Base Game Rules Summary | Alhambra: Big Box

Dan C

(jedimusic)

United States

Florida

Quote:

Round 1: Tied players gain zero points

Hmmm... is this correct? If so, we have been playing wrong. My understanding is that you divide it by the players like the other scoring rounds, rounding down. If it rounds down to less than one, then it is zero points.

edit:
Ah, you are correct: (from the rules)

Quote:

Only the players with the most buildings of each kind receive
points when the “1st Scoring Round” card is drawn.

We will have to adjust to this. We've been playing it wrong

Edited Tue Sep 13, 2011 4:48 pm
Posted Tue Sep 13, 2011 4:43 pm
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(kjamma4)

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The rule you quote says "players" which would indicate that more than one person can receive points.

Posted Tue Sep 13, 2011 5:33 pm
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Dan C

(jedimusic)

United States

Florida

kjamma4 wrote:

The rule you quote says "players" which would indicate that more than one person can receive points.

Ah, the plot thickens. So perhaps we are playing correctly after all...

Posted Tue Sep 13, 2011 7:29 pm
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Ted Manch

(bluesubaru71)

United States

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jedimusic wrote:

kjamma4 wrote:

The rule you quote says "players" which would indicate that more than one person can receive points.

Ah, the plot thickens. So perhaps we are playing correctly after all...

In my defense, the rule states (p. 6): "The number of points a player receives depends on which kind of building it is. In each case, the player with the most buildings is awarded the points for 1st place.... Only the players with the most buildings of each kind receive points when the '1st Scoring Round' card is drawn."

In this instance, I understood "players" to mean more than one player competing in the game, not necessarily "players tied for points." (Note also "buildings" is also pluralized as well as "points", ie. all plurals are in agreement). Thus, if a player is tied in the first scoring round for a kind of building, no points are awarded (first half of quote above before "...").

I didn't check for any rulings regarding this confusion, but any help in clarifying the matter would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
T.M.

Edited Wed Sep 14, 2011 2:33 am
Posted Wed Sep 14, 2011 12:38 am
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Dan C

(jedimusic)

United States

Florida

I took this to a relevant thread on scoring to get some insight there as well -

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/article/7449853#7449853

Posted Wed Sep 14, 2011 3:32 pm
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Ted Manch

(bluesubaru71)

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Terrific, thank you. Apparently I've been scoring incorrectly for the first round, whoops! I will be uploading a revised pdf shortly.

Thanks for pointing out the errors of my ways,
T.M.

Posted Wed Sep 14, 2011 4:07 pm
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