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9 cards equal two sets?

Posted:
Sun Jun 03, 2007 6:52 pm
by 0ojakeo0
what if u got 4 cards and eliminate sum1 with 5 cards can u cash two sets in?
Re: 9 cards equal two sets?

Posted:
Sun Jun 03, 2007 7:00 pm
by sully800
0ojakeo0 wrote:what if u got 4 cards and eliminate sum1 with 5 cards can u cash two sets in?
When you eliminate someone and it gives you more than 5 cards you can cash in as many sets as you have. If you cash and you still have 5 or more cards you HAVE to cash in again.
But if you take someone out and get 6 total you can cash two sets if you have them. If you have 9 cards you can cash 3 sets if you have them.
Also, notably, you can get and hold a maximum of 22 cards while someone else is still alive in a six player game. So in theory you could cash 7 sets on one turn. I know it sounds unbelievable, but its a bit of a puzzle how that can happen


Posted:
Sun Jun 03, 2007 7:00 pm
by christopherfre
you could turn in 3 times if you have the luck of the cards...but yes you MUST turn in 2 times

Posted:
Sun Jun 03, 2007 7:06 pm
by christopherfre
22 cards huh??? how would that work...i most i could figure out was 18 at one time...can you explain that one??
Re: 9 cards equal two sets?

Posted:
Sun Jun 03, 2007 7:13 pm
by kansas
sully800 wrote:Also, notably, you can get and hold a maximum of 22 cards while someone else is still alive in a six player game. So in theory you could cash 7 sets on one turn. I know it sounds unbelievable, but its a bit of a puzzle how that can happen

maybe in a freestyle game where a crazy chain happens in which one player has 5 cards and is not playing, another player with 4 eliminates that person, getting 9 cards total, then before they can cash in, another players with 4 cards eliminates them, for a total of 13 cards, and the same thing happens again for player 4, making it 17 then you eliminate that player before they can cash in, and if you have 4 cards at the start of the turn, you can have 21 to cash and go against the final player on the board....
hmm, not sure how you could make it 22 though.

Posted:
Sun Jun 03, 2007 7:20 pm
by 0ojakeo0
kk thx

Posted:
Sun Jun 03, 2007 7:22 pm
by sully800
Well they tested it to see if it could happen, and I actually think 21 is correct. I'm not sure how you got 18.
First person has 4 cards and eliminates someone with 5. That gives them 9, and they let time expire so they still have 9. Then the next person has 4 and takes out the one with 9 cards. And the pattern continues.
So its 4+5+4+4+4= 21
EDIT: And you're right, it could happen in a freestyle game as well.
Re: 9 cards equal two sets?

Posted:
Sun Jun 03, 2007 7:29 pm
by JoeCorden
kansas wrote:sully800 wrote:Also, notably, you can get and hold a maximum of 22 cards while someone else is still alive in a six player game. So in theory you could cash 7 sets on one turn. I know it sounds unbelievable, but its a bit of a puzzle how that can happen

maybe in a freestyle game where a crazy chain happens in which one player has 5 cards and is not playing, another player with 4 eliminates that person, getting 9 cards total, then before they can cash in, another players with 4 cards eliminates them, for a total of 13 cards, and the same thing happens again for player 4, making it 17 then you eliminate that player before they can cash in, and if you have 4 cards at the start of the turn, you can have 21 to cash and go against the final player on the board....
hmm, not sure how you could make it 22 though.
Every other player except the one left alive has 4 cards, they finish their turns and each get a card making 4 sets of 5 cards (they don't have to cash till next turn). You have 4 cards at the start of the turn, elimate the 4 players, you now have 24 cards, this means you can make 8 sets if your lucky and still leave one other player alive.
Re: 9 cards equal two sets?

Posted:
Sun Jun 03, 2007 7:37 pm
by sully800
JoeCorden wrote:Every other player except the one left alive has 4 cards, they finish their turns and each get a card making 4 sets of 5 cards (they don't have to cash till next turn). You have 4 cards at the start of the turn, elimate the 4 players, you now have 24 cards, this means you can make 8 sets if your lucky and still leave one other player alive.
No, if you go through and eliminate a player you will be forced to cash in. So you could cash in 8 times in a row the way you mentioned, but you wouldn't ever hold all of the cards. And you wouldn't be able to cash 8 sets in a row, as you would cash, attack someone else, cash....etc.

Posted:
Sun Jun 03, 2007 7:40 pm
by kansas
sully800 wrote:Well they tested it to see if it could happen, and I actually think 21 is correct. I'm not sure how you got 18.
First person has 4 cards and eliminates someone with 5. That gives them 9, and they let time expire so they still have 9. Then the next person has 4 and takes out the one with 9 cards. And the pattern continues.
So its 4+5+4+4+4= 21
EDIT: And you're right, it could happen in a freestyle game as well.
ah, letting the time run out. i never even considered that.
Re: 9 cards equal two sets?

Posted:
Sun Jun 03, 2007 7:45 pm
by JoeCorden
sully800 wrote:JoeCorden wrote:Every other player except the one left alive has 4 cards, they finish their turns and each get a card making 4 sets of 5 cards (they don't have to cash till next turn). You have 4 cards at the start of the turn, elimate the 4 players, you now have 24 cards, this means you can make 8 sets if your lucky and still leave one other player alive.
No, if you go through and eliminate a player you will be forced to cash in. So you could cash in 8 times in a row the way you mentioned, but you wouldn't ever hold all of the cards. And you wouldn't be able to cash 8 sets in a row, as you would cash, attack someone else, cash....etc.
Ah ok, I forgot the 5 card cash happens as soon as you eliminate someone. Has it ever happened in a game?

Posted:
Sun Jun 03, 2007 7:55 pm
by kansas
if it did, i think the 6th player would have a pretty good reason to suspect some foul play.

Posted:
Sun Jun 03, 2007 9:02 pm
by AK_iceman
Stay tuned, we're working on a test example for this scenario.

Posted:
Sun Jun 03, 2007 9:41 pm
by sully800
I don't think it would be possible in a real game. The best chance is in freestyle, and I could see someone getting over 9 cards at once as a freak incident, but all 21 would be some of the slimmest odds available (if it wasn't on purpose)
That being said, we're gonna try it!

Posted:
Mon Jun 04, 2007 10:19 am
by christopherfre
you could cash in 21 cards in one turn in...the most you could have at 1 time would be 25 ( but you couldn't turn in)
green has 5 cards
yellow has 4
blue has 4
red has 4
aqua has 4
purple has 4
yellow takes out green yellow has 9
blue takes out yellow, blue has 13
red takes out blue, red has 17
aqua takes out red, aqua has 21
purple takes out aqua, purple has 25...game over

Posted:
Mon Jun 04, 2007 10:28 am
by wcaclimbing
sully800 wrote:I don't think it would be possible in a real game. The best chance is in freestyle, and I could see someone getting over 9 cards at once as a freak incident, but all 21 would be some of the slimmest odds available (if it wasn't on purpose)
That being said, we're gonna try it!
whats the game number?
I want in!
EDIT: Found it:
http://www.conquerclub.com/game.php?game=486271

Posted:
Mon Jun 04, 2007 10:29 am
by wcaclimbing
This would be really interesting to see on the doodle earth map (when it comes out) you could have more cards than countries on the map. a few country cards would be doubled lol.