Timeline for What variables should a Zendo game contain if it's being played with new players?
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| Oct 29, 2010 at 4:19 | vote | accept | Brian Ballsun-Stanton | ||
| Oct 28, 2010 at 18:56 | comment | added | Tynam | This. Rules with "or" are to be avoided at any cost with new players, because they make wrong guesses harder to eliminate. ("And" is OK.) When you want the game to be harder for new players, pick a simple rule but give more-ambiguous examples. I've seen a master keep 'must contain a blue piece' going for 45 minutes... by choosing his counterexamples carefully. | |
| Oct 28, 2010 at 5:25 | comment | added | Sparr | When I suspect a rule that requires large arrangements, I make guesses that force the Master to build a larger arrangement than mine. Then I beat him about the head with the list of sample rules that comes with the game. | |
| Oct 27, 2010 at 20:23 | history | edited | Brian Campbell | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Oct 27, 2010 at 12:57 | history | answered | Brian Campbell | CC BY-SA 2.5 |