We played a game with the multiple anonymous winners options. Someone made a successful accusation, and we got a message that we had 24 hours before the case...
... E-mails are only ever triggered by player actions. Depending on the options set, you may get an e-mail when the case is solved or the final player is ...
... After thinking a bit more about Doug's message I have decided to change the behaviour of the Anonymous Winners option: Previously, only "winners" (i.e....
I know this is a question of protecting me from myself, but I'd like to have it warn me when I'm about to ask a repeat question. Or even just prevent me from...
... have it warn me when I'm about to ask a repeat question. Or even just prevent me from doing so. I've made this brain-dead maneuver a couple of times,...
In our last game, one player could have won a turn before the end, but the last two turns went by while he was offline. Would it be reasonable to have an...
... There is a discussion in the archives about similar systems. I understand that there are issues about how the endgame works when there are multiple,...
... have it warn me when I'm about to ask a repeat question. Or even just prevent me from doing so. I've made this brain-dead maneuver a couple of times,...
Hi all, I have modified the Active Players Only option to default to on when creating new cases. (Truth be told, I was surprised when I realized that this...
Is anyone else having trouble logging in? I got a reminder on a game (so clearly someone got in recently) but have been unable to login either through the...
... It appears that the MySql server on the website is not functioning. I have contacted technical support -- we'll see what sort of response I get... --Greg...
Hi all, There were a number of problems my ISP encountered today, most of which they solved fairly rapidly. The one they didn't catch was that the file ...
The English rules for Black Vienaa and the ones on Greg's excellent site state the following regarding special investigations: "Instead of choosing one of the...
... player may instead choose an Investigation card in front of another player which has no chips on it. This card is then placed in front of another player...
... My reaction was the same as yours. I've seen a game end pretty abruptly when one card goes around the table and everyone realizes it has two (or three!)...
Thanks Greg. I like the game either way, but would fully support adding this restriction and agree that it might make the choices less obvious and thus result...
I've added a new option to Black Vienna Online: Restricted Specials. ... Restricted Specials?: You may only conduct Special Investigations using Investigation...
Sounds like a great game! I'd love to give it a try. Anybody care to play a game with a complete novice? Sounds like a great game! I'd love to give it a...
I recommend playing with 4 in your next game... you'll find with 3 there is a much greater chance of having all 3 letters on the card (as just happened in our...
Some quick calculation suggest that in a 3-player game, the chances of getting all three letters correct on the first turn (before any information is available...
That's not quite what I meant - what I actually meant was, the clue cards that we use to make guesses each have 3 letters on them. The clue cards are the...
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