tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9319479.post113368411929570897..comments2024-03-07T15:32:53.014+02:00Comments on Yehuda: November Gaming at the JSGCYehuda Berlingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16038826060312027387noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9319479.post-1133707668623941032005-12-04T16:47:00.000+02:002005-12-04T16:47:00.000+02:00How many players? Maybe this is more common with f...How many players? Maybe this is more common with fewer players?<BR/><BR/>YehudaYehuda Berlingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16038826060312027387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9319479.post-1133707479665555892005-12-04T16:44:00.000+02:002005-12-04T16:44:00.000+02:00I've played more than 300 games of Alhambra on BSW...I've played more than 300 games of Alhambra on BSW and I can assure you that the situation is not at all rare.<BR/>You can't fight for first position on all colors so you must pick your battles carefully.<BR/>In games with 3 players, for example, I usually buy only one tower or garden tile forcing the other 2 players to buy al least 5 tiles to win the majority.<BR/>Sure the game has a fair amount of luck but the choices are far from trivial. Even choosing which money card to take can be tough: higher is not always better!<BR/><BR/>AlessandroAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9319479.post-1133704275682948782005-12-04T15:51:00.000+02:002005-12-04T15:51:00.000+02:00jelerak:OK, since I've only played the game twice,...jelerak:<BR/><BR/>OK, since I've only played the game twice, you may be right. In the first two games that I played, I could see no conceivable reason not to buy the tile. The situation you are describing, while theoretically possible, seems to be a very remote one.<BR/><BR/>Unless you are at least three tiles ahead of the next scorer, or three tiles behind the last scoring place, leaving a tile risks the wrong someone else taking it which may lose you points,<BR/><BR/>AND the next tile may not be able to be paid for exactly, losing you the ability to recoup your cash expense after buying it,<BR/><BR/>AND the extra tile almost always helps you with your wall, at the very least.<BR/><BR/>I just don't see it happening except in rare situations, as I said.<BR/><BR/>YehudaYehuda Berlingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16038826060312027387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9319479.post-1133703845574195032005-12-04T15:44:00.000+02:002005-12-04T15:44:00.000+02:00I've stopped counting the times I've read this com...I've stopped counting the times I've read this comment about Alhambra: 'You always buy a tile if you can get it for exact change'.<BR/>This is simply not true and for more than a reason. The most obvious being that not all the tiles are worth points to you, and if you spend your money buying a tile you don't need you may not be able to buy a tile you really need later.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com