2-page pdf Rules summary | Branches and Twigs and Thorns

Russ Williams

(russ)

Poland
Wrocław
Dolny Śląsk

Cool, I've been wanting to make single sheet rules for various pyramid games to put in a notebook. Thanks for being less lazy than I've been about it.

One minor note: playing this game 3-player doesn't actually require Martian chessboard pieces: you can also simply use 6x8 squares of a chessboard.

Posted Fri Mar 11, 2011 8:08 am
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Mike Peterson

(Muhlakai)

United States
Irving
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Pshah. While true, it's not half as fun. The equal expansion of the board also feels more balanced. Besides, who doesn't want to play a game on a three-cornered, three-sided chess board? Incidentally, I think that there's a rule missing where if someone puts the root in a stinkin' corner in a 3+ player game then the other players (particularly those who are now going to be paying penalties on their first turn) get to beat them senseless.

Happy to be less lazy. Heck, I'd been thinking about doing this for a long time myself. (Read: years.) Man, am I glad I finally got around to it, though. Hopefully it inspires other folks (for instance, Polish gamers who are slightly lazier than me) to do the same.

Edited Sat Mar 12, 2011 5:24 am
Posted Sat Mar 12, 2011 5:20 am
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Russ Williams

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Muhlakai wrote:

Incidentally, I think that there's a rule missing where if someone puts the root in a stinkin' corner in a 3+ player game then the other players (particularly those who are now going to be paying penalties on their first turn) get to beat them senseless.

Hmm, that does not compute... At least I don't see a way to force the 3rd player to pay on their first turn.

Especially since the last player in turn sequence places a root, so of course they can place it with all 4 sides clear. If the last player chooses to screw the last player, will the last player beat the last player senseless? That could be entertaining to watch, in a Fight Club kind of way...

Posted Sat Mar 12, 2011 8:26 am
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Mike Peterson

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Hmm. You're right. Forgot that. Well, in a 4+ player game the occasion could still arise, in which case P3 might reasonably determine that P4 has self-destructive tendencies and no disregard for others.

...although I DO like the Fight Club idea. Perhaps someone who causes themselves penalties in the first turn should be called Tyler for the game.

Posted Sat Mar 12, 2011 4:13 pm
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