Subject: acka-games-digest V3 #140
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acka-games-digest        Friday, June 26 1998        Volume 03 : Number 140

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Date: Fri, 26 Jun 1998 03:10:41 -0400 (EDT)
From: Duncan Richer <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: YORL

Elwes turned to head down the tunnel into snowgod's lair, with Elvis and
Elves following.  The dim light of their new-found friendship was enough
to let them see their way for a few yards.  Suddenly the path ahead seemed
blocked, not so much by any tangible thing as by a presence.

Elwes knew this, and instinctively motioned the others off to one side,
while himself sidling up along the tunnel.  As he approached the presence,
he could hear snippets of words, but could not understand them.  All he
heard was "Poit!" "Zort!" and, finally, after some short time, "Narf!"

"Narf, my old nemesis!" Elwes thought to himself.  "So he too has been
weakened by the snowgod and imprisoned by an amulet.  No matter, with my
powers back I should be able to fix this."

Elwes sensed the presence as the aura of what Narf should have been,
rather than the little lackey snowgod had mutated him into.  He saw the
result that he wanted, and subtly /changed/ Narf into the presence.
As the process completed, though, Elwes knew something was wrong.  snowgod
had perverted the mind of Narf as well.

"HA HA HA" came the oddly deep and distorted voice which was once Narf's.
"Now you have come this far, Elwes, prepare to meet your doom".  Narf, or
at least that which was once Narf, stepped into the spotlight.  A figure
swathed in a black cloak, with a large scythe, and skeletal figures.
"Time to face destiny, Elwes."

Elvis and Elves jumped out, in an attempt to surprise the Reaper, with the
battle cry of ages: "We've gotta face the Reaper!"

Slakko plays: reaper

Yours,
Slakko
with apologies to Bill and Ted
- -- 
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 - Web-Harfer,RuneMaker,ChessUmpire,Map-Harfer - www.ackanomic.org

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Date: Fri, 26 Jun 1998 05:58:43 -0400 (EDT)
From: K2 <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: GAD: Brown Round (12)

Boy did people forget about this round or what!!!!

This round was dominated by else...if's futile attack on JT's donkey,
which was covered.

Fortunato in an unrelated move also covered.

ALL OTHER PLAYERS ADMIRED EIR DONKEYS

Eliminations:
previous rounds: 23
this round: 0

GAL for the Brown Round:
Untouchable
3 else…if
3 Fortunato
3 JT

Silly Fools:
2 Alfvaen*
2 rufus*
2 Vynd*
1 J. M. Bear *

K 2

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Date: Fri, 26 Jun 1998 09:07:39 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email-masked] (Aaron V. Humphrey)
Subject: Re: Acka: YORL

> "Narf, my old nemesis!" Elwes thought to himself.  "So he too has been
> weakened by the snowgod and imprisoned by an amulet.  No matter, with my
> powers back I should be able to fix this."

I interrupt with "Narf".  (I know--I couldn't believe I got this card
either...)

- --
- --Alfvaen(Web page: http://www.telusplanet.net/public/alfvaen/ )
Song In My Head--Poison:Talk Dirty To Me
Current Book--Steven Brust:Agyar
Stop your grinnin' and drop your linen.

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Date: Fri, 26 Jun 1998 09:13:25 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email-masked] (Aaron V. Humphrey)
Subject: Re: Acka: GAD: Brown Round (12)

> Boy did people forget about this round or what!!!!

> This round was dominated by else...if's futile attack on JT's donkey,
> which was covered.

> Fortunato in an unrelated move also covered.

> ALL OTHER PLAYERS ADMIRED EIR DONKEYS

Ahem.  I know that I sent my move to the new [email-masked] address,
but having received the reply:

> From alfvaen  Mon Jun 22 21:18:42 1998
> Received: from mailgate ([199.185.220.53]) by mail.telusplanet.net with ESMTP id <268054-3696>; Mon, 22 Jun 1998 20:43:03 -0600
> Received: from power.connexus.net.au ([203.12.22.20]:2982 "EHLO power.connexus.net.au" ident: "IDENT-NOT-QUERIED [port 2982]") by mailgate.telusplanet.net with ESMTP id <63924-12521>; Mon, 22 Jun 1998 20:42:53 -0600
> Received: from internex.net.au (dialin-a1-27.Melbourne.interNex.net.au [203.34.169.27]) by power.connexus.net.au (8.8.7/8.7.3) with ESMTP id MAA25048 for <[email-masked]>; Tue, 23 Jun 1998 12:42:35 +1000 (EST)
> Message-ID: <[email-masked]>
> Date:	Tue, 23 Jun 1998 12:15:24 +1000
> From:	K2 <[email-masked]>
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> Subject: Re: Acka: GAD: Black
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> 
> 
> How did you manage that :)
> 
> an email adress that I can finally have a numeral in :)
> 
> K 2
> 
> Aaron V. Humphrey wrote:
> 
> > I will attempt to grab Fortunato's donkey.
> >
> > --
> > --Alfvaen(Web page: http://www.telusplanet.net/public/alfvaen/ )
> > Song In My Head--They Might Be Giants:Hearing Aid
> > Current Book--Wild Cards: Card Sharks
> > This writing is all fake, so you should go away and not read any of it.

...I kinda thought you might've seen it.  I know that since Fortunato
covered eir donkey nothing came of it, but I'd prefer not to be listed as
a "silly fool".

> Silly Fools:
> 2 Alfvaen*
> 2 rufus*
> 2 Vynd*
> 1 J. M. Bear *

- --
- --Alfvaen(Web page: http://www.telusplanet.net/public/alfvaen/ )
Song In My Head--Poison:Talk Dirty To Me
Current Book--Steven Brust:Agyar
Today is the last day of your life so far.

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Date: Fri, 26 Jun 1998 09:29:46 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Duncan C. \"Slakko\" Richer" <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: YORL

On Fri, 26 Jun 1998, Aaron V. Humphrey wrote:

> 
> > "Narf, my old nemesis!" Elwes thought to himself.  "So he too has been
> > weakened by the snowgod and imprisoned by an amulet.  No matter, with my
> > powers back I should be able to fix this."
> 
> I interrupt with "Narf".  (I know--I couldn't believe I got this card
> either...)

This is some kind of record, folks.  I've had two YORL plays, and
Alfvaen has interrupted them both.  What do I have to do to get a run
going?  I thought the odds might actually be in my favour for once.

- -- 
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
Ackanomic - Web-Harfer, RuneMaker, ChessUmpire, Map-Harfer

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Date: Fri, 26 Jun 1998 09:34:17 -0400 (EDT)
From: AARON KEESLER <[email-masked]>
Subject: RE: Acka: GAD: Brown Round (12)

Ah-HA!  I knew it, you were conspiring against me, you're all against
me!

>-----Original Message-----
>From:	[email-masked] [SMTP:[email-masked]]
>Sent:	Friday, June 26, 1998 8:13 AM
>To:	[email-masked]
>Subject:	Re: Acka: GAD: Brown Round (12)
>
>
>> 
>> Aaron V. Humphrey wrote:
>> 
>> > I will attempt to grab Fortunato's donkey.
>> >
>> > --
>

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Date: Fri, 26 Jun 1998 09:39:03 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email-masked] (Aaron V. Humphrey)
Subject: Re: Acka: YORL

> > > "Narf, my old nemesis!" Elwes thought to himself.  "So he too has been
> > > weakened by the snowgod and imprisoned by an amulet.  No matter, with my
> > > powers back I should be able to fix this."

> > I interrupt with "Narf".  (I know--I couldn't believe I got this card
> > either...)

> This is some kind of record, folks.  I've had two YORL plays, and
> Alfvaen has interrupted them both.  What do I have to do to get a run
> going?  I thought the odds might actually be in my favour for once.

I'm sorry...I was incredibly lucky to get "Narf", and I was hoping that,
with the action moving to snowgod's castle, e would show up sooner or later.
I promise to try not to fall asleep this time.

- --
- --Alfvaen(Web page: http://www.telusplanet.net/public/alfvaen/ )
Song In My Head--Poison:Talk Dirty To Me
Current Book--Steven Brust:Agyar
It's easier to curse the candle than to light the darkness.

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Date: Fri, 26 Jun 1998 14:52:42 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Tom Walmsley" <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: YORL

> > Yes, I inadvertently missed the deadline, and decided I wasn't going to
> > exploit the loophole Mr. Tambourine Man had and I was trying to close.
> 
> I don't think that is a loophole, but a nice feature of the game.
> 
> saaremaa
> always in the minority :-)

I always saw it that way too.

MTM
often in the minority with saaremaa as it happens (die anti-voting, die!)

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Date: Fri, 26 Jun 1998 18:19:25 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Tom Walmsley" <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Eleusis Game 1 - Round 1 - Mr. Tambourine Man's play

> Correct Plays          | Incorrect plays
>
- -----------------------+------------------------------------------------------

>  K S (starter)         |
>  Q S (/dev/joe)        |
>  6 S (TGW)             |
>  3 S (else...if)       |
>  4 C (/dev/joe)        |
>  4 D (TGW)             |
>  5 D (else...if)       |
>  6 D (/dev/joe)        | 5 H (TGW)
>  Q D (else...if acting)|
>  Q H (/dev/joe [*])    | K S (TGW) 8 H (else...if acting)
>  K H (/dev/joe)        |
>  A H (TGW)             | J H (else...if) A C (/dev/joe)
>  2 S (TGW)             |
>  7 S (else...if)       | A S (/dev/joe) 9 S (TGW [*]) J S (else...if)
>                        | 5 S (/dev/joe) 6 C (TGW) 10 C (else...if)
> 10 H (/dev/joe)        |
>  K H (TGW)             | A C (else...if) 3 H (/dev/joe) A S (TGW)
>  A H (else...if[*])    |
>  2 C (/dev/joe)        | 7 D (TGW) 10 C (else...if) 2 H (/dev/joe)
>  3 C (TGW)             | J C (else...if)
>  4 D (/dev/joe)        | 4 S (TGW) 5 S (else...if)
>  4 H (/dev/joe[*])     |
>  8 H (TGW)             |
>  8 D (else...if)       |
>  A D (/dev/joe)        |
>  7 C (TGW)             | 9 H (else...if) 6 D (/dev/joe)

I'm not totally sure what cards I have at the moment but for now I'm going to
play 2D followed by QS. If this doesn't eliminate me immediately then can you
please send me my cards JT? Thank you.

MTM.

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Date: Fri, 26 Jun 1998 21:40:18 -0400 (EDT)
From: K2 <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: GAD: Brown Round (12)

Moo!
Hold the presses!!!!!!
Alfvaen attempted to grab Fortunato in the most recently reported round.
Eir move was sent to [email-masked] which cunningly bypassed my priv
mail filter and landed it in the main ackanomic section.

Apologies.....

Quack Quack?

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Date: Fri, 26 Jun 1998 21:47:25 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Gavin M. Doig" <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Doldrums

Anyone for mediocrity? I'd like to play, but I'll referee it if no one else
wants to.

Rex Mundi.

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Date: Fri, 26 Jun 1998 23:45:00 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Joseph W. DeVincentis" <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: YORL

> Elvis and Elves jumped out, in an attempt to surprise the Reaper, with the
> battle cry of ages: "We've gotta face the Reaper!"
> 
> Slakko plays: reaper

This play is accepted and becomes a loose end.
Alfvaen's interrupt with "Narf" is accepted and Slakko is dealt a card.
It is Alfvaen's turn; he has 0 cards.

Loose Ends: 3 - snowgod, Elvis, reaper
Cards Burned: 46
Cards in Deck: 10
Total in pot: A$220.

Play Order:
Alfvaen            [0 cards] [5 Ale]
two-star           [8 cards]
Mr Tambourine Man  [3 cards] [2 Ale]
867-5309           [5 cards]
Slakko             [8 cards]
rufus              [7 cards]
Attila the Pun     [7 cards]
Karma              [10 cards]

/dev/joe
Barkeep

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