From: owner-acka-games-digest@muppetlabs.com (acka-games-digest) To: acka-games-digest@muppetlabs.com Subject: acka-games-digest V3 #199 Reply-To: acka-games@muppetlabs.com Sender: owner-acka-games-digest@muppetlabs.com Errors-To: owner-acka-games-digest@muppetlabs.com Precedence: bulk acka-games-digest Wednesday, August 26 1998 Volume 03 : Number 199 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 00:24:48 -0400 (EDT) From: JT Subject: Re: Acka: Eleusis G2R1 (JT) >Correct Plays | Incorrect plays >-------------------------+------------------------------------------------------ > 8 D (starter) | > 8 H (Attila the Pun) | 9 S (K 2) > 6 H (Fortunato[+]) | 6 S (Ayla) > 6 H (Robert Sevin) | > 7 H (JT) | 5 H (Attila the Pun), 9 D (K 2) >* 6 C (Fortunato) | > 2 C (Ayla) | 6 C (Robert Sevin), 2 S (JT) > 2 H (Attila the Pun[+])| 2 D (K 2) > J C (Fortunato) | > A H (Ayla) | 9 S (Robert Sevin) > K H (JT) |*2 H (Attila the Pun) > 4 C (K 2) | Q D (Fortunato) >! Q S (Ayla) | > 3 C (Robert Sevin) | > 3 H (JT) | > K C (Attila the Pun) | K S (K 2), A C (Fortunato) > 7 D (Robert Sevin) |*8 D (JT), 4 H (Attila the Pun) > Q S (K 2[+]) |!6 D (Fortunato), 4 H (Robert Sevin) > 3 C (JT) | >?10 D (Attila the Pun[+])|10 S (K 2[#]) > J D (Fortunato) | 2 H (Ayla[#]) >**3 C (Robert Sevin[#]) | > 10 D (JT) | > J D (Attila the Pun) | > 4 S (Fortunato) | > K S (Robin Hood) | 3 S (Tin Observer[#][x]) I tentatively try the 3 D. - --JT [-------------------------------------------------------------------------] [ Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty. ] [ It's hard to seize the day when you must first grapple with the morning ] [-------------------------------------------------------------------------] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 00:39:30 -0400 (EDT) From: JT Subject: Re: Acka: Double Crash (again) On Tue, 25 Aug 1998, John Frederic Mc Coy wrote: >I have selected my word. JT, do your worst. And I mean that. I have chosen my word, and my first salvo is anent enate nates tenia etnas paten - --JT [-------------------------------------------------------------------------] [ Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty. ] [ It's hard to seize the day when you must first grapple with the morning ] [-------------------------------------------------------------------------] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 01:31:42 -0400 (EDT) From: alfvaen@telusplanet.net (Aaron V. Humphrey) Subject: Re: Acka: Double Crash (again) > On Tue, 25 Aug 1998, John Frederic Mc Coy wrote: > >I have selected my word. JT, do your worst. And I mean that. > I have chosen my word, and my first salvo is > anent > enate > nates > tenia > etnas > paten Interesting strategy...:-) - -- - --Alfvaen(Web page: http://www.connect.ab.ca/~alfvaen/ ) Song In My Head--Henry Lee Summer:Hey Baby Current Book--S.M. Stirling:Marching Through Georgia Toothpaste and an orange. It's a bad idea. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 01:37:36 -0400 (EDT) From: alfvaen@telusplanet.net (Aaron V. Humphrey) Subject: Acka: Eleusis G2R1 (Attila the Pun) JT played the Three of Diamonds. This is a correct play. It is now Attila the Pun's turn. Players and Scores: Alfvaen : 0 ( 0 cards) (Deus) * Attila the Pun : 0 (18 cards) K 2 : 0 ( 0 cards) [ left the game ] Fortunato : 0 (17 cards) Robin Hood : 0 (18 cards) [ substituting for Ayla ] Tin Observer : 0 (12 cards) JT : 0 (11 cards) (* denotes whose turn it is to play -- play will be entered only after Deus and prophet respond to the play) Card ranks: The cards in each suit are ranked A-K with Ace low(values 1-13). There are no Wild cards. Correct Plays | Incorrect plays - -------------------------+------------------------------------------------------ 8 D (starter) | 8 H (Attila the Pun) | 9 S (K 2) 6 H (Fortunato[+]) | 6 S (Ayla) 6 H (Robert Sevin) | 7 H (JT) | 5 H (Attila the Pun), 9 D (K 2) * 6 C (Fortunato) | 2 C (Ayla) | 6 C (Robert Sevin), 2 S (JT) 2 H (Attila the Pun[+])| 2 D (K 2) J C (Fortunato) | A H (Ayla) | 9 S (Robert Sevin) K H (JT) |*2 H (Attila the Pun) 4 C (K 2) | Q D (Fortunato) ! Q S (Ayla) | 3 C (Robert Sevin) | 3 H (JT) | K C (Attila the Pun) | K S (K 2), A C (Fortunato) 7 D (Robert Sevin) | 8 D (JT), 4 H (Attila the Pun) Q S (K 2[+]) |!6 D (Fortunato), 4 H (Robert Sevin) 3 C (JT) | ?10 D (Attila the Pun[+])|10 S (K 2[#]) J D (Fortunato) | 2 H (Ayla[#]) 3 C (Robert Sevin[#]) | 10 D (JT) | J D (Attila the Pun) | 4 S (Fortunato) | *K S (Robin Hood) | 3 S (Tin Observer[#]) 3 D (JT) | [+] - Invalid "No Play", card selected by Deus or Prophet [#] - no play posted, card picked randomly [x] - play caused elimination of player * - marks every tenth card while no Prophet ** - beginning of "sudden death" ! - prophet (and every tenth card thereafter) ? - removal of prophet - -- - --Alfvaen(Web page: http://www.connect.ab.ca/~alfvaen/ ) Song In My Head--Henry Lee Summer:Hey Baby Current Book--S.M. Stirling:Marching Through Georgia It is the big fight to _stop eating the damn menu_. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 11:25:21 -0400 (EDT) From: K2 Subject: Acka: *Ping* I am sorry. I am so so so sorry. My first *ping* and I missed it. I thought this morning I'd have enough time to do it this afternoon - but by the time I checked it was 4 am - sigh. Today is Tuesday, the 25th day of August, and the Machine That Goes *ping* Has Gone *ping* today. Since I have been Scholar, the Machine has gone *ping* 1 times. K 2 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 11:37:24 -0400 (EDT) From: AARON KEESLER Subject: Acka: GAD I seem to have missed a round somewhere. K2, could you let me know what the current status of the game is? Fortunato - ------------------ Aaron Keesler Lotus Notes Administrator Intranet Administrator Adtran, Inc. - ------------------ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 13:55:26 -0400 (EDT) From: John Frederic Mc Coy Subject: Acka: Double Crash Round 1 My first salvo: 1) quick 2) frond 3) truth 4) scram 5) elves 6) champ Vynd jmccoy@umich.edu ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 13:57:16 -0400 (EDT) From: John Frederic Mc Coy Subject: Re: Acka: Double Crash (again) I respond to JT's first salvo below: On Wed, 26 Aug 1998, Aaron V. Humphrey wrote: > > > I have chosen my word, and my first salvo is > > anent 0 > > enate 0 > > nates 0 > > tenia 0 > > etnas 0 > > paten 0 > > Interesting strategy...:-) > Yes. Vynd jmccoy@umich.edu ------------------------------ End of acka-games-digest V3 #199 ********************************