drew a yellow chip, you get to put that bomb back in your bag, and it no longer counts towards your potion exploding. And even though you're putting a chip back in your bag, you don't have to go backwards in the cauldron. However, if you draw a yellow chip and the last chip you drew was not a bomb, nothing happens. And even if you put a bomb back in your bag, you could end up drawing it again.

[inspiratieloos]

Black chips let you move your start token and potentially get a ruby depending on how many of them you have. Since everyone else has 1, they probably won't help you this turn unless you get lucky, but if you want to have more black chips than Farren and Felissan, you have to start somewhere.

In addition to this, not taking a black chip will mean the people next to you who do have black chips will quickly get a big advantage over you.

[Farren]

Spoiler: Strategic thoughts on 13-buy chip combinations for Nancy

Black 1 / Orange 1 - Black 1s pay off if you draw them and at least one of your neighbors (Felissan, me) doesn't. Right now, both of us have a Black 1 and you don't - which means if *we* draw our Black 1s, we get a payout for sure, since you can't draw one to block us. Taking a Black 1 gives you the chance to stop us as well as the chance that you draw it and one of us doesn't. The downside to Black: it's expensive for a 1-chip, and since Felissan and I already have them, there's a chance you draw it and "just" stop us rather than helping yourself directly. The upside to Black: it pays out in start position improvement (and rubies, if neither neighbor draws one), and getting just one of those once is the equivalent of drawing a free 1-chip every round for the rest of the game. Also, stopping us makes it easier to keep up with us. Buying the Black 1 leaves you enough for an Orange 1 - which is one more not-a-Bomb thing to draw, and that's about it (without Reds, which you wouldn't have).

Blue 2 / Orange 1 - This would add a 2-chip to your pot, which moves you two spaces instead of one when you draw it. It also lets you draw two chips risk-free - but you can only keep one of those two chips; the other goes back into the bag. (You can also throw both back into the bag, if both are bad.) And again, gets paired with the harmless but non-explosive Orange 1. Upside: it gets you a 2-chip, and helps mitigate bad luck. If you're willing to play with some risk, it's more effective (especially with Greens in your pot, which you have) - blues are at their best when you draw them while in danger, IMO. Downside: if you're wanting to play cautious and always bail at the first sign of trouble, Blues aren't quite as helpful. They'll help extend the time before danger, but that's about it.

Red 2 / Orange 1 - Also adds a 2-chip to your pot. Reds get a movement boost if you already have Oranges in play, so this is basically a more powerful version of the choice you rejected in Round 1. If you'd picked Red 1 / Orange 1 in Round 1, doing Red 2 / Orange 1 this round would have comboed very well. That being said, it's still not a bad choice this round. Upside - this is about pure cauldron progress. Downside - it doesn't do anything else.

Yellow 1 / Blue 1 - Yellows provide a different take on risk mitigation and progress. If you draw a Bomb, and then *immediately* draw a Yellow afterwards, the Bomb gets removed from your cauldron and thrown back into your bag - without losing the progress the Bomb gave you. Upside is, there are few things more satisfying than drawing the Bomb 3 and then getting rid of it with a Yellow. Downside is, the Yellow has to come immediately after. Draw a Yellow first, or draw it after drawing a Blue or an Orange, and its power is wasted. Yellows + Blues don't really work well together, either. They're both risk-mitigation, but they kinda cancel each other out? If a Blue draws a Yellow, both have wasted their power.

Green 2 / Blue 1 - This is effectively the same choice as you made in Round 1, with a more powerful Green chip. The extra power just means extra movement, not extra Rubies. Green and Blue work well together, if you're willing to take some risks. It'd build on what you already have - concentrating instead of diversifying. With Greens, concentrating is more about increasing your chances for getting a Ruby - but Rubies are another path to improving your start position.

Underspending is an option, but not one I'm going to delve into.

[Nancy Drew 39]

black -1, orange -1

[Snakes]

Nancy buys a

Black 1

and an

Orange 1

. Would you like to spend 2 rubies to move your start token?

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
10	Blue 1
11	Green 1
12	Black 1
13	Orange 1

Spoiler: Chips Played

Victory Points:

3

Bombs:

6

Potion:

Full

Rubies:

3

[Nancy Drew 39]

Anyone have any thoughts on this? I lean no.

[Farren]

The main advantage to keeping your Rubies: if you use your Potion and have Rubies on hand, you can recharge it at the end of the round by spending the Rubies on that. So saving a pair for Potion recharging can be useful.
The main advantage to spending your Rubies: you get one space of extra progress in your Cauldron every round for the rest of the game, which potentially leads to more Buys and VPs.

[Nancy Drew 39]

No

[Snakes]

I'm assuming you decided not to spend your rubies?

[Snakes]

Time's up, so I'm assuming Nancy Drew isn't spending her rubies. Nancy, if that's wrong, let me know.

It is now round 3. Farren, Nancy Drew, and Inspiratieloos each get a rat tail.

The fortune teller card for this round is

The player with the fewest rubies receives 1 ruby

. That's Felissan and Inspiratieloos, so they each get

1 ruby

.

All players have (expired on 2021-03-22 15:00:00) to finish their turns.

Cauldron

Spoiler:

Buys	Victory Points	Ruby?	Players	Buys	Victory Points	Ruby?	Players
0	0	No	Nancy Drew Start	21	6	No
1	0	No	Nancy Drew rat, Farren Start, Felissan Start	21	6	Yes
2	0	No	Farren rat, Inspiratieloos Start	22	7	No
3	0	No	Inspiratieloos rat	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		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 1
4	Bomb 1
5	Bomb 2
6	Bomb 2
7	Bomb 3
8	Orange 1
9	Green 1
10	Black 1
11	Green 1
12	Yellow 1

Spoiler: Chips Played

Victory Points:

4

Bombs:

0

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
10	Blue 1
11	Green 1
12	Black 1
13	Orange 1

Spoiler: Chips Played

Victory Points:

3

Bombs:

0

Potion:

Full

Rubies:

3

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
12	Black 1
13	Green 1

Spoiler: Chips Played

Victory Points:

5

Bombs:

0

Potion:

Full

Rubies:

1

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
11	Red 1
12	Orange 1

Spoiler: Chips Played

Victory Points:

2

Bombs:

0

Potion:

Full

Rubies:

1

[Farren]

3 day timer? Is someone on V/LA?

Original Roll String: 1d12

1 12-Sided Dice: (11) = 11

[Farren]

Excellent. Perfect way to start off the round.

Will draw again. Was going to do that no matter what, but forgot to say it on the roll.

[Snakes]

Nancy Drew is on V/LA until monday.

Farren draws a

Black 1

and moves forward 1 space in his cauldron.

Cauldron

Spoiler:

Buys	Victory Points	Ruby?	Players	Buys	Victory Points	Ruby?	Players
0	0	No	Nancy Drew Start	21	6	No
1	0	No	Nancy Drew rat, Farren Start, Felissan Start	21	6	Yes
2	0	No	Farren rat, Inspiratieloos Start	22	7	No
3	0	No	Farren (1), Inspiratieloos rat	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		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 1
4	Bomb 1
5	Bomb 2
6	Bomb 2
7	Bomb 3
8	Orange 1
9	Green 1
10	Green 1
11	Yellow 1

Spoiler: Chips Played

Black 1

Victory Points:

4

Bombs:

0

Potion:

Full

Rubies:

1

[inspiratieloos]

Original Roll String: 1d12

1 12-Sided Dice: (12) = 12

Original Roll String: 1d11

1 11-Sided Dice: (10) = 10

Original Roll String: 1d10

1 10-Sided Dice: (9) = 9

[inspiratieloos]

Black 1, Green 1, Bomb 2 I think?

[Snakes]

Correct. Inspiratieloos draws a

Black 1

,

Green 1

and a

Bomb 2

, and moves forward 4 spaces in his cauldron.

Cauldron

Spoiler:

Buys	Victory Points	Ruby?	Players	Buys	Victory Points	Ruby?	Players
0	0	No	Nancy Drew Start	21	6	No
1	0	No	Nancy Drew rat, Farren Start, Felissan Start	21	6	Yes
2	0	No	Farren rat, Inspiratieloos Start	22	7	No
3	0	No	Farren (1), Inspiratieloos rat	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 (2.5)	24	8	Yes
8	1	No		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

Inspiratieloos

Spoiler: Bag

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

Spoiler: Chips Played

Black 1

,

Green 1

,

Bomb 2

Victory Points:

2

Bombs:

2

Potion:

Full

Rubies:

1

[inspiratieloos]

Original Roll String: 1d9

1 9-Sided Dice: (9) = 9

Original Roll String: 1d8

1 8-Sided Dice: (4) = 4

[Snakes]

Inspiratieloos draws a

Orange 1

and a

Bomb 1

and moves forward 2 spaces in his cauldron.

Cauldron

Spoiler:

Buys	Victory Points	Ruby?	Players	Buys	Victory Points	Ruby?	Players
0	0	No	Nancy Drew Start	21	6	No
1	0	No	Nancy Drew rat, Farren Start, Felissan Start	21	6	Yes
2	0	No	Farren rat, Inspiratieloos Start	22	7	No
3	0	No	Farren (1), Inspiratieloos rat	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		25	9	No
9	1	Yes	Inspiratieloos (4.5)	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 1
2	Bomb 1
3	Bomb 1
4	Bomb 2
5	Bomb 3
6	Red 1
7	Orange 1

Spoiler: Chips Played

Black 1

,

Green 1

,

Bomb 2

,

Orange 1

,

Bomb 1

Victory Points:

3

Bombs:

3

Potion:

Full

Rubies:

1

[inspiratieloos]

Original Roll String: 1d7

1 7-Sided Dice: (6) = 6

[inspiratieloos]

Original Roll String: 1d6

1 6-Sided Dice: (3) = 3

[Snakes]

Inspiratieloos draws a

Bomb 1

and a

Orange 1

and moves forward 2 spaces in his cauldron.

Cauldron

Spoiler:

Buys	Victory Points	Ruby?	Players	Buys	Victory Points	Ruby?	Players
0	0	No	Nancy Drew Start	21	6	No
1	0	No	Nancy Drew rat, Farren Start, Felissan Start	21	6	Yes
2	0	No	Farren rat, Inspiratieloos Start	22	7	No
3	0	No	Farren (1), Inspiratieloos rat	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		25	9	No
9	1	Yes		25	9	Yes
10	2	No		26	9	No
11	2	No	Inspiratieloos (6.5)	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 1
2	Bomb 1
3	Bomb 2
4	Bomb 3
5	Red 1

Spoiler: Chips Played

Black 1

,

Green 1

,

Bomb 2

,

Orange 1

,

Bomb 1

,

Bomb 1

,

Orange 1

Victory Points:

3

Bombs:

4

Potion:

Full

Rubies:

1

[inspiratieloos]

Original Roll String: 1d5

1 5-Sided Dice: (4) = 4

[inspiratieloos]

Nice

Original Roll String: 1d4

1 4-Sided Dice: (3) = 3

[inspiratieloos]

Going to wait for the others to catch up before deciding whether to continue.