Author Topic: T & B League: Group A (Read 57139 times)

Decar · « **Reply #210 on:** February 01, 2015, 09:15:50 AM »

Just need to sort some dinner out - shouldn't be more than an hour/hour and a half that ok?

Cheers!

SRBO · « **Reply #211 on:** February 01, 2015, 09:19:59 AM »

yes thats cool:)

kettlefish · « **Reply #212 on:** February 01, 2015, 09:31:22 AM »

I see, I will get some work tonight after all games have been played

B1nder · « **Reply #213 on:** February 01, 2015, 09:47:34 AM »

Here is my game with Carcking.

B1nder · « **Reply #214 on:** February 01, 2015, 09:55:06 AM »

And here is my game with SRBO.

Decar · « **Reply #215 on:** February 01, 2015, 11:27:04 AM »

Here's my game with SRBO.

167Decar : 137 SRBO - Talk about luck of the draw. All SRBO got was roads, roads more roads and the occasional cloisters; but every city he got he attacked with. I drew some mega lucky cards to steal the majority Trade Goods then established numerous small farms for the end game. I put my builder to good use at the start of the game, and equally well at the end, milking the tiles while I had the advantage. SRBO attacked until the very end! Hopefully we'll play again soon

SRBO · « **Reply #216 on:** February 01, 2015, 12:18:26 PM »

Quote from: Decar on February 01, 2015, 11:27:04 AM

Here's my game with SRBO.

167Decar : 137 SRBO - Talk about luck of the draw. All SRBO got was roads, roads more roads and the occasional cloisters; but every city he got he attacked with. I drew some mega lucky cards to steal the majority Trade Goods then established numerous small farms for the end game. I put my builder to good use at the start of the game, and equally well at the end, milking the tiles while I had the advantage. SRBO attacked until the very end! Hopefully we'll play again soon

I was really unfortunate on this one.. Just like the one with B1nder i really had a bad draw. well played anyway

Andrew the Ambo · « **Reply #217 on:** February 01, 2015, 12:28:29 PM »

Just got beaten by SRBO 202-179. I made a stupid move mid game where I split a city instead of merging to give me the majority. Realised as soon as I hit skip what I did. SRBO got an early lead on trade goods, but I managed to get back in. Also had a lucky break at the end getting the tile to equalise the big farm, I had been waiting for a rrxx until SRBO tried to trap it. In the end, it looks like it may have come down to my mistake mid game. Oh well. Win some, loose some.

kettlefish · « **Reply #218 on:** February 01, 2015, 12:52:14 PM »

Many games since my last x-list.

Carcking has to play 4 games against:
- jungleboy
- Andrew the Ambo
- Decar
- SRBO
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danisthirty, Rosco, B1nder, ny1050220 have finished all their 8 games.
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The newest x-list follows...

danisthirty · « **Reply #219 on:** February 02, 2015, 05:53:03 AM »

I've been doing a little bit of analysis based on who might still win the group and what they need to do in order to do so. Four of us have already finished and I'm in the lead so far, so I've compared those still playing against myself...

I have 15 league points (5 wins) so anything less than this means no chance of winning. Therefore, anybody with 4 or more losses against them won't be able to achieve 15 points (since we each play 8 games). Sadly, this eliminates Andrew the Ambo and SRBO.

Technically, Decar could still top our group. He has won four games so far and has one left to play so if he wins this he will finish with 15 points meaning we go to the first tie-breaker. My total score differential is 326 and Decar is currently -130. This means that he would have to beat Carcking by 457 points to finish ahead of me...

Jungleboy is in a similar position but with less of a mountain to climb. If he can beat Carcking by 110 points then he would also overtake me as he also has four wins behind him.

Finally, Carcking has managed 3 wins so far but has 4 matches left to play. If he can win 3 or more of them then he is guaranteed to finish at the top of the group. If he wins just 2 of them then the top spot will be settled by score differential, but if he loses 3 or more then he won't finish in first.

So there's still everything to play for!

kettlefish · « **Reply #220 on:** February 02, 2015, 11:31:07 AM »

Here comes the new x-score list:

Rosco · « **Reply #221 on:** February 02, 2015, 02:05:54 PM »

If cracking loses the rest of his games, I will still come top 3!

I think

Decar · « **Reply #222 on:** February 03, 2015, 04:00:33 PM »

My last game is played - It was by far my favourite game, Carcking was playing me point for point right to the end.

We constructed two huge cities knowing that if either player completed it they'd win. But with both builders out of action neither of us could play 2 cities to complete in a row.

I made a mistake with my builder by placing it on the bottom right. Carcking made a similar mistake, by played for the majority on the left city - all the CCCC cards were gone, so he trapped 4+Builder vs 3 of mine!

I nabbed the big farm in the middle and lopped it off. I got a road to place to pig but Carcking played the cloister for 9, but I got an extra city for 4. I played for a cheap farm with my last move.... look at the score:

Carcking 138
Decar 137

Carcking a brilliant game, heart racing with every move - Thank you sir!

Carcking · « **Reply #223 on:** February 03, 2015, 05:08:27 PM »

I played two amazing games tonight - both against outstanding opponents. I won't be able to sleep for hours now $:-\$

Decar - what can I say - that was THE most nerve racking game I have ever played - is that somebody's idea of fun and relaxation??

Great game, well played!

Andrew the Ambo - also took me down to the wire. He got a lucky city tile draw earlier in the game which secured two trade goods for him along with a 22 point city. After that play he had all three trade goods in his pocket. That was awesome for him. I had to look for an avenue to win without the trade goods...a tall order. I got a lucky city tile draw very late in the game which secured the wheat for me, finally. Then it was down to small farms. I made a 1 point mistake with my pig at the end and flashbacks of Decar's game streaked before my eyes - I could just see the poetic justice in losing by 1 point after winning by 1 point. Yikes. In the end it was 6 points. Cudos to Andrew for playing the game close with his builder trapped about half way through! Another great game, well played!

Decar · « **Reply #224 on:** February 03, 2015, 05:14:48 PM »

The builder doesnt look happy! I couldn't sleep after the game so stayed up for the results.

Which means Carcking has 15 points and two games to play