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jeuni · Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 10:15 am Post subject: More than one Winner in Tikal

In game http://www.spielbyweb.com/game.php?games_id=12142 two players have the same high score. The rules say, the player with the most points wins, but only one of the players is listed.

spearjr · Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 10:28 am Post subject:

The question of a tie breaker was asked on BGG, no solution was listed.

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/111785

RyanMC · Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 10:34 am Post subject:

While the completed games page can only show one winner. I am pretty sure that both of you got credit for the win in your percentages. I will look into it.
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stargate · Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 10:35 am Post subject:

if you go to your profile and check your "completed games" list
you will see yourself and the other player highlighted in green as winners
you both get credit for a win in your profile and the rankings list

the game will also be listed in your "games won" list

on the master list of games completed there is only space to list one
winner and it appears to be random as to who gets listed

jeuni · Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2006 4:59 am Post subject:

Thanks for the answers. The game is indeed listed in my profile as a won game.

Bogey · Joined: 18 Sep 06 Posts: 66

The tie breaker is the player with the most guys off the board.

HappyProle · Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2006 12:31 pm Post subject:

What is your source for that tiebreaker rule?

Bogey · Joined: 18 Sep 06 Posts: 66

I thought it was in the rules however I was wrong. It must then be a tournament rule from the World Boardgaming Championship. (It makes perfect sense anyway.)

mrbass · Joined: 05 Apr 06 Posts: 182 Location: Las Vegas

That makes no sense. So I cap two temples and lose guys so I get guys off the board and the other guy who ties for the win doesn't cap any guys and thus doesn't lose any guys off the board. I think it's better how it is a two way tie is a tie and three way tie is a tie. Now if the auction version it may have a tie breaker rule...not sure though.

spearjr · Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2006 2:18 pm Post subject:

HappyProle · Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2006 3:09 pm Post subject:

That tiebreaker seems a little too arbitrary. So what if I used more workers than you? How can you say one player was more or less "efficient" based on that metric alone? We both had the opportunity to use exactly the same number of action points.

My suspicion is that since there's no tiebreaker specified in the rules, then the game's designer didn't intend there to be one. I can understand why the WBC would want to add a tiebreaker; but I don't see a problem with games here ending in ties.

spearjr · Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2006 3:20 pm Post subject:

Bogey · Joined: 18 Sep 06 Posts: 66

Spear is correct. I should have mentioned guys "unused." And while I don't think we need a tiebreaker here, I like this one.

If haven't used 10 guys and you have used all of yours, I've generally outplayed you (in as much as one can in a multiplayer game). Certainly, my points per guy average is higher:)

HappyProle · Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 12:39 am Post subject:

Why have you outplayed me? I still don't follow that logic. We both had the same number of action points to spend. You can spend the points on any number of things, only one of which is bringing more explorers onto the board.

If instead you gave each player a token for each unused action point during the game, then you could argue that whichever player had more of those at the end was more efficient.

shrapnel · Joined: 25 Oct 06 Posts: 3