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...
... that we use to make guesses each have 3 letters on them. The clue cards are the same from game to game. When you have 8 letters in your hand vs. 6 (or...
... getting all three letters correct on the first turn (before any information is available besides the player's own hand) are 5.8%. With a 4-player game the...
Now that I'm thinking about it though, wouldn't actively preventing 3-hits be problematic as well? You then could factor into your deductions that you know...
... be problematic as well? ... player can't possibly have ALL three letters on a card, so if you already knew he had 2 by other cards you could rule out the...
Greg- Do you have statstics on how many turns it takes before a case is solved (correctly)? I'd be interested in knowing the average number of turns per game....
... (correctly)? I'd be interested in knowing the average number of turns per game. I bet it's different for different numbers of players. Do you have this...
... That's the average number of "chips" placed on a card after an investigation. --Greg Aleknevicus http://www.aleknevicus.com/bv/ - Black Vienna Online ...
All day today my BV games have timed out, not allowing any activity. All other sites are working fine, though, so I don't think that it's my connectivity...
Over the last few days I have had intermittent problems logging onto the Admin section of the site. These problems seem to come and go (currently everything...
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