Topic: Alchemists (the big revelation) (Read 23718 times)

Kirian · « **Reply #250 on:** March 12, 2015, 06:38:50 pm »

The suspense is killing me!

Tables · « **Reply #251 on:** March 13, 2015, 04:58:33 pm »

I endorse Toad (Seal sent).

Hugojv, make a potion!

ghostofmars · « **Reply #252 on:** March 13, 2015, 05:49:53 pm »

Hugovj receives 1$ from Tables.

Exhbition phase: Demonstrate knowledge about your potions.

Announce which potion you want to make and PM me the ingredients you want to use. If your announced potion agrees with the real potion, you get reputation if you are the first to demonstrate a particular potion. You may not produce a neutral potion.

If you demonstrate two potions with same color but different sign, you earn 2 additional reputation.

Hugovj, you go first.

ghostofmars · « **Reply #253 on:** March 14, 2015, 12:10:00 pm »

Hugovj demonstrates a red + potion and earns 1 point of reputation.

Tables

Tables · « **Reply #254 on:** March 14, 2015, 08:34:29 pm »

I use my boots of speed and demonstrate 3 potions.

ghostofmars · « **Reply #255 on:** March 15, 2015, 11:16:00 am »

Tables uses his Boots of Speed and successfully exhibits a green - potion (+1 rep), a green + potion (+3 rep), and a blue + potion (+1 rep).

Then Tables and Kirian score the best alchemist award, which ends the last round with the following reputation values
Kirian 23
Tables 21
Qvist 18
Hugovj 16

This points are now converted to vp and you score for grants, artifacts, and remaining money.

New intermediate point total
Kirian 28
Tables 26
Qvist 21.7*
Hugovj 20.7
*= wisdom idol gives additional points

This brings us to the big revelation.

ghostofmars · « **Reply #256 on:** March 15, 2015, 11:18:55 am »

Feather is r- g+ B-. Qvist's theory is correct.

Qvist placed a 3vp seal + 1vp from his wisdom idol.
Kirian 28
Tables 26
Qvist 25.7
Hugovj 20.7

ghostofmars · « **Reply #257 on:** March 15, 2015, 11:20:09 am »

The theory about scorpions (R+ g+ b-) is correct.

Tables placed a 3vp, Kirian a 5vp seal

Kirian 33
Tables 29
Qvist 25.7
Hugovj 20.7

ghostofmars · « **Reply #258 on:** March 15, 2015, 11:21:36 am »

Tables hypothesis that Lotus is r- G+ b+ is correct.

Tables placed a 5vp seal.

Tables 34
Kirian 33
Qvist 25.7
Hugovj 20.7

ghostofmars · « **Reply #259 on:** March 15, 2015, 11:22:50 am »

Claws are indeed R- g- b+.

Tables placed a 3vp seal, Kirian a 5vp one.

Kirian 38
Tables 37
Qvist 25.7
Hugovj 20.7

ghostofmars · « **Reply #260 on:** March 15, 2015, 11:24:25 am »

Toads are very suitable to make positive potions (R+ G+ B+, correct)

Hugovj placed a 3vp seal, Tables placed a 3vp seal.

Tables 40
Kirian 38
Qvist 25.7
Hugovj 23.7

ghostofmars · « **Reply #261 on:** March 15, 2015, 11:26:36 am »

Roots are their negative counterpart R- G- B-.

Hugovj and Kirian placed ? seals, Qvist placed a 5vp seal (+1vp from wisdom idol).

Tables 40
Kirian 38
Qvist 31.7
Hugovj 23.7

ghostofmars · « **Reply #262 on:** March 15, 2015, 11:28:51 am »

The theory about mushrooms is correct (r+ g- B+)

Kirian placed a 3vp seal, Hugovj placed a ? seal.

Kirian 41
Tables 40
Qvist 31.7
Hugovj 23.7

ghostofmars · « **Reply #263 on:** March 15, 2015, 11:30:15 am »

Finally, the theory on Fern is also true.

The seals placed here are Tables 5vp, Kirian ?, Hugovj 3vp, which makes the final score

Tables 45
Kirian 41
Qvist 31.7
Hugovj 26.7

ghostofmars · « **Reply #264 on:** March 15, 2015, 11:30:35 am »

Congratulation Tables, well played

Kirian · « **Reply #265 on:** March 15, 2015, 12:17:21 pm »

GG Tables! I'm impressed you were able to get all 5 of your VP seals down. I was expecting the final outcome to turn on whether you had gotten 16 or 13, not 19!

Qvist · « **Reply #266 on:** March 15, 2015, 12:32:55 pm »

gg everyone. Thanks ghostofmars for moderating. Congrats Tables for the win.
I'm surprised that every single theory is correct, well done.

Tables · « **Reply #267 on:** March 15, 2015, 03:16:52 pm »

Oh man, that was tense. Pretty much right after my first theory went down, I was playing a "go big or go home" strategy with my theories. I didn't know if even a single one was necessarily correct. But here's basically what happened early game:

Someone (sorry, can't remember who) placed a seal on an ingredient I knew about (I had three ingredients contingent on each other, with two possibilities). I looked at the data and figured, hey, they have to know the correct version of the one colour I have to hedge on. So it's very likely set 2. I ran with that, assuming those three were correct, placed a little faith in other theories that were published and became fairly confident - but not certain - that all of the 6 published around round 5 were correct. From there I made a bold play going into round 5 of publishing a 7th theory completely blind, but fortunately whoever went before me published the other theory.

This could have easily gone horribly wrong for me. I won through a bit of skill, and a lot of luck in when others published their own theories.

Tables · « **Reply #268 on:** March 15, 2015, 03:17:26 pm »

Anyway, thanks for playing everyone, and major thanks to ghost for both moderating and thus introducing me to this game!

Hugovj · « **Reply #269 on:** March 16, 2015, 12:03:44 pm »

Thanks for playing everyone

Congrats Tables!

Yeah, I had basically no idea what I was doing. So this result isn't really surprising. I think I could have played a bit more agressive here and there.

Thanks for moderating Ghost!

ghostofmars · « **Reply #270 on:** March 16, 2015, 01:23:56 pm »

There is still one spot in the 2nd game, if anyone wants to play again.

Quote from: ghostofmars on October 25, 2014, 01:38:41 pm

There was more interest in the game, so let's see if we get enough players for a 2nd game.

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