Scott Manns
United States
Fort Myers
Florida
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Hey I like this game alot. I played it the first time tonight.
There were some questions on how the scoring works thou.
There were four of us playing the game.
During the first round where you just keep score of the highest number of certain buildings we realised that all four of us had one arcade a peice. What do you do in a situaion like this?
Also during second round one person had three gardens while the other three players had one garden a piece. How do you score in a situation like that?
Please help . thanks
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Mike Flynn
United States
Olympia
Washington
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If there is a tie for the most of one building type, then the points are divided evenly (rounding down) among the tied players. So, for example:
In Round 1, if all 4 players each have 1 Arcade, then each player receives 0 Points. (3/4 = 0.75 rounded down = 0)
In Round 2, if 1 player has 3 Gardens and the other 3 each have 1, then the first player receives 12 Points and the other 3 each receive 1 Point (5/3 = 1.67 rounded down = 1)
If 2 players tie for 1st Place in the second or third rounds, then you add the points together for 1st and 2nd place, then divide by 2. So, in Round 3 if 2 players each have 3 Chambers and another has 2, the first 2 players would share the 1st and 2nd place total for 15 points each(19+11=30 / 2 = 15) and the 3rd player would receive 4 Points.
Hopefully that makes sense.
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Scott Manns
United States
Fort Myers
Florida
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Thanks Mike,
That does certainly help.
One last question.
At the end of each scoring round the person with the longest wall gets bonus points. What happens if two people have the same size wall?
How does the scoring work for that?
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ackmondual
United States
Virginia
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MrScottx wrote: Thanks Mike,
That does certainly help.
One last question.
At the end of each scoring round the person with the longest wall gets bonus points. What happens if two people have the same size wall?
How does the scoring work for that? The scoring for longest wall length is NOT majority control. Each player counts whichever their single, longest, uninterrupted line of walls along the perimeter of their alhambra and gets their own points for that.
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Rick Klaw
United States
Austin
Texas
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What happens if the second or third place players has zero tiles? Do they get the appropriate points for their placement?
For example, what if player 1 has 6 titles, #2 has 5, and #3 has zero? On the final scoring does player #3 get the points for third place?
Thanks.
Rick
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Mike Flynn
United States
Olympia
Washington
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From page 6 of the Alhambra Big Box rulebook:
"You must have at least 1 building tile of a particular kind to be awarded points for that category."
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Elkar wrote: If 2 players tie for 1st Place in the second or third rounds, then you add the points together for 1st and 2nd place, then divide by 2. So, in Round 3 if 2 players each have 3 Chambers and another has 2, the first 2 players would share the 1st and 2nd place total for 15 points each(19+11=30 / 2 = 15) and the 3rd player would receive 4 Points.
Hopefully that makes sense.
How do you know this? It's not clear from the rules, in my opinion.
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Steve Duff
Canada
Ottawa
Ontario
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almo2001 wrote: How do you know this? It's not clear from the rules, in my opinion.
It's explicitly stated in the rules.
Quote: If several players tie, the points for the respective places are shared. Points are always rounded down.
Kim and Nina each have 4 towers. They share the points for 1st and 2nd place: 13 + 6 = 19 points. The number is divided by two and rounded down so they are each awarded 9 points.
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I missed the example somehow. "If several players tie, the points for the respective places are shared." isn't clear, but the example makes it so. :) Thanks.
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Dan C
United States
Florida
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Quote: If there is a tie for the most of one building type, then the points are divided evenly (rounding down) among the tied players. So, for example:
In Round 1, if all 4 players each have 1 Arcade, then each player receives 0 Points. (3/4 = 0.75 rounded down = 0)
I have always played this way as well. However, someone in the files section just posted a summary that says this:
Quote: Round 1: Tied players gain zero points
Puzzled, I checked the rule book:
Quote: Only the players with the most buildings of each kind receive
points when the “1st Scoring Round” card is drawn.
So what is the interpretation of this? does the plural "players" mean more than one player in one building type? Or does "Players" refer to the collective winners of all building types?
What say you, Alhambra enthusiasts? (or better yet, official Dirk/Queen representatives?)
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René van Bussel
Netherlands
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jedimusic wrote: Quote: Only the players with the most buildings of each kind receive
points when the “1st Scoring Round” card is drawn. So what is the interpretation of this? does the plural "players" mean more than one player in one building type? Or does "Players" refer to the collective winners of all building types? What say you, Alhambra enthusiasts? (or better yet, official Dirk/Queen representatives?)
It's not literally there, but this is how it should go:
The quoted sentence "Only the players with the most buildings of each kind receive points when the “1st Scoring Round” card is drawn."
is the opposite of:
"Players with the second most, third most, etc. receive points when the “1st Scoring Round” card is drawn."
Together with "If several players tie, the points for the respective places are shared. Points are always rounded down." this results in "IN the first scoring round, for each building type, the player/tied players with the most buildings get/share the points."
Edits for one tag, one misspelling and minor emphasis.
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Ted Manch
United States
New York
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RenevB wrote: jedimusic wrote: Quote: Only the players with the most buildings of each kind receive
points when the “1st Scoring Round” card is drawn. So what is the interpretation of this? does the plural "players" mean more than one player in one building type? Or does "Players" refer to the collective winners of all building types? What say you, Alhambra enthusiasts? (or better yet, official Dirk/Queen representatives?) It's not literally there, but this is how it should go: The quoted sentence "Only the players with the most buildings of each kind receive points when the “1st Scoring Round” card is drawn." is the opposite of: "Players with the second most, third most, etc. receive points when the “1st Scoring Round” card is drawn." Together with "If several players tie, the points for the respective places are shared. Points are always rounded down." this results in "IN the first scoring round, for each building type, the player/tied players with the most buildings get/share the points." Edits for one tag, one misspelling and minor emphasis.
Whoops, been playing that wrong! I will correct the pdf I posted in the
files section. I apologize for misinterpreting the first round scoring rule and causing this confusion.
Thanks,
T.M.
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Chuckhazard
United States
Arkansas
I'm FREEeeee..ee..e..e...
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Oh boy. Now I'm super confused. I didn't find clarity in this discussion, so I went to the rules summary.
Quote: Round 2: Tied players gain combined points divided by two (round down)
Each player’s longest continuous wall (1 pt/wall tile)
Round 3 (Game End): Same as Round 2 divided by number of tied players (round down)
Each player’s longest continuous wall (1 pt/wall tile)
Why is it just divided by 2, not number of tied players (as in round 3)? What if 3 players tied in round 2?
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Steve Duff
Canada
Ottawa
Ontario
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chuckhazard wrote: Oh boy. Now I'm super confused. I didn't find clarity in this discussion, so I went to the rules summary.
Why is it just divided by 2, not number of tied players (as in round 3)? What if 3 players tied in round 2?
It's not divided by 2, it's always divided by the number of tied players.
I don't know what rules summary that is, but it's wrong.
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