Talk:DotsCardsBoxes

Playtesting

2017 Sept 01

Players: Nerissa, Grog, Nemo

Played on a 9x9 grid, Nerissa won with 27, with Nemo (19) and Grog (18). We had confusion regarding the application of the force cards, and did not use them at all. Instead we treated limit cards as having implied force when there were no other options for the player, and this worked quite well and should be considered. (ie: have more limit cards, and no force cards needed). The limits at the very end resulted in king-maker status, where Nerissa appeared to surrender a small set to Grog, but limited both he and Nemo to the OTHER side of the board, which had both a small and a large set - making Grog kingmaker between Nemo and Nerissa - he could not claim the first set, and surrendered the smaller set on the other side to Nemo, who claimed it and then, and surrendered the large set back to Nerissa, who was able to claim both her original surrender set, and the large final set to win.