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2021-03-13T19:00
Postgrads Soc's Online Board Game Tournament
Saturday, 19:00 to 21:00 Mar 13th 2021
An online board game tournament played on Board Game Arena over several weeks starting on 20th February.
Each week players will log on between 7pm and 9pm on Saturday and play against another person.
Points will be awarded for a win, lose or no show.
The person with the most number of points at the end of the tournament will be declared the winner!
Prizes are:
1st place - €50 voucher to a restaurant of your choice in Galway, or online food delivery service if elsewhere
2nd place: NUIG Hoodie
3rd place: €15 voucher for online board game shop.
The game we are going to play is Jaipur. See below for a description:
You are one of the two most powerful traders in the city of Jaipur, the capital of Rajasthan, but that's not enough for you because only the merchant with two "seals of excellence" will have the privilege of being invited to the Maharaja's court. You are therefore going to have to do better than your direct competitor by buying, exchanging, and selling at better prices, all while keeping an eye on both your camel herds.
Jaipur is a fast-paced card game, a blend of tactics, risk and luck. On your turn, you can either take or sell cards. If you take cards, you have to choose between taking all the camels, taking one card from the market, or swapping 2-5 cards between the market and your cards.
If you sell cards, you get to sell only one type of good, and you receive as many chips for that good as the number of cards you sold. The chips' values decrease as the game progresses, so you'd better hurry! On the other hand, you receive increasingly high rewards for selling three, four, or five cards of the same good at a time, so you'd better wait!
You can't sell camels, but they're paramount for trading and they're also worth a little something at the end of the round, enough sometimes to secure the win, so you have to use them smartly.