There is an old playground law (here in Britain anyway), that goes something like this:
First's the worst,
Second's the best,
Third's the one with the hairiest chest.
Such laws are hard to deny! Thus I struck upon an idea for a mini-tournament.
Put simply: In a 3-player game of Carcassonne, could the 'best' player manipulate the game in order to score the second highest number of points?
I think there's some interesting strategic ideas to be pondered. Mainly:
- How do you score enough points to not come last, but prevent other players from helping you score too many points?
- Is it better to get a head start then hold back, or aim for second place throughout the game
For me, such a competition is about taking part and having fun. What better way of celebrating competition than not coming first?
FormatAt the moment I'm looking for 9-players, which will be randomly split into 3 groups [A,B,C] to comprise a first round.
The players in each Group will schedule 3 games to be played with all 3 players. Each game will compose of different expansions (TBD).
A running total of score will be kept for the round. After all three games are played each group will have a Best (2nd), Worst (1st) and Hairiest (3rd) player.
After all the games are played there will be a final play-off round to determine who is the
'Best of the Best', the
'Worst of the Worst' and the
'Hairiest of the Hairiest' and other humorous titles. I've got my eye on
'Best of the Hairiest' but I suspect the competition to be tight.
Example
Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Total Rank
Player 1 120 76 100 196 Hairiest
Player 2 56 135 65 256 Best
Player 3 100 86 71 257 Worst
The Best of the Group would be Player 2, The Worst: Player 3 and the Hairiest: Player 1.
PrizesThere's nothing like a small-motivator when taking part. I'm not very good at surprises, so here's some gifts. The prizes will be given to at the group stages. Everyone who takes part will get a special commemorative STBT Tile, plus:
- Second Place: STBT podium tile + a custom Victory meeple (Grey/Blue)
- Third Place: A Custom Hairy Chested Meeple (choice of Grey/Blue)
- First Place:
There will be some spot prizes to be determined too.
When does it Start?We need enough interested parties. Don't forget
The Last Man Standing,
Dream Team Games &
Princess and Dragon Tournaments are still running. I doubt this this mini-tournament will start until one of these is finished. Please make sure to prioritize your existing games over new ones.
Other ConsiderationsPlease only put your name down if you can easily schedule your games to play. 3-player games are notoriously difficult to schedule. Though I said grouping will be random, I suspect some timezone manipulation to take place to make scheduling easier
If there's more than 9 players, I'll consider some other rankings.
As always, open to suggestions and please let me know if you have any questions.
Who is Playing1.Mr Numbers - Latvia - UTC +2
2.Chuck - Germany - UTC +1
3.Merlin_89 - Poland - UTC +1
4.Decar - UK - UTC +0
5.Rosco - UK - UTC +0
6.Leven - Hungary - UTC +1
7.Danisthirty -UK - UTC +0
8.Valheru - Belgium - UTC +1
9.jma03 - Spain - UTC +1
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