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foreva.infiniti Regular user 6 Posts a + a 6 Posts = 116 Posts |
So basically noone knows the answer to my solitaire question....
Colors are Foreva. Numbers are Infinite. 4 every number there's a color. HEY! Eternity! Lets smoke a beer and drink some loud. But wait! I heard you was a six a plus a 6 ahhhh.
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Al Angello Eternal Order Collegeville, Pa. USA 11045 Posts |
Bob
Money makes backgammon exciting, the cube is where war is waged.
Al Angello The Comic Juggler/Magician
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mastermindreader 1949 - 2017 Seattle, WA 12586 Posts |
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On 2013-08-30 17:42, foreva.infiniti wrote: So basically, it's this: There are literally hundreds, maybe thousands, of different solitaire games. Some can be beaten every time. Others cannot. (Unless, of course, you cheat.) Which game are you referring to specifically. |
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LobowolfXXX Inner circle La Famiglia 1196 Posts |
[quote]On 2013-08-30 16:34, mastermindreader wrote:
My favorite games are backgammon (money games and tournaments only), and Texas Hold 'Em. I also enjoy chess and blindfolded Mumblety-peg. (for those who don't remember: Mumblety peg is generally played between two people with the aid of a pocket knife. In one version of the game, two opponents stand opposite one another with their feet shoulder-width apart. The first player then takes the knife and throws it to "stick" in the ground as near his own foot as possible. The second player then repeats the process. Whichever player "sticks" the knife closest to his own foot wins the game. If a player "sticks" the knife in his own foot, he wins the game by default. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumblety-peg Quote:
Long backgammon matches are awesome.
"Torture doesn't work" lol
Guess they forgot to tell Bill Buckley. "...as we reason and love, we are able to hope. And hope enables us to resist those things that would enslave us." |
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foreva.infiniti Regular user 6 Posts a + a 6 Posts = 116 Posts |
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On 2013-08-30 18:03, mastermindreader wrote: From what I know there's only one solitaire which is the classic one and that's the one where you stack red on black (&vice a vis). Deal 1 card instead of 3
Colors are Foreva. Numbers are Infinite. 4 every number there's a color. HEY! Eternity! Lets smoke a beer and drink some loud. But wait! I heard you was a six a plus a 6 ahhhh.
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Al Angello Eternal Order Collegeville, Pa. USA 11045 Posts |
The beauty of backgammon is that you con lose all the games but one and still win all the money. It is all about the proper use of the doubling cube, and patience.
Al Angello The Comic Juggler/Magician
http://www.juggleral.com http://home.comcast.net/~juggleral/ "Footprints on your ceiling are almost gone" |
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mastermindreader 1949 - 2017 Seattle, WA 12586 Posts |
Foreva infiniti:
There are hundreds of classic solitaire games. Canfield, for example, cannot be beaten every time, nor can Spider or Scorpion. Tarantella, on the other hand, which is a combination of Klondike, Spider, and Blondes and Brunettes, can theoretically be beaten every time. Klondike, BTW, is the standard Solitaire game that comes with Windows and sounds like the one you are referring to. It is basically a game of luck, with some skill involved, and can be beaten an estimated eighty percent of the time. In the original version of the game, no redeals were allowed. (As in it's sister game, Canfield) But consider the other solitaire game that comes with Windows- Free Cell. Nearly every game can be beaten but games #11982, #146692, #186216, #455889, #495505, #512118, #517776, and #781948 are known to be unsolvable. |
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mastermindreader 1949 - 2017 Seattle, WA 12586 Posts |
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On 2013-08-30 18:17, Al Angello wrote: And you've got to have a solid understanding of the odds at each point in the game. Without the doubling cube, backgammon is basically a game of luck. With it, it becomes a game of nearly one-hundred percent skill and, in the long run, the skilled player will always beat an average player. The fun is when skilled players go up against each other. That's why I like tournaments. |
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Al Angello Eternal Order Collegeville, Pa. USA 11045 Posts |
Yup
Al Angello The Comic Juggler/Magician
http://www.juggleral.com http://home.comcast.net/~juggleral/ "Footprints on your ceiling are almost gone" |
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Magnus Eisengrim Inner circle Sulla placed heads on 1053 Posts |
Chess. I haven't played a serious game in about 15 years. I do play speed chess online, and I'm truly awful at blitz and bullet. And it makes me miserable. I don't know why I do it.
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity.--Yeats |
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S2000magician Inner circle Yorba Linda, CA 3465 Posts |
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On 2013-08-30 04:15, foreva.infiniti wrote: Years ago in the newspaper there was a comic called "The Better Half", featuring Stanley and Harriet Parker. In one installment, Stanley is sitting at a table, cards spread about on it; Harriet, standing behind him, says, "See! This proves that you cheat at solitaire! You just won, and I have the three of clubs!" It appears that it is true (depending, perhaps, on how you define "winning the game"). |
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Levi Bennett Inner circle 1778 Posts |
I like the word puzzles in the paper. The Cryptoquip, the Crosswords and the Jumble.
It's also fun to play family games with my niece and nephew. Games like Life and Monopoly. Spades. I used to love spades when I was in the Army. We would play a lot!
Performing magic unprofessionally since 2008!
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Al Angello Eternal Order Collegeville, Pa. USA 11045 Posts |
I plated a lot of cribbage when I was in the navy.
Al Angello The Comic Juggler/Magician
http://www.juggleral.com http://home.comcast.net/~juggleral/ "Footprints on your ceiling are almost gone" |
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MobilityBundle Regular user Las Vegas/Boston 120 Posts |
Cribbage is the go-to card game for my wife and I. We even have a variation that works well when we're traveling and don't have a board to keep score. (And also don't feel like keeping score in our heads.)
We play rounds, where a round consists of two hands (so each person gets the crib once.) We don't keep score, but rather just keep a difference -- I'm up by 4, then later she's up by 3 kind of thing. The winner of a round gets a "big point." You play until whenever you like... usually when the food finally comes. |
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mastermindreader 1949 - 2017 Seattle, WA 12586 Posts |
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On 2013-08-30 21:13, Al Angello wrote: I plated a lot of cabbage! |
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S2000magician Inner circle Yorba Linda, CA 3465 Posts |
I used to play cribbage all the time. Good game.
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Levi Bennett Inner circle 1778 Posts |
Yes, cribbage. My sergeant taught me that while I was in. Great game.
Performing magic unprofessionally since 2008!
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frankvomit Elite user 485 Posts |
Yeah I like Crib.
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frankvomit Elite user 485 Posts |
I also like Eucre.
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Levi Bennett Inner circle 1778 Posts |
Eucre?! I didn't think people still played that. We used to play Eucre back in Ohio when I was a kid. Fun game. I wouldn't even remember how to play.
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