Comments on: Important Technique! Also: Mini-reviews. http://www.rule0.com/archives/263 We don't fight. We're Euro-Vikings. Thu, 09 Sep 2010 19:09:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: drobviousso http://www.rule0.com/archives/263#comment-35691 drobviousso Fri, 12 Oct 2007 14:31:44 +0000 http://www.rule0.com/archives/263#comment-35691 That seems to take one more step than my 'drop a pen' technique, wherein I drop a pen on it's butt, and whoever it points at <strike>dies</strike> goes first. That seems to take one more step than my ‘drop a pen’ technique, wherein I drop a pen on it’s butt, and whoever it points at dies goes first.

]]> By: Rob Herman http://www.rule0.com/archives/263#comment-35647 Rob Herman Fri, 12 Oct 2007 05:32:25 +0000 http://www.rule0.com/archives/263#comment-35647 That looks fast and slick and I'll have to give it a try. Never let it be said that I have turned down an opportunity for modulo arithmetic. That looks fast and slick and I’ll have to give it a try. Never let it be said that I have turned down an opportunity for modulo arithmetic.

]]> By: Paul Jarc http://www.rule0.com/archives/263#comment-35572 Paul Jarc Wed, 10 Oct 2007 22:52:10 +0000 http://www.rule0.com/archives/263#comment-35572 When dice aren't handy, I usually choose the first player by a generalization of evens/odds: for N players, everyone shoots 1-N fingers simultaneously; add them up; reduce mod N; count that many players from a predetermined starting point (generally, myself); that player goes first. When dice aren’t handy, I usually choose the first player by a generalization of evens/odds: for N players, everyone shoots 1-N fingers simultaneously; add them up; reduce mod N; count that many players from a predetermined starting point (generally, myself); that player goes first.

]]> By: qualistarian http://www.rule0.com/archives/263#comment-35561 qualistarian Wed, 10 Oct 2007 14:15:13 +0000 http://www.rule0.com/archives/263#comment-35561 <i>Pick a spot on the board Grab a marker from every player and drop them all on the board Closest marker to the designated spot goes first</i> That sounds vaguely similar to Clout. This is not a good thing. Well, except that yours is just to see who goes first, and Clout based the entire game on that concept. Pick a spot on the board
Grab a marker from every player and drop them all on the board
Closest marker to the designated spot goes first

That sounds vaguely similar to Clout. This is not a good thing. Well, except that yours is just to see who goes first, and Clout based the entire game on that concept.

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