Comments on: Need help with that?

By: J C Lawrence

J C Lawrence — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 09:04:51 +0000

My current thought is something akin to:

Revenues: 3/4/5/6/7/8/9/12
Bonuses for 3+ cards of:
- same suit
- run in a suit
- of a value
- run across suits
Bonus value: #_cards * highest_revenue

With the formatting adjusted to fit on a card.

By: rockusultimus

rockusultimus — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 02:31:24 +0000

How valuable would additional data such as a list of the card values (3/4/5/6/7/8/9/12) be?

I think it would be valuable, especially for early plays where it's easy to forget small details; ie. there is no 1, 2, 10 or 11 values.

Is listing the 3 possible choices (bid, buy, pass) worth it?

Not necessary. Medium-to-low priority.

What about the bonus is #_of_cards#revenue_of-Highest_card or Cards may participate in multiple bonus categories?

Yes, definitely. Preferably with examples.

By: J C Lawrence

J C Lawrence — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 21:43:56 +0000

Okay. The common element seems to be the bonus categories. Cool, that can be done easily enough. But what else is really useful? How valuable would additional data such as a list of the card values (3/4/5/6/7/8/9/12) be? Is listing the 3 possible choices (bid, buy, pass) worth it? What about the bonus is #_of_cards#revenue_of-Highest_card or Cards may participate in multiple bonus categories?

I confess, this request for a player aid has really blind-sided me. Still, it seems well requested and I'll see what I can come up with.

By: rockusultimus

rockusultimus — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:37:57 +0000

A player aid will be well-received on at least the first play with everyone IMO.

However, I suspect this game would do well with casual/non- gamers as well as heavy-gamers. Having a player-aid will go a long way for casual gamers. Being able to visualize bonus conditions is important for some individuals.

For example in our one session, one individual (Paul - who is plays a lot of video games, as well as board games, and does quite well in heavy-strategy board games) was frustrated with the simple and similar color choices of the cards and seeing only numbers. For him, any visual association with values would have gone a long way.

The Schotten-Totten player-aid is a good model ( http://boardgamegeek.com/image/137317 ) as already suggested by Scott.

The player-aid can just be card sized and contain the following:

Turn Structure:

Bid on a property

Purchase the cheapest property or a wild card

Pass

Endgame Scoring:

Flush (example)

Straight-flush (example)

Three-of-a-kind (example)

Rainbow (example)

By: scottredracecar

scottredracecar — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:01:50 +0000

My request was due to the fact that I had to repeat the four ways to score several times. If there was a player aid card, I think I could have said it once and clarified with an example on the card which the players could refer to for the rest of the game.

The scoring in Corner Lot is not hard, but I don’t recall ever playing a game with similar scoring where the same cards could score four times. I’m thinking that a three card example (miniature cards with a short caption) would be sufficient. For example, Flush: 4RED/6RED/12/RED, Straight Flush 5BLUE/6BLUE/7BLUE. Rainbow Flush: 7GREEN/8RED/9BLUE. Set: 5RED/5BLUE/5GREEN.

Then a statement to the effect of “For each scoring, players receive the number of cards in the set times the value of the highest card.”

By: msaari

msaari — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 08:24:35 +0000

I know the list of end game bonuses would be useful for some people. I don’t need a player aid myself, but that’s something I would expect to be on the card (and we almost forgot one category the last time we played, so it wouldn’t have hurt to have an extra reminder).