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Lobo — 2007-01-17T13:10:55+00:00

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Maccheek — 2004-12-15T13:06:27+00:00

A complete hand, with the starting cards

Thread: User Review

Eggo — 2004-08-02T15:29:11+00:00

Mausen

A “simultaneous” trick-taking game with a twist – none, some or all cards played might win a trick, and none, some or all cards played in a trick might stay on a table for the next round.
How does it work? Each player gets 4 suits: Elephant, dog, cat and mouse, numbered 1-4 respectively. Each player plays a card face down, then they are simultaneously revealed. Now the highest Elephant played takes all dogs on the table (including other dogs played for the trick) as a trick, the highest dog takes all cats, the highest cat takes all mice, and the highest mouse takes all...Elephants. Cards which haven’t been taken (it is rare that all suits are played, as players usually compete for the highest numbered cards on the table) stay on the table for the next trick. If two players play the same number in a suit, they both cancel each other out, giving the trick to the next lowest number played. After all cards have been played, each player counts the value of all his cards and the highest score wins.
Of course this game demands you to think around. If many cats are on the table before a trick, you might be tempted to play a high dog, of course. But the others might think likewise, and cancel your card out. Of course the chance that many high dogs will be played means that even a low elephant card will profit from this. SOME dog might take the cats, but you’ll get all the high dogs instead with your elephant, and that might be even better than taking the cats! Of course you can never be sure that the other players ALSO think like you, and somebody might win the cats with a low dog, while several elephants cancel each other out! Perhaps you should try mice?
So this is mostly a guessing game, not really a tactical card game. You might try to spare your high cards, but if all players do likewise you won’t profit from it. A distinct strategy is difficult to formulate, it all depends on how well you can read the minds of your fellow players, which in the end comes down to pure luck.

Explanation: 5 minutes maximum
1 round of play: 15 minutes maximum
Westpark-Score: 5.25

Thread: Ideas for a winning strategy

Eggo — 2004-08-02T09:55:36+00:00

Here is “my” strategy, that might or might not work for you (it will definitely NOT work if all players use it)
1) Always play the lowest card available in your hand of the suit two levels higher of the suit most dominant on the table
2) If you would deplete a suit, switch to the suit one level closer to the suit most dominant on the table
3) If you would deplete that suit as well, choose any other suit that will not be depleted
4) Always save your highest cards for the last rounds.

To give you an example: on the table are a “3” and a “4” dog card, and a “4” mouse card. Dog is the highest suit on the table, therefore you would play the lowest MOUSE card (as elephants chase dogs, and elephants are chased by mice) in your hand.

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Solamar — 2004-06-19T13:23:27+00:00

Game: Mausen

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Thread: Ideas for a winning strategy

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