The Grey Labyrinth is a collection of puzzles, riddles, mind games, paradoxes and other intellectually challenging diversions. Related topics: puzzle games, logic puzzles, lateral thinking puzzles, philosophy, mind benders, brain teasers, word problems, conundrums, 3d puzzles, spatial reasoning, intelligence tests, mathematical diversions, paradoxes, physics problems, reasoning, math, science.

   
Legal | Privacy Policy | Contact Us | Nerdware
The Grey Labyrinth Forum Index
 FAQFAQ   SearchSearch   MemberlistMemberlist   UsergroupsUsergroups    RegisterRegister  
 ProfileProfile   Log in to check your private messagesLog in to check your private messages   Log inLog in 

City Square Off
Goto page 1, 2, 3  Next
 
Reply to topic    The Grey Labyrinth Forum Index -> Visitor Games
View previous topic :: View next topic  
Author Message
mathgrant
A very tilted cell member
PostPosted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 6:30 pm    Post subject: 1 Reply with quote
This is a game published by Gamewright, and designed by Ted Cheatham (according to BoardGameGeek). The physical game only has enough components for two players, but due to its "multiplayer solitaire" nature, there's no reason why the game can't be played with four players, as we're about to do here.

Below are four 9x9 boards, each with a hexomino-shaped city tile in the middle:
Code:
1               2               3               4
.........       .........       .........       .........
.........       .........       .........       .........
.........       .........       .........       .........
....C....       ....CC...       ....C....       ....C....
...CC....       ...CC....       ...CCC...       ...CC....
...CCC...       ...CC....       ...CC....       ...CC....
.........       .........       .........       ...C.....
.........       .........       .........       .........
.........       .........       .........       .........

When you join the game by posting /in, indicate your order of preference of these four boards (for example, 1243 means 1 is your favorite, 2 is your next favorite, 4 is your third favorite, and 3 is your least favorite). When four players have joined, players will be assigned boards in reverse order of signing up (so the player who signed up last will get h* favorite board, the player who signed up second-to-last will get h* favorite board among the other three, etc.).

Each player also has an identical set of 21 polyomino-shaped tiles (1 monomino, 1 domino, 2 distinct triominoes, 5 distinct tetrominoes, and 12 distinct pentominoes). Each turn, one of these 21 tiles will be selected at random (without replacement, so once a tile is used, it cannot come up again), and each player must place that tile (rotated or reflected as desired) in a position that shares an edge with at least one other tile. If the tile cannot be placed on a particular player's board, the player is out of the game. Whoever can play the most tiles wins. Ties are broken by whoever has the largest contiguous group of empty spaces (so if one player has empty spaces distributed 6-1-1, and the other has them distributed 5-3, the 6-1-1 wins).

I'm /in. It doesn't matter what my preferred board is, because having signed up first, I'll just get whatever board everyone else doesn't want. Hah.
_________________
My logic puzzle blog
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail Visit poster's website
/dev/joe
Daedalian Member
PostPosted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 6:53 pm    Post subject: 2 Reply with quote
I'm /in. 4213
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail AIM Address
ralphmerridew
Daedalian Member
PostPosted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 9:55 pm    Post subject: 3 Reply with quote
/in 3124
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message AIM Address Yahoo Messenger
MatthewV
Daedalian Member :_
PostPosted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 10:20 pm    Post subject: 4 Reply with quote
I'll take board #2.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail AIM Address
mathgrant
A very tilted cell member
PostPosted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 10:41 pm    Post subject: 5 Reply with quote
Code:
1 mathgrant     2 MatthewV      3 ralphmerridew 4 /dev/joe
.........       .........       .........       .........
.........       .........       .........       .........
.........       .........       .........       .........
....C....       ....CC...       ....C....       ....C....
...CC....       ...CC....       ...CCC...       ...CC....
...CCC...       ...CC....       ...CC....       ...CC....
.........       .........       .........       ...C.....
.........       .........       .........       .........
.........       .........       .........       .........

Pieces:
                                 #
I1 #      I2 ##     I3 ###    L3 ##

             #         ##         ##       ###
I4 ####   L4 ###    O4 ##     S4 ##     T4  #

    ##                                     ##        ###
   ##                  #           ##      ##         #
F5  #     I5 #####  L5 ####   N5 ###    P5 #      T5  #

             #         #          #                  ##
   # #       #         ##        ###       ####       #
U5 ###    V5 ###    W5  ##    X5  #     Y5  #     Z5  ##


Numbering the pieces 1-4, 5-9, 10-15, and 16-21 across the rows, our first piece is. . .
Dice Roll:
Original Roll String: 1d21
1 21-Sided Dice Results: 17

_________________
My logic puzzle blog
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail Visit poster's website
mathgrant
A very tilted cell member
PostPosted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 10:44 pm    Post subject: 6 Reply with quote
. . . V5!

Code:
1 mathgrant
.........
.........
...###...
....C#...
...CC#...
...CCC...
.........
.........
.........

_________________
My logic puzzle blog
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail Visit poster's website
ralphmerridew
Daedalian Member
PostPosted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 10:58 pm    Post subject: 7 Reply with quote
Code:
.........
.........
.........
....C....
..vCCC...
..vCC....
..vvv....
.........
.........
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message AIM Address Yahoo Messenger
/dev/joe
Daedalian Member
PostPosted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 11:15 pm    Post subject: 8 Reply with quote
Code:
4 /dev/joe
.........
.........
.........
....CV...
...CCV...
...CCVVV.
...C.....
.........
.........
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail AIM Address
MatthewV
Daedalian Member :_
PostPosted: Mon Oct 31, 2011 2:19 am    Post subject: 9 Reply with quote
Code:
2 MatthewV
.........
.........
.........
....CC...
...CCV...
...CCV...
...VVV..
.........
.........


I'll wait for mathgrant to agree but...
Dice Roll:
Original Roll String: 1d20
1 20-Sided Dice Results: 20
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail AIM Address
mathgrant
A very tilted cell member
PostPosted: Mon Oct 31, 2011 2:47 am    Post subject: 10 Reply with quote
Code:
Die roll:  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Piece:    I1 I2 I3 L3 I4 L4 O4 S4 T4 F5 I5 L5 N5 P5 T5 U5 W5 X5 Y5 Z5


The next piece is Z5. For future reference, include the above list (minus all used pieces) with each die roll.

Code:
1 mathgrant
.........
.##......
..#xxx...
..##Cx...
...CCx...
...CCC...
.........
.........
.........

_________________
My logic puzzle blog
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail Visit poster's website
MatthewV
Daedalian Member :_
PostPosted: Mon Oct 31, 2011 2:52 am    Post subject: 11 Reply with quote
Code:
2 MatthewV
•••••••••
•••••••••
•••••••••
••ZZCC•••
••ZCCV•••
•ZZCCV•••
•••VVV•••
•••••••••
•••••••••
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail AIM Address
mathgrant
A very tilted cell member
PostPosted: Mon Oct 31, 2011 2:55 am    Post subject: 12 Reply with quote
MatthewV wrote:
Code:
2 MatthewV
•••••••••
•••••••••
•••••••••
••ZZCC•••
••ZCCV•••
•ZZCCV•••
•••VVV•••
•••••••••
•••••••••


Uh-oh, looks like there's been a blackout in MatthewV's city. He needs better electric generators.
_________________
My logic puzzle blog
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail Visit poster's website
ralphmerridew
Daedalian Member
PostPosted: Mon Oct 31, 2011 2:57 am    Post subject: 13 Reply with quote
Code:
.........
.........
.........
.ZZ.C....
.ZvCCC...
ZZvCC....
..vvv....
.........
.........
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message AIM Address Yahoo Messenger
/dev/joe
Daedalian Member
PostPosted: Mon Oct 31, 2011 10:42 pm    Post subject: 14 Reply with quote
Code:

4 /dev/joe
.........
.........
.....ZZ..
....CVZ..
...CCVZZ.
...CCVVV.
...C.....
.........
.........
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail AIM Address
mathgrant
A very tilted cell member
PostPosted: Mon Oct 31, 2011 10:48 pm    Post subject: 15 Reply with quote
Code:
Die roll:  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
Piece:    I1 I2 I3 L3 I4 L4 O4 S4 T4 F5 I5 L5 N5 P5 T5 U5 W5 X5 Y5

Dice Roll:
Original Roll String: 1d19
1 19-Sided Dice Results: 11

_________________
My logic puzzle blog
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail Visit poster's website
mathgrant
A very tilted cell member
PostPosted: Mon Oct 31, 2011 10:52 pm    Post subject: 16 Reply with quote
The next piece is I5!

Code:
1 mathgrant
#####....
.xx......
..xxxx...
..xxCx...
...CCx...
...CCC...
.........
.........
.........


You guys have no hope of winning now. I'm pretty sure I heard on the news that the northwest part of a city is always the best part.
_________________
My logic puzzle blog
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail Visit poster's website
ralphmerridew
Daedalian Member
PostPosted: Mon Oct 31, 2011 11:03 pm    Post subject: 17 Reply with quote
Code:
I........
I........
I........
IZZ.C....
IZvCCC...
ZZvCC....
..vvv....
.........
.........


In your face, mathgrant! I got the northwest corner as well.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message AIM Address Yahoo Messenger
MatthewV
Daedalian Member :_
PostPosted: Mon Oct 31, 2011 11:18 pm    Post subject: 18 Reply with quote
South of the boarder...

Code:
2 MatthewV
•••••••••
•••••••••
•••••••••
••ZZCC•••
I•ZCCV•••
IZZCCV•••
I••VVV•••
I••••••••
I••••••••
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail AIM Address
/dev/joe
Daedalian Member
PostPosted: Mon Oct 31, 2011 11:58 pm    Post subject: 19 Reply with quote
Code:

4 /dev/joe
.........
.........
.....ZZ..
....CVZ..
...CCVZZI
...CCVVVI
...C....I
........I
........I
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail AIM Address
mathgrant
A very tilted cell member
PostPosted: Tue Nov 01, 2011 12:00 am    Post subject: 20 Reply with quote
Maybe it was the southwest corner of a city that's the best part of a city. Crap. I can't remember. /dev/joe, we are now officially bitter rivals.

Code:
Die roll:  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Piece:    I1 I2 I3 L3 I4 L4 O4 S4 T4 F5 L5 N5 P5 T5 U5 W5 X5 Y5


Dice Roll:
Original Roll String: 1d18
1 18-Sided Dice Results: 10

_________________
My logic puzzle blog
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail Visit poster's website
mathgrant
A very tilted cell member
PostPosted: Tue Nov 01, 2011 12:03 am    Post subject: 21 Reply with quote
The next piece is F5! Gack. Not exactly my favorite piece right now. . .

Code:
1 mathgrant
xxxxx....
.xx......
.#xxxx...
##xxCx...
.##CCx...
...CCC...
.........
.........
.........

_________________
My logic puzzle blog
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail Visit poster's website
MatthewV
Daedalian Member :_
PostPosted: Tue Nov 01, 2011 12:14 am    Post subject: 22 Reply with quote
This game is moving fast!

Code:
2 MatthewV
•••••••••
•••••••••
•FF••••••
FFZZCC•••
IFZCCV•••
IZZCCV•••
I••VVV•••
I••••••••
I••••••••
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail AIM Address
/dev/joe
Daedalian Member
PostPosted: Tue Nov 01, 2011 12:21 am    Post subject: 23 Reply with quote
Code:
4 /dev/joe
.........
.........
.....ZZ..
..FFCVZ..
.FFCCVZZI
..FCCVVVI
...C....I
........I
........I
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail AIM Address
ralphmerridew
Daedalian Member
PostPosted: Tue Nov 01, 2011 1:22 am    Post subject: 24 Reply with quote
Code:
I........
I.F......
IFFF.....
IZZFC....
IZvCCC...
ZZvCC....
..vvv....
.........
.........
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message AIM Address Yahoo Messenger
mathgrant
A very tilted cell member
PostPosted: Tue Nov 01, 2011 1:58 am    Post subject: 25 Reply with quote
Code:
Die roll:  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
Piece:    I1 I2 I3 L3 I4 L4 O4 S4 T4 L5 N5 P5 T5 U5 W5 X5 Y5


Dice Roll:
Original Roll String: 1d17
1 17-Sided Dice Results: 8

_________________
My logic puzzle blog
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail Visit poster's website
mathgrant
A very tilted cell member
PostPosted: Tue Nov 01, 2011 3:05 am    Post subject: 26 Reply with quote
After much deliberation and food, I have decided to put my S4 here:
Code:
1 mathgrant
xxxxx....
.xx......
.xxxxx...
xxxxCx...
#xxCCx...
##.CCC...
.#.......
.........
.........

_________________
My logic puzzle blog
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail Visit poster's website
ralphmerridew
Daedalian Member
PostPosted: Tue Nov 01, 2011 12:19 pm    Post subject: 27 Reply with quote
Code:
I........
I.F......
IFFF.....
IZZFC....
IZvCCC...
ZZvCC....
ssvvv....
.ss......
.........
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message AIM Address Yahoo Messenger
MatthewV
Daedalian Member :_
PostPosted: Tue Nov 01, 2011 9:19 pm    Post subject: 28 Reply with quote
I request the P5 to come up next

Code:
MatthewV
•••••••••
••SS•••••
•FFSS••••
FFZZCC•••
IFZCCV•••
IZZCCV•••
I••VVV•••
I••••••••
I••••••••
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail AIM Address
/dev/joe
Daedalian Member
PostPosted: Wed Nov 02, 2011 10:08 am    Post subject: 29 Reply with quote
Code:
4 /dev/joe
.........
.........
.....ZZ..
..FFCVZ..
.FFCCVZZI
..FCCVVVI
...CSS..I
...SS...I
........I
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail AIM Address
mathgrant
A very tilted cell member
PostPosted: Wed Nov 02, 2011 1:25 pm    Post subject: 30 Reply with quote
Code:
Die roll:  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Piece:    I1 I2 I3 L3 I4 L4 O4 T4 L5 N5 P5 T5 U5 W5 X5 Y5


Dice Roll:
Original Roll String: 1d16
1 16-Sided Dice Results: 14

_________________
My logic puzzle blog
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail Visit poster's website
mathgrant
A very tilted cell member
PostPosted: Wed Nov 02, 2011 4:32 pm    Post subject: 31 Reply with quote
Code:
1 mathgrant
xxxxx....
.xx......
.xxxxx...
xxxxCx...
xxxCCx...
xx#CCC...
.x##.....
...##....
.........

_________________
My logic puzzle blog
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail Visit poster's website
ralphmerridew
Daedalian Member
PostPosted: Wed Nov 02, 2011 4:50 pm    Post subject: 32 Reply with quote
Code:
I........
I.F......
IFFFww...
IZZFCww..
IZvCCCw..
ZZvCC....
ssvvv....
.ss......
.........
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message AIM Address Yahoo Messenger
MatthewV
Daedalian Member :_
PostPosted: Wed Nov 02, 2011 6:25 pm    Post subject: 33 Reply with quote
Code:
MatthewV
•••••••••
••SS•••••
•FFSS••••
FFZZCCW••
IFZCCVWW•
IZZCCV•WW
I••VVV•••
I••••••••
I••••••••
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail AIM Address
/dev/joe
Daedalian Member
PostPosted: Wed Nov 02, 2011 11:15 pm    Post subject: 34 Reply with quote
Code:
4 /dev/joe
.........
.........
.....ZZ..
..FFCVZ..
WFFCCVZZI
WWFCCVVVI
.WWCSS..I
...SS...I
........I
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail AIM Address
mathgrant
A very tilted cell member
PostPosted: Wed Nov 02, 2011 11:19 pm    Post subject: 35 Reply with quote
The 7th piece is. . .
Code:
Die roll:  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Piece:    I1 I2 I3 L3 I4 L4 O4 T4 L5 N5 P5 T5 U5 X5 Y5


Dice Roll:
Original Roll String: 1d16
1 16-Sided Dice Results: 1

_________________
My logic puzzle blog
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail Visit poster's website
mathgrant
A very tilted cell member
PostPosted: Wed Nov 02, 2011 11:23 pm    Post subject: 36 Reply with quote
I1.
Code:
1 mathgrant
xxxxx....
.xx......
.xxxxx...
xxxxCx...
xxxCCx...
xxxCCC...
.xxx#....
...xx....
.........

_________________
My logic puzzle blog
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail Visit poster's website
ralphmerridew
Daedalian Member
PostPosted: Wed Nov 02, 2011 11:38 pm    Post subject: 37 Reply with quote
Code:
I........
I.F......
IFFFww...
IZZFCww..
IZvCCCw..
ZZvCC....
ssvvv....
#ss......
.........
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message AIM Address Yahoo Messenger
MatthewV
Daedalian Member :_
PostPosted: Thu Nov 03, 2011 12:16 am    Post subject: 38 Reply with quote
Code:
MatthewV
•••••••••
••SS•••••
•FFSS••••
FFZZCCW••
IFZCCVWW•
IZZCCV1WW
I••VVV•••
I••••••••
I••••••••
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail AIM Address
/dev/joe
Daedalian Member
PostPosted: Thu Nov 03, 2011 1:25 am    Post subject: 39 Reply with quote
Code:
4 /dev/joe
.........
.........
.....ZZ..
..FFCVZ..
WFFCCVZZI
WWFCCVVVI
1WWCSS..I
...SS...I
........I
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail AIM Address
mathgrant
A very tilted cell member
PostPosted: Thu Nov 03, 2011 1:42 am    Post subject: 40 Reply with quote
The 8th piece is. . .
Code:
Die roll:  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 10 11 12 13 14
Piece:    I2 I3 L3 I4 L4 O4 T4 L5 N5 P5 T5 U5 X5 Y5


Dice Roll:
Original Roll String: 1d14
1 14-Sided Dice Results: 5

_________________
My logic puzzle blog
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail Visit poster's website
Display posts from previous: by   
Reply to topic    The Grey Labyrinth Forum Index -> Visitor Games All times are GMT
Goto page 1, 2, 3  Next
Page 1 of 3

 
Jump to:  
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You can reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum


Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group
Site Design by Wx3