[RtaB] Trial Round (Axxle's Bonus Game)

[D3f3nd3r]

It's time for the Trial Round of Race to a Billion! The rules are here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/13rd ... Hj5tjs7Hc/

Current Board:


Current Round Scoreboard:


Current Phase: Square selection

All players have until Sunday at noon EST to send in the location of their bomb, which can be any one of these 25 spaces.

Remember that since this is a test round, no items or money will carry over to the actual game.

Note to Janitor and Site Staff: This is being used to test the practicality of running the game on the forums. If this test is successful then the game will begin proper, with a thread in the main forum being created and an additional Frogstar thread being created also. The test round is being done here so that if it does fail, it won't clutter the board.

If anybody else is interested and has not already contacted me, feel free to send me a PM stating interest.

[D3f3nd3r]

Well, all four bombs are in. Do you four have a preference between starting now and taking two days off over the weekend or just waiting it out to start until Sunday?

[D3f3nd3r]

Okay then, in that case it's game on! Axxle is up first!

[D3f3nd3r]

That will let you move your Bomb. Post here that you're using it and PM me the new location to use it.



JDGA is next.

[D3f3nd3r]

Oh yeah, I forgot to announce the Turning Point and Bonus Game for this round.

The Turning Point is Mystery Chest. You can choose, or you can make your opponent choose, from three boxes: one contains money, one contains a Percentage Booster, and one contains a Bomb.
The Bonus Game is Blackjack. Should be self-explanatory! Two-card 21 pays $10,000,000!

[D3f3nd3r]

I'm sure there could be uses for it. But yeah, not all of the special things have to be game-breaking, just some of them

[D3f3nd3r]

(I'm not saying any of this for WIFOM purposes, after all this is the trial round so any ideas people might have are appreciated)

[D3f3nd3r]

Yeah I know. Mystery Box obviously has its uses.

[D3f3nd3r]

Space in ten minutes.

Also, good news (for you guys) my V/LA has been cancelled so we will be going straight through the weekend as would be normal.

[D3f3nd3r]

First money of Race to a Billion right there!



BipolarChemist is up next.

[D3f3nd3r]

Yeah you can use it whenever, as is the case with all items, at least until you Bomb. Turning Points that have to be used instantly will cause me to stop the square selection temporarily so they can be used.

[D3f3nd3r]

Another solid money amount!



Kari goes next.

[D3f3nd3r]

Not as much, but still respectable.



Back to Axxle.

[D3f3nd3r]

That's a Supercharge. If you use it, you will be able to select two squares on your turn.



JDGA?

[D3f3nd3r]

A big five million! Doesn't get much better than that!



BPC?

[D3f3nd3r]

Unfortunately your frown seems to be right about this. You've lost one million dollars and are now out of the round.



Kari's turn.

[D3f3nd3r]

Uh...this doesn't seem to be getting any better...



Just two remaining, Axxle and JDGA. Axxle with no money but a pair of items, JDGA sitting with over five million bucks. Axxle goes next.

[D3f3nd3r]

Uh...I'm going to say no.

[D3f3nd3r]

Still no money, but a booster and another item in the form of the powerful Special Vision!



JDGA now.

[D3f3nd3r]

The good news is that it's not a bomb?



Back to Axxle.

[D3f3nd3r]

Sent. Still your pick.

[D3f3nd3r]

In square 23...

+40% Round Booster

If you win the round, your round score will be increased by 40%. It's that simple!

JDGA?

(Images when I get to my computer)

[D3f3nd3r]

Oh dear, a Bomb Infestation. Post in the thread to use it, and TEN spaces, whether previously selected or not, will become bombs. If one lands on a previously-selected space it will have no effect. You can use it at any time.



Back to Axxle.

[D3f3nd3r]

In the money! The 110% percentage makes that $880,000.



Back to JDGA.

[D3f3nd3r]

Well I guess it doesn't matter...but it does mean that Axxle has won the round!

He wins in addition to his $880,000:
$500,000 for winning
Another $500,000 for the ten squares remaining (I had another, more complicated, way of determining this value based on remaining square types but I decided against it)
A 40% Round Booster to make this $1,400,000
And this gets multiplied by his multiplier to give him a total so far of $2,420,000!

He will take that money, his Replace, and his now-160% booster into the next round, but first we have to play some Blackjack!

[D3f3nd3r]

It's time for Blackjack! Here we have a 25-square board for you to choose from, Axxle. Each playing card value from Ace to Queen appears here twice, and the King appears once. This will work like normal Blackjack: you start by taking two squares, you take the some of their values, then you choose to hit or stand, getting one additional square every time you hit, trying to reach 21 total points. If you hit 21, you win $5,000,000 - unless you do so on your second square, in which case you win $10,000,000. If you stand before that, you win $100,000 per point you have when you stand. If you go over 21 and bust, you win nothing. Remember that all values will be multiplied by the 110% multiplier, not the one with the 50% added.

Whenever you're ready, pick your first two squares.

[D3f3nd3r]

Seventeen. Stop and take the $1.7 million, or press your luck to get 21?

[D3f3nd3r]

Then it's settled! The 1.7 million increases to $1,870,000 with the multiplier, to give you over four million bucks!



Through one game those are the scores...

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That's it for our test round. Comments? Questions? Concerns? This test was successful enough that the game will be coming to the forum at large in the coming days!

[D3f3nd3r]

Seems like a good idea, I'll try some stuff out later and see what works.