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Games that benefit from a spreadsheet
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I have a laptop that I use as a boardgame aid, and over the years have created a few spreadsheets that I find useful with certain games.
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Posted Wed Oct 12, 2005 11:02 pm
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Actually, any of the 18xx games really benefit from a spreadsheet. Certainly for doing the final tally, but I find that just tracking the dividends paid out to players on the spreadsheet for the operating rounds, and paying a lump sum just before the stock round, really speeds up the game.
Here's a link to the spreadsheet I use:
http://www.bggfiles.com/viewfile.php3?fileid=13229
Feel free to ask me questions about how to use it!
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Calculating all of the discounts for civilization cards can be a real pain. This spreadsheet should help with that. I haven't yet used this version during a game, so if you find any problems with it, please let me know.
http://www.bggfiles.com/viewfile.php3?fileid=13230
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Here's a spreadsheet for tracking resource and victory points as various historical events are turned on and off. This removes a lot of the fiddliness and allows the players to concetrate on the fun parts of this enjoyable game.
http://www.bggfiles.com/viewfile.php3?fileid=12809
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If you're as bad at mental arithmetic as I am, totalling up the score in Take it Easy can take almost as long as playing the game. I haven't created a spreadsheet for this one, but it shouldn't be too difficult.
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You'll understand just how poor I think my mental arithmetic abilities are when I tell you that I've made a spreadsheet for Lost Cities. I haven't uploaded it to the Geek, because it's pretty basic, but if people ask for it, I will.
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Here's a game that just begs for a spreadsheet: each turn, the players have to fill out a form that's been likened to the US 1040 tax return. There's a spreadsheet on the Geek, but it doesn't actually do any of the calculations for you. My next project.
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Benefit? I think you MUST have one for this game.
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Board Game: Consensus
[Average Rating:7.42 Unranked]
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I've only tried this game once, but my immediate reaction was "This game needs a spreadsheet". Haven't gotten around to doing one yet, but I will before we play it again.
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Board Game: Barbu
[Average Rating:6.88 Overall Rank:2570]
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7-8 different contracts, each scoring differently. Plus, the possibility of doubling, and redoubling. Not to mention, making sure each player chooses each game once on his/her deal. The bookmaking alone scares most people away from this game. Real gem if you play it. A spreadsheet speeds the game up quite a bit, and saves the constant double checking of math.
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Jump is a nice game, but has way too much paperwork. A simple spreadsheet would help.
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There is almost always one turn a game where all of the available leaders come out with their discounts and everybody starts furiously re-calculating their buys. There is a lot of math in this game that turns a lot of people off. I'm pretty sure there is a spreadsheet here on the Geek, if not there should be.
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The support site for this game has a ton of spreadsheets, mostly around the idea of production and use of various accumulated points. There are so many of them it's hard to keep track.
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Posted Wed Oct 12, 2005 11:05 pm
