Friday, March 26, 2021

Sixteenth Game: Josh vs Brendan

Josh is the starting player. The Grand Canal is the 7 of Coins. The Bersaglio is 28. All six Tricks are active.

(The Environment)

posted by Kevan at 26 Mar 2021 17:22:00 UTC Comments (26)

Comments

Josh: he/they

26-03-2021 17:40:01 UTC

Best of luck Brendan!

Knave of Batons.

Brendan: he/him

26-03-2021 19:09:06 UTC

You too, Josh!

Impostor.

Brendan: he/him

26-03-2021 19:18:38 UTC

... To be clear, I’m playing that card, not calling you one.

Josh: he/they

26-03-2021 19:21:49 UTC

Ten of swords, and yes, it’s time for the demoralising heartbreaker: L’Aria for 0. Read it and weep!

Brendan: he/him

26-03-2021 19:40:00 UTC

7 of Batons.

Josh: he/they

26-03-2021 19:42:17 UTC

9 of coins, again with the pointless L’Aria

Brendan: he/him

26-03-2021 19:44:23 UTC

6 of Cups, and I score Il Verme.

Brendan: he/him

26-03-2021 19:44:34 UTC

Sfida!

Josh: he/they

26-03-2021 20:08:50 UTC

Beginning with the Starting Player, Players of the Game take turns to make a Play, being a comment to the Game’s Table that names exactly one Card and an amount of Score claimed for the Play (defaulting to zero if not specified)

I’ll be interpreting your claim for Il Verme as a zero point claim and accepting your Sfida.

I play Star.

pokes:

26-03-2021 20:12:53 UTC

😂

Brendan: he/him

26-03-2021 20:21:33 UTC

Sigh.

Brendan: he/him

26-03-2021 20:24:32 UTC

Hmm, I think this situation is debatable, because scoring is still automatic under “Tricks:”

For each Trick which is active in the game in their Pocket they score the indicated points.

Those two rules read as equally limited in scope, to me.

Josh: he/they

26-03-2021 20:29:04 UTC

The verb “active” in there isn’t defined, though; I’d speculate that activation is implied to be needed, which would be the claim mandated in Tournament Rules of Giolitti. But I’ll happily wait for a CfJ.

Brendan: he/him

26-03-2021 20:39:24 UTC

Similarly, I’d speculate than “Il Verme” can be “an amount,” since the definition of the trick includes an integer score number.

Josh: he/they

26-03-2021 20:42:40 UTC

I think I’d have to disagree a but more strenuously on that; the requirement clearly says “an amount of score”

Josh: he/they

26-03-2021 20:43:10 UTC

And I can’t see any justification for that being anything but a number.

Brendan: he/him

26-03-2021 22:35:32 UTC

In the meantime, I play 10 of Batons, and CLAIM THE ACTIVATION AND SCORE OF L’Aria FOR A ONE-POINT AMOUNT OF SCORE.

Josh: he/they

26-03-2021 22:38:08 UTC

Ace of Swords

Brendan: he/him

26-03-2021 23:26:53 UTC

I play Death.

Josh: he/they

27-03-2021 10:23:16 UTC

Hah! Well played.

I play the 90 of Carbuncles, go ahead dealer, fine me.

Josh: he/they

27-03-2021 10:39:37 UTC

That might not be a legal play as I’m playing a card that doesn’t exist, so I play Death.

Brendan: he/him

27-03-2021 14:28:18 UTC

I play Knight of Coins.

Josh: he/they

27-03-2021 14:45:27 UTC

DEATH

Josh: he/they

27-03-2021 14:46:30 UTC

That was well played though; I knew I should have declined the sfida.

Brendan: he/him

27-03-2021 15:29:33 UTC

I play King of Cups.

Kevan: he/him

27-03-2021 15:46:20 UTC

Josh is identified as playing a card that was not in their hand for the Game (Death). Brendan is Campione and gains 2 Pegs and 4 Magistrelli; Josh loses 2 Pegs.