Game: Indus

Thread: Re: Strange scoring example in the manual...

echdareez — 2008-04-16T08:21:38+00:00

Hi there Bernd,

It did indeed help
thanks a lot for your kind reply!
/dimi

Thread: Re: Strange scoring example in the manual...

Bernd — 2008-04-15T07:53:45+00:00

Hi echdareez,
thanks a lot for thumb and gold.

echdareez wrote:
Hi there Bernd,

Superb! I didn't notice that the scoring for the cities was different > it's only now that I noticed it's marked in a different coloured box ;-)
So to resume : covered pieces don't count towards the total, only if they are within cities (I suppose for the higher total of points available?)

Yes. And it is one more variant for awarding points.

echdareez wrote:
There's one thing still not clear : the 2 points for the wooden road > one point for yellow and one point for green?

In this case, yes. To explain this example: The wooden road awards 2 points. These points were given to the player with a majority of scientists on said road. If there are more than 1 player with the most scientists, the points have to be splitted. In this case we have two players. So, 1 point for each. But if the situation occurs, that a third player have a scientist on the road, points have to be splitted among three players, which gives a result of .66 points per player. Because fractions were rounded down, none of the three player will get any point for the wooden road.

echdareez wrote:
I did indeed help Greetings from Belgium with a firm thumb up + some Geekgold
cheers and thanks again,
/dimi

Have fun with the game.
Hope that helps and all the best from germany.
Bernd

Thread: Re: Strange scoring example in the manual...

echdareez — 2008-04-14T18:07:51+00:00

Hi there Bernd,

Superb! I didn't notice that the scoring for the cities was different > it's only now that I noticed it's marked in a different coloured box ;-)
So to resume : covered pieces don't count towards the total, only if they are within cities (I suppose for the higher total of points available?)

There's one thing still not clear : the 2 points for the wooden road > one point for yellow and one point for green?

I did indeed help Greetings from Belgium with a firm thumb up + some Geekgold
cheers and thanks again,
/dimi

Thread: Re: Strange scoring example in the manual...

Bernd — 2008-04-14T13:42:46+00:00

echdareez wrote:
I've received this game last Friday and I am seriously puzzled about the scoring : here it goes :

The rules state that any scientist (even when covered) will count towards defining the majority. The highest number will receive the highest points and the 2nd highest, the lower amount of points. If present with an equal number of scientists, the points will be split...

Having a look at the example included :
- red and green are both present with 2 (green includes 1 covered scientist) : 6+3 divided by 2 is 4.5 > makes 4 each (as per the rules?)

Yes, fractions rounded down as per the rules.

echdareez wrote:
- red receiving 4 for the grave : ok
- blue receiving 2 for the stone road : also ok but why the mentioning of the green player? That he doesn't count as he's covered???

(By the way, the example shows the blue and the yellow player not on stone roads but on two seperate city walls)
The green player is mentioned just to clearify the fact, that covered figures do not count on city walls.(… and other places. Covered figures only count on cities.).

echdareez wrote:
What about the points for the yellow player on the stone road?

The yellow playing figure is placed on another (again city wall and will be awarded seperately.

echdareez wrote:
- wooden road : yellow and green will be sharing 2 points? So that's one for each???

That's a total of 2 points for the wooden road. Split in this example into 2 (2 players with the same number of scientists on the road).

echdareez wrote:
And what's the point of scoring those elements in a specific order (cities / graves / etc...) > as far as I can see it, it doesn't really matter I think?

That's only for better overview.

Hope that helps and all the best from germany.
Bernd

Thread: Strange scoring example in the manual...

echdareez — 2008-04-13T20:09:54+00:00

I've received this game last Friday and I am seriously puzzled about the scoring : here it goes :

The rules state that any scientist (even when covered) will count towards defining the majority. The highest number will receive the highest points and the 2nd highest, the lower amount of points. If present with an equal number of scientists, the points will be split...

Having a look at the example included :
- red and green are both present with 2 (green includes 1 covered scientist) : 6+3 divided by 2 is 4.5 > makes 4 each (as per the rules?)
- red receiving 4 for the grave : ok
- blue receiving 2 for the stone road : also ok but why the mentioning of the green player? That he doesn't count as he's covered??? What about the points for the yellow player on the stone road?
- wooden road : yellow and green will be sharing 2 points? So that's one for each???

And what's the point of scoring those elements in a specific order (cities / graves / etc...) > as far as I can see it, it doesn't really matter I think?

thanks!!!
/dimi

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jvdv — 2007-08-08T20:55:01+00:00

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Silke_und_Andre — 2007-03-14T15:10:38+00:00

Thread: Re: Movement Through "Owned" Squares

Fledermaushaus — 2006-01-19T19:09:28+00:00

No!
When a player places a second piece of his colour on a space, any other players single pieces are captured and the space is then 'secured' by the player with the two pieces. Only if another player has to place a piece on that actual space later in the game is it captured. The pieces are not really considered to be passing through spaces to their destination and so there is no problem in passing a 'secured' space en route to your destination.

Thread: Re: Movement Through "Owned" Squares

VikingBerserker — 2006-01-19T18:09:40+00:00

Anyone?

Thread: Movement Through "Owned" Squares

VikingBerserker — 2006-01-19T04:15:26+00:00

When a player has to move a game piece past a "Owned" (more than 1 game pieces on the square) square, does that piece get captured?

Thread: First play

Odat — 2006-01-16T07:57:24+00:00

Marisue: 50
Terence: 21

This was our first time playing Indus. We played as a favour to Buck, the owner of our FLGS, who has found himself so busy during the holiday season that he has a backlog of games to open and try for the store. He trusts our opinion on games, and so he loans us games to try, so we can teach him how to play and give him an idea of how the game plays.

On the surface, this game does not seem nearly as deep as it actually is during play. Place a guy, roll a die, move a guy. How complex can that be?

As it turns out, fairly complex. There is a lot of subtle interplay in where you try to play your own disks so that you can not only put yourself in a good position, but also attempt to block your opponent.

In this game, probably about 20 of Marisue's points came from capturing my men on the board, all the while claiming that she wasn't entirely sure what the strategy should be.

In the end it was more or less a landslide victory for her. While the game didn't realy grab either of us from the get go as some games have done, we would definitly play it a few more times before making any decisions on love or hate.

Thread: Indus - Very Interesting

MENAREUS2000 — 2006-01-02T08:21:10+00:00

I'm always surprised when I find that someone plays a game once or twice and suddenly decides to write a review. Many games need to be played awhile before one can even begin to grasp the tactics and strategy involved. Indus, is definitely such a game. What I'd like to say right up front is that, yes it's a dice game and yet it seems the better player will win most if not all of the time. I think that's certainly quite an achievement, compared to other games where dice are involved, that end up feeling like your playing a game such as WAR. Note that Indus only uses one die, which makes the game less random. I don't think the comparison to backgammon is totally fair. Mind you backgammon is a great game, where skill will win out much more often than luck. In that way Indus is quite similar. However, that's where the comparisons end, making Idus quite unique. I don't think anyone would compare chess to stratego, just because they are both played on a board with squares, that pieces move on. I've only played the 2 player version of the game and was quite pleased with how well it played. The 2 player game seems like the best choice, considering you get to control 32 pieces, as opposed to 16, when playing with more than 2 players.
Trying to get your pieces on the valuable locations on the board is almost an art. Do you roll once or twice or three times. Is it best to put a piece on a starting space that you're opponent would love to have or do you play it somewhere else, if you think that will reap even more benefits. As the board fills up, you begin to realize how important it is deciding which pieces to bring into play. Once a piece is moved onto the board, it stays put, making every choice an interesting one.
The fact that the board can be set-up in a number of different configuations, makes an already great game, even that much more fun to play.
The bottom line is that I found the game lots of fun and enjoyed all the decisions that went into trying to win the game. So if you judge games on their fun factor and the interesting choices they offer during play, along with sometimes difficult decisions, then Indus is a must have.

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