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acka-games-digest        Friday, April 24 1998        Volume 03 : Number 081

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Date: Fri, 24 Apr 1998 00:16:30 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email-masked] (Aaron V. Humphrey)
Subject: Re: Acka: Spades R4 T10

> > Hubert's trick.

> Ten of clubs.

Ah, the exhausted suit.

Nine of Spades.

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- --Alfvaen(Web page: http://www.telusplanet.net/public/alfvaen/ )
Current Album--Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians:Globe of Frogs
Current Book--Dashiell Hammett:The Glass Key
Does "rueful" mean "full of streets"?

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Date: Fri, 24 Apr 1998 00:58:05 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Raquel Peres da Silva" <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Eleusis G2R1 (Ayla)

> Fortunato played the Six of Clubs.  This was a correct play.
> It is now Ayla's turn.

I play 2C.

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Date: Fri, 24 Apr 1998 02:09:08 -0400 (EDT)
From: Duncan Richer <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Spades R4 T10

On Fri, 24 Apr 1998, Aaron V. Humphrey wrote:

> 
> > > Hubert's trick.
> 
> > Ten of clubs.
> 
> Nine of Spades.

Eight of Hearts.

- -- 
Duncan C. "" Richer aka
Slakko (Lost) Warner - http://dcr24.quns.cam.ac.uk/ - Queens' College
Cambridge, 1st Year PhD(Pure Maths), CUDipSoc, CUSFS, CUSTS, CURS etc
Acka - President, Web-Harfer, RuneMaker, ChessUmpire, Map-Harfer

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Date: Fri, 24 Apr 1998 02:22:50 -0400 (EDT)
From: Joshua Herreshoff <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Spades R4 T10

> > > Ten of clubs.
> >
> > Nine of Spades.
>
> Eight of Hearts.

2 of diamonds.

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Date: Fri, 24 Apr 1998 09:11:08 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email-masked] (Aaron V. Humphrey)
Subject: Acka: Spades R4 T11

> > > > Ten of clubs.

> > > Nine of Spades.

> > Eight of Hearts.

> 2 of diamonds.

Yet another trick I didn't expect to take.  Oh, well, bring on them sandbags.
:-)

For my next trick...I lead the King of Spades.

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- --Alfvaen(Web page: http://www.telusplanet.net/public/alfvaen/ )
Song In My Head--ABBA:The Name of The Game
Current Book--Dashiell Hammett:The Glass Key
One of them failed the Darwin Test, and one of them passed.

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Date: Fri, 24 Apr 1998 09:43:20 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email-masked] (Aaron V. Humphrey)
Subject: Acka: Eleusis G2R1 (JT)

Robert Sevin played the Two of Clubs.  This is an incorrect play, and e
receives two cards as a penalty.  It is JT's turn.

Players and Scores:
    Alfvaen         : 0  ( 0 cards) (Deus)
    Attila the Pun  : 0  (14 cards)
    K 2             : 0  (16 cards)
    Fortunato       : 0  (17 cards)
    Ayla            : 0  (14 cards)
    Robert Sevin    : 0  (14 cards)
  * JT              : 0  (13 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)

[*] - Invalid "No Play", card selected by Deus
 +  - marks every tenth card

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- --Alfvaen(Web page: http://www.telusplanet.net/public/alfvaen/ )
Song In My Head--Van Halen:Hot For Teacher
Current Book--Dashiell Hammett:The Glass Key
I've fallen out the window of opportunity

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Date: Fri, 24 Apr 1998 10:10:59 -0400 (EDT)
From: JT Traub <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Eleusis G2R1 (JT)

>Robert Sevin played the Two of Clubs.  This is an incorrect play, and e
>receives two cards as a penalty.  It is JT's turn.

Actually he played the six of clubs, but you have it correct below :)

>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)

I play the 2 S.

- --JT

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Date: Fri, 24 Apr 1998 11:40:06 -0400 (EDT)
From: Duncan Richer <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Spades R4 T11

On Fri, 24 Apr 1998, Aaron V. Humphrey wrote:

> Yet another trick I didn't expect to take.  Oh, well, bring on them sandbags.
> :-)
> 
> For my next trick...I lead the King of Spades.

Sandbag This!

Queen of spades.
- -- 
Duncan C. "" Richer aka
Slakko (Lost) Warner - http://dcr24.quns.cam.ac.uk/ - Queens' College
Cambridge, 1st Year PhD(Pure Maths), CUDipSoc, CUSFS, CUSTS, CURS etc
Acka - President, Web-Harfer, RuneMaker, ChessUmpire, Map-Harfer

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Date: Fri, 24 Apr 1998 11:59:54 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Joseph W. DeVincentis" <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Spades R4 ends, R5 begins

Slakko wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Apr 1998, Aaron V. Humphrey wrote:
> > Yet another trick I didn't expect to take.  Oh, well, bring on them
> > sandbags.
> > For my next trick...I lead the King of Spades.
> 
> Sandbag This!
> Queen of spades.

OK, enough.  This is the last spade held by the Sla team, and Goldenmean
has only spades left so the AlfGol team wins the last three tricks, taking
one sandbag.

Alf (3)  QH  3C  6C  2S* JC  8S* 8D 10D  5D  9S* KS*(JS  JD)
Sla (4)> AH* 5C  2C  2H  QC* 4S  QD  AD* 3D  8H  QS(10H  JH)
Gol (3)  9H  7C  8C  KH  9C  5S  KD* 7D  4D  2D(10S  AS* 3S*)
Hub (2)  3H  KC* AC* 4H  4C  6S  6D  9D  7S*10C (5H  6H  7H)

Scoring summary for the round:

AlfGol      SlaHub
total -147         171
bid:6       bid:6
got:7  +61  got:6  +60
total  -86         231

Round 5 begins as soon as I get the cards sent out, Alfvaen's bid first.

/dev/joe

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Date: Fri, 24 Apr 1998 12:14:50 -0400 (EDT)
From: Mitchell Harding <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Eleusis G2R1 (JT)

Aaron V. Humphrey wrote:

> Robert Sevin played the Two of Clubs.  This is an incorrect play, and e
> receives two cards as a penalty.  It is JT's turn.
>

Actually, I played the Six of Clubs.

Harf,
Robert Sevin
<http://ccwf.cc.utexas.edu/~mitcharf/>

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Date: Fri, 24 Apr 1998 19:02:44 -0400 (EDT)
From: Towsner <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Fictionary -- Bluffer voting time

>1. A flowing tree found throughout Asia.
	I vote for this one.

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- -Henry Towsner, AKA else...if, The Fearless Alibi Posesser, Laefu, and Yilran

	<[email-masked]>

	Success is the child of audacity.
		-Benjamin Disraeli

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Date: Fri, 24 Apr 1998 19:09:24 -0400 (EDT)
From: JT Traub <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Eleusis game 1.

Seeing as how else...if has now returned, I gladly give him back his
position in the Eleusis game.

- --JT

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Date: Fri, 24 Apr 1998 19:41:29 -0400 (EDT)
From: JT Traub <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Fictionary - End of round 3

Everyone has voted so..... Here are the results.

else...if failed to submit a definition, so loses 1 point

The correct definition of 'dagoba' was:
    A dome-shaped structure built over relics of Buddha or Buddhist saint

No one voted for this answer, so JT gains 2 points.

The other definitions submitted (with who voted for them and points) are as
follows:

TGW - The home planet of Yoda in the Star Wars universe. (no votes)
Slakko - A type of rodent, native to Japan. (no votes)
Hubert - A thin, curved knife. (TGW, Slakko, Hubert - 2 points)
Rufus - A flowing tree found throughout Asia. (else...if - 1 point)
Vynd - An oasis or watering hole. (/dev/joe, Rufus, Atilla the Pun - 3 points)
/dev/joe - Remote, isolated, desolate. (Vynd - 1 point)
Atilla the Pun - A form of marsh grass, found primarily on the East Coast
                 of the United Statesa (no votes)

So, the final scores after Round 3 are

Slakko -     1
Rufus -      0
JT -         9
TGW -        0
Hubert -     9
Vynd -       5
else...if -  0
Atilla -     0
/dev/joe -   1

TGW is next brainiac. 

- --JT

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Date: Fri, 24 Apr 1998 20:04:13 -0400 (EDT)
From: Towsner <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Eleusis game 1.

>Seeing as how else...if has now returned, I gladly give him back his
>position in the Eleusis game.
	Thank you, and thank you for playing for me while I was gone.

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- -Henry Towsner, AKA else...if, The Fearless Alibi Posesser, Laefu, and Yilran

	<[email-masked]>

	Success is the child of audacity.
		-Benjamin Disraeli

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Date: Fri, 24 Apr 1998 20:57:45 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email-masked] (Aaron V. Humphrey)
Subject: Re: Acka: Eleusis G2R1 (JT)

> >Robert Sevin played the Two of Clubs.  This is an incorrect play, and e
> >receives two cards as a penalty.  It is JT's turn.

> Actually he played the six of clubs, but you have it correct below :)

Oops.  I was obviously getting confused with the last correct play, Ayla's.

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- --Alfvaen(Web page: http://www.telusplanet.net/public/alfvaen/ )
Current Album--Peter Gabriel:Plays Live
Current Book--Dashiell Hammett:The Glass Key
The sky is falling ... no, I'm tipping over backwards.

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Date: Fri, 24 Apr 1998 21:38:46 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email-masked] (Aaron V. Humphrey)
Subject: Acka: Spades R5 bid

I bid 2.

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- --Alfvaen(Web page: http://www.telusplanet.net/public/alfvaen/ )
Current Album--Peter Gabriel:Plays Live
Current Book--Dashiell Hammett:The Glass Key
Murphy's law only fails when you try to demonstrate it.

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