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[Nancy Drew 39]

/rejoin queue

[Nancy Drew 39]

/rejoin queue

You mentioned earlier wanting to pre-in to Game 10. Did you specifically want to sign up for Game 10?

Sure.

[Nancy Drew 39]

/confirming in for game 10

[Nancy Drew 39]

I would much prefer we extend the deadline in that case until we get 4 players.

[Nancy Drew 39]

I can play if no1 wants the spot

\o/

[Nancy Drew 39]

Is your preference due to the activity changes, the game changes, or both?

With three players, I would revert the activity rules to the originals. The modified rules would only apply to a two-player game specifically.

For game mechanical changes to the 3p version: Token Market gets five of each Gem; Noble Market gets four Nobles total in a 3p game.

I still strongly prefer 4 but at least with 3 players it’s playable.

[Nancy Drew 39]

Diamond, ruby, onyx

[Nancy Drew 39]

DRO

[Nancy Drew 39]

Can you please update the token market?

[Nancy Drew 39]

reserve B - 27, take 1 gold

[Nancy Drew 39]

SEO

[Nancy Drew 39]

play B-27

[Nancy Drew 39]

reserve B - 25 + 1 gold

[Nancy Drew 39]

SER

[Nancy Drew 39]

ESR

[Nancy Drew 39]

play B - 25

[Nancy Drew 39]

DER

[Nancy Drew 39]

reserve B-28 + 1 gold

[Nancy Drew 39]

2 rubies

[Nancy Drew 39]

How would I go about making substitution requests? So, if I hypothetically want to switch with one or more of my tokens but keep the rest?

So, let’s say I just want to switch only one of them or perhaps two but not all three - I’m still confused how exactly to go about that?

[Nancy Drew 39]

play B - 28

[Nancy Drew 39]

reserve C - 30 + gold

[Nancy Drew 39]

Reserve B - 23 + 1 gold

[Nancy Drew 39]

DSE

[Nancy Drew 39]

SER

discard ER

[Nancy Drew 39]

play C - 30

[Nancy Drew 39]

If I took 3 gems and a gold were to become available next turn, I could discard one of my gems to take a gold?

[Nancy Drew 39]

ERO

[Nancy Drew 39]

take 2 diamonds, sacrifice 1 ruby and onyx

[Nancy Drew 39]

play B - 23

[Nancy Drew 39]

play B - 17 from deck

[Nancy Drew 39]

reserve B - 14 + 1 gold

[Nancy Drew 39]

2 rubies

[Nancy Drew 39]

2 rubies

[Nancy Drew 39]

We have a tie for first place. Both Snakes and PookyTheMagicalBear have 16 VP.

The tiebreaker is:

fewest

cards in play.

Pooky has 12 cards in play. (The Noble doesn't count as a card.)
Snakes has 9 cards in play, counting the one he just purchased. Ergo ...

Congratulations to Snakes for winning game 10 of Splendor!

GAME OVER.

Final score:

1st: Snakes, 16 VP
2nd: PookyTheMagicalBear, 16 VP
3rd: Nancy Drew 39, 9 VP
4th: Sirius9121, 7 VP.

Edit> wrong game number.

Whoa! wild

Can you explain how this tiebreaker works?

/in next

[Nancy Drew 39]

Yeah - initially the policy seemed to work out okay, but it wasn't designed to cope with someone completely disappearing after confirming their presence. So it does need to be changed.

I'm thinking something like this: After the first AutoPlay, player has to re-confirm that they're still playing once every 72 hours - but no sooner than once a turn even if that takes more than 72. Taking a scheduled turn, submitting a conditional order, or sending me a "hey, I'm alive and still want to play" PM all count towards re-confirming. Failing to re-confirm means AutoPlay starts acting instantly, and I start looking for replacement.

+1

[Nancy Drew 39]

Changes to the activity rules:

1) V/LA no longer matters.
2) Extensions reduced from 4 to 3; however, players will only be charged one extension instead of two. Effectively normalizes extensions for everyone.
3) If AutoPlay is active, the player will have to confirm more frequently if they remain inactive.
4) Holiday policy is back. US Thanksgiving / Christmas will extend timers to 120 hours with 48 hour prods during the relevant times. Other holidays upon request if a player in the game is celebrating them - must be notified before the game starts, though.
5) AutoPlay's been given a slight IQ boost (hopefully).

Why doesn’t V/LA matter? I do agree with the autoplay change however. He should have been replaced.

[Nancy Drew 39]

DSE

[Nancy Drew 39]

I think y'all know the drill by now, so we'll skip the opening spiel.

Game on.

It is now

Nancy Drew 39

's turn.

How do doubles work with only 3 players?

[Nancy Drew 39]

DSE

You didn’t process my turn.

[Nancy Drew 39]

reserve B-27

[Nancy Drew 39]

SEO

[Nancy Drew 39]

2 rubies

[Nancy Drew 39]

SEO

discard 2 rubies

[Nancy Drew 39]

reserve C - 34

Discard 1 emerald

[Nancy Drew 39]

play B - 27

[Nancy Drew 39]

reserve B - 30

[Nancy Drew 39]

ESO

[Nancy Drew 39]

reserve C - 31

[Nancy Drew 39]

play C - 34

[Nancy Drew 39]

DER

[Nancy Drew 39]

play C - 31

[Nancy Drew 39]

ERO

[Nancy Drew 39]

2 onyx

[Nancy Drew 39]

reserve A - 15

[Nancy Drew 39]

reserve C - 25 + gold, discard 1 onyx

[Nancy Drew 39]

Play C - 25

[Nancy Drew 39]

DER

[Nancy Drew 39]

play B - 30

[Nancy Drew 39]

reserve C -22

[Nancy Drew 39]

reserve B - 20

[Nancy Drew 39]

Play C - 22

[Nancy Drew 39]

reserve C - 20

[Nancy Drew 39]

play A - 15

[Nancy Drew 39]

DSE

[Nancy Drew 39]

gg!

+1

[Nancy Drew 39]

I can play but Pooky will be subbing in for me for a week and I’m not sure which one but it will be sometime this month.

But I need the timer extended as much as possible because I need a brief break.

So, still deciding depending on when it starts.

[Nancy Drew 39]

First timer has expired. Charles requested an extension, which is granted. New timer: (expired on 2021-11-10 18:00:00).

The game will start as soon as full, or when this timer expires.

If all signed up players agree, the timer can be extended again if the game isn't full by its expiration.

Can I /in after another extension?

I still need a few days.

[Nancy Drew 39]

I don't mind waiting for Nancy to start.

<3

[Nancy Drew 39]

Looks like this game is waiting til Nancy can play. But I'm keen to play the next one!

I was going to say Saturday at midnight but if the worst really wants to play this round, I don’t want to be the reason he can’t, although I would definitely love to play with him next time.

So duckling, it’s up to you. If you really want to play this round, I’ll out. If not, I’ll commit to Saturday at midnight. Your call. <3

I’m good either way.

[Nancy Drew 39]

take B - 30

[Nancy Drew 39]

I was using “take” all last game for the same purpose? I obviously don’t want my intentions to be misinterpreted, so should I say “draw” instead of “take” when I reserving a card? I’m confused now because I had assumed that “buy” or “play” was the words you used to play either a card card you want to use immediately?

[Nancy Drew 39]

RES

[Nancy Drew 39]

RES

[Nancy Drew 39]

take 2 rubies

[Nancy Drew 39]

reserve C - 38

[Nancy Drew 39]

play B - 30

[Nancy Drew 39]

double emerald

[Nancy Drew 39]

SED

[Nancy Drew 39]

reserve A - 18

[Nancy Drew 39]

SED

discard 1 emerald and 1 diamond

[Nancy Drew 39]

play C - 38

[Nancy Drew 39]

DSR

[Nancy Drew 39]

DSO

discard SO

[Nancy Drew 39]

reserve C - 26

[Nancy Drew 39]

Timer's run out with only a partial move submitted. The rules don't cover the edge case of "player submits an incomplete move," so have to establish precedent. I'm going to treat this as an extension case - add 48 hours to the timer (holiday timers are still on) and subtract an extension from Nancy's total.

:/

but I didn’t think it was incomplete though.

[Nancy Drew 39]

reserve C - 26
discard diamond

[Nancy Drew 39]

DSO

discard onyx + 2 diamonds

[Nancy Drew 39]

play C -26

[Nancy Drew 39]

play A - 18

[Nancy Drew 39]

2 emerald

[Nancy Drew 39]

SRO

[Nancy Drew 39]

reserve A-15

[Nancy Drew 39]

reserve C - 22

[Nancy Drew 39]

DEO

discard diamond

[Nancy Drew 39]

play C-22

[Nancy Drew 39]

play A - 15

[Nancy Drew 39]

DES

[Nancy Drew 39]

play B -17

[Nancy Drew 39]

B-17 requires 3 Onyxes; you only have 2 (and no Gold).

reserve B - 17

[Nancy Drew 39]

play B - 15

to bring me up to 15 pts and a 3 way tie.

[Nancy Drew 39]

Nancy Drew 39 receives a discount of 1 Emerald 3 Rubies 1 Onyx due to cards in play.

She pays 1 Onyx 1 Gold (subbing for a Ruby) to play B-15 directly from the Market. She gains

2 VP

and a permanent 1 Diamond discount.

Nancy Drew 39 has reached 15 VP

. Endgame is triggered for a third time. If there were any doubts about the game ending this round, let them be dispelled.

B-15 would be replaced, except that with Nancy Drew 39's turn, the round has ended - and thus the game comes to a close.

Now tallying final scores and announcing a winner. Please stand by.

Whoah, so fewer number of cards is what put me over? Had Cheery Dog taken that card, it would have been different.

[Nancy Drew 39]

Sorry, I'll need to out atm. If things easy up soon I'll in again.

[Nancy Drew 39]

We've had ties before, but never a three-way tie for first. The tiebreaker is clear: number of cards in play, with

fewer

cards being better. Nobles do not count as cards.

Charles510 has 15 VP and 10 cards in play. (N-3 doesn't count.)
lilith2013 has 15 VP and 13 cards in play. (N-1 doesn't count.)
Cheery Dog has 8 VP; cards in play are irrelevant.
Nancy Drew 39 has 15 VP and 7 cards in play.

Which means ...

Congratulations to Nancy Drew 39 for winning Game 12 of Splendor!

Game over.

Final scores:

1st: Nancy Drew 39, 15 VP (7)
2nd: Charles510, 15 VP (10)
3rd: lilith2013, 15 VP (13)
4th: Cheery Dog, 8 VP.

We made Splendor history! \o/

[Nancy Drew 39]

Congratulations Nancy!
That was a great game, so exciting with the tie at the end.

/in again

I prefer to think of it as a 3 way tie, so congrats to you and Lilith both but that said, I’ll happily take the win. I think this was Lilith’s first time triggering endgame.

[Nancy Drew 39]

/in

[Nancy Drew 39]

oh, I’m extremely bad at this game. congrats

Why? You might have won if it weren’t for the three way tie right?

And thanks. <3

[Nancy Drew 39]

48 hour timer has ended. We only have two players so far - Charles and Nancy.

If both players post saying they want to start with two, we'll start the game up ASAP.

Otherwise, we'll start up the game when this timer expires: (expired on 2022-02-11 10:00:00).

I would prefer to play with at least 3 - preferably 4 people if possible.

[Nancy Drew 39]

This game, I'm going to try just putting all of the markets in every update post, rather than only reposting changed markets. With Card and Noble markets in spoilers, it shouldn't bulk up the thread too much - and it should make things a bit easier for people who use the most recent post to play instead of the OP.

Player panels will be posted at the start of the player's turn - except for Round 1, as players start with nothing.
OP - which contains all game-relevant information - is typically updated within 10 minutes of my update post.

Please let me know if you would like to be PM'd at the start of your turn.

Game on.

It is now

Nancy Drew 39

's turn.

I think this is a good idea. I had to keep isoing you to find the noble posts.

[Nancy Drew 39]

take double sapphire

[Nancy Drew 39]

SED

[Nancy Drew 39]

DER

[Nancy Drew 39]

reserve B - 30

[Nancy Drew 39]

play B - 30

[Nancy Drew 39]

ERO

[Nancy Drew 39]

take double sapphires

[Nancy Drew 39]

Question: if you have 10 tokens and in the next turn, you want pick up a gold, you need to discard one of them, correct?

[Nancy Drew 39]

SEO

[Nancy Drew 39]

So, I have to somehow pick a card regardless, right? With everything out, there are no other options.

[Nancy Drew 39]

reserve B - 25 + gold, discard 1 diamond

[Nancy Drew 39]

play B - 25

[Nancy Drew 39]

ERO

[Nancy Drew 39]

DS

[Nancy Drew 39]

SEO

discard emerald

[Nancy Drew 39]

DEO

discard 3 emerald

[Nancy Drew 39]

reserve A - 17 please

discard emerald

[Nancy Drew 39]

reserve C - 33

discard 1 diamond

[Nancy Drew 39]

SEO

discard 2 sapphire and emerald

[Nancy Drew 39]

play C - 33

[Nancy Drew 39]

RES

[Nancy Drew 39]

play A - 17

[Nancy Drew 39]

DRO

[Nancy Drew 39]

reserve A -18

[Nancy Drew 39]

ERO

[Nancy Drew 39]

reserve B - 23

[Nancy Drew 39]

play A - 18

[Nancy Drew 39]

SER

[Nancy Drew 39]

take double emerald

[Nancy Drew 39]

DSR

[Nancy Drew 39]

DEO

[Nancy Drew 39]

I realized I still have to discard, will do that before prod deadline, sorry.

[Nancy Drew 39]

discard 2 diamond, 1 emerald

[Nancy Drew 39]

B -22

[Nancy Drew 39]

Nancy Drew 39 has requested an extension via PM; the timer has been extended by 24 hours at the cost of one extension.

Is that from the time of this post, which was 9:56 pm?

[Nancy Drew 39]

reserve B - 22

[Nancy Drew 39]

Thanks for all your work running this - it's been really impressive how long you've kept up such a high standard of modding!

+1

And congrats on the scummie.

[Nancy Drew 39]

Congrats Charles on a well deserved victory!!!

[Nancy Drew 39]

good game

I would've won next turn and I based my strategy around that, but I didn't notice that 5-diamond card

I tried to gambit but when you picked up the card I planned to play next round, I knew I was done for. That was probably my only chance unless a better card turned up in its place.

[Nancy Drew 39]

/in

[Nancy Drew 39]

Wait another 48 hours and if no one else signs up, you join in?

[Nancy Drew 39]

I'll count that as consensus for #2, with the proviso that we wait for the timer to expire first. Which is fine, as I'll need some extra setup time anyway.

Anyone else can take my slot by signing up before that timer expires!

+1

[Nancy Drew 39]

take 2 diamonds

[Nancy Drew 39]

DSE

[Nancy Drew 39]

SEO

[Nancy Drew 39]

reserve B - 10

[Nancy Drew 39]

play B - 10

[Nancy Drew 39]

reserve B - 24

[Nancy Drew 39]

DES

[Nancy Drew 39]

DSO

[Nancy Drew 39]

play B - 24

[Nancy Drew 39]

SEO

[Nancy Drew 39]

reserve B - 18

[Nancy Drew 39]

reserve B - 22

[Nancy Drew 39]

play B -18

[Nancy Drew 39]

DRS

[Nancy Drew 39]

RDS

[Nancy Drew 39]

play B - 22

[Nancy Drew 39]

reserve A - 9

[Nancy Drew 39]

SRO

[Nancy Drew 39]

reserve C - 23

discard onyx

[Nancy Drew 39]

play A - 9

[Nancy Drew 39]

DRO

[Nancy Drew 39]

And while normally I take my turn right away, I'm pretty much V/LA today on account of my anniversary - so will update the OP and then get back to this again some time in the next 12-24 hours.

Congrats!

[Nancy Drew 39]

DRO

[Nancy Drew 39]

play B - 7

[Nancy Drew 39]

reserve B - 16

[Nancy Drew 39]

Good game! Well played Farren!

+1

At least I beat Charles.