Tourney round: Ludo: Round 1

	Bobby D For clarity, what happens when in the first round both players declare the same max? Is the move counted for only P2 or for both players?
	Fiona T Only for the person who declared 2nd - see round 7 of the sample game
	Fiona T Note - this was intended to run for a month - deadline for this round is 30 September not 30 October!
	Matthew Tassier How will ties on number of wins be split in the group table?
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	Fiona T A very good question... After some deliberation, I think we'll go with total number of pieces "home" for the players in the tie, if still a tie then the H2H result between the tied players.
	Fiona T Great work guys, just two games left to play. You have one week left to get them done! Thank you
	Fiona T Just a few days left for the final game - Ronan has already qualified, but we have several players in Group 2 on 2 wins, so all to play for!
	Fiona T Round 1 is concluded and we have our final 8! Group 1: Bobby D and Steven Grady Group 2: Ronan M Higginson and Dave Robjohns (see below) Group 3: Hazel Drury and Mike Lee Group 4: George Armstrong and Johnny Canuck Well done, and thank you to everyone for playing and following along with the overly-complicated rules!
	Fiona T In group 2, we had 3 players on 2 wins. As per above, the tie-break is number of pieces home. To clarify, a piece is home if it is home before your opponent wins outright. So if your opponent gets 4 pieces home, the game is over. If neither player gets 4 pieces home, then all pieces home in the 20 rounds count. For the three tied players, I make it Tom v Matthew 3 v Stu 3 v Dave 1 v Ronan 2 Stu v Tom 3 v Ronan 0 v Matthew 3 v Dave 4 Dave v Tom 3 v Ronan 3 v Matthew 3 v Stu 2 So Dave takes it with 11 pieces home - well played!

Tourney round: Ludo: Round 1

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Notes from the organizer: For the first round of the competition, we're split into four groups. We'll play everyone in our group and the top two from each group will go through to the knockout stage - Good luck!

Reminder of the rules -

The aim is to get 4 pieces home.

A piece is home after three successful moves.

So to get all 4 pieces home you need 12 successful moves.

Rules -

You can only move one piece at a time.

To start a piece moving you need a max word (equivalent to throwing a 6).
The piece continues to move as long as you continue to score.

After 3 successful moves (a max word and any two other scoring words) the piece is home. You will then need another max word to start your next piece moving.

If, on your pick, your opponent declares the same word as you this is equivalent to them landing on you, and your piece is sent back to the start. i.e. you will need a max word (throw a 6) then two other scoring words to get that piece home. Note that the turn will still count as a move for your opponent if they have a piece in play.

The winner is first to get their four pieces home. In the event that neither player manages this, the winner will be the player with the most pieces home. If this is still a tie, then the winner will be the player who was first to get their last piece home, if still a tie, then the player with the highest score.

You will be playing a Nice LA against human players. Exact format will be decided depending on number of players.

Have fun!

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/198M8zV8uSPJAFdJaMjuEjostyirbMUJpuKET0DANFrg/edit?usp=sharing

Ran from: 1 – 27 September 2022. Format: Nice Letters Attack. Matches: One-off. Approved.

Fixtures: 36. Completed: 36.

Results and fixtures

Notes	Player 1	Player 2	Status
Group 1	Dave Kempshall	Bobby D	78 – 145
Group 1	Steven Grady	Bobby D	125 – 142
Group 1	Andres S.	Steven Grady	113 – 130
Group 1	Dave Kempshall	Andres S.	108 – 118
Group 1	Dave Kempshall	Steven Grady	82 – 123
Group 1	Andres S.	Bobby D	141 – 138
Group 2	Tom Cappleman	Matthew Tassier	147 – 91
Group 2	Tom Cappleman	Stu Harkness	134 – 125
Group 2	Ronan M Higginson	Stu Harkness	153 – 110
Group 2	Ronan M Higginson	Dave Robjohns	144 – 103
Group 2	Matthew Tassier	Dave Robjohns	125 – 126
Group 2	Matthew Tassier	Stu Harkness	120 – 151
Group 2	Dave Robjohns	Stu Harkness	143 – 132
Group 2	Tom Cappleman	Dave Robjohns	125 – 132
Group 2	Tom Cappleman	Ronan M Higginson	116 – 132
Group 2	Matthew Tassier	Ronan M Higginson	86 – 139
Group 3	Hazel Drury	Jake Gander	148 – 93
Group 3	Andy SC	Hazel Drury	32 – 159
Group 3	Andy SC	Wesley Barton	55 – 95
Group 3	Mike Lee	Wesley Barton	155 – 70
Group 3	Mike Lee	Jake Gander	134 – 64
Group 3	Andy SC	Jake Gander	134 – 69
Group 3	Mike Lee	Andy SC	143 – 71
Group 3	Mike Lee	Hazel Drury	94 – 158
Group 3	Hazel Drury	Wesley Barton	158 – 62
Group 3	Jake Gander	Wesley Barton	98 – 84
Group 4	Ian Volante	George Armstrong	85 – 142
Group 4	Ian Volante	Johnny Canuck	109 – 124
Group 4	Johnny Canuck	Graham Harrison	124 – 76
Group 4	Graham Harrison	Fiona T	77 – 126
Group 4	George Armstrong	Fiona T	139 – 85
Group 4	Johnny Canuck	George Armstrong	135 – 127
Group 4	Johnny Canuck	Fiona T	125 – 108
Group 4	Ian Volante	Fiona T	114 – 118
Group 4	Ian Volante	Graham Harrison	97 – 113
Group 4	Graham Harrison	George Armstrong	75 – 124

Key. Green: winner. Red: loser. Grey: tie. (Stripes: provisional, match in progress.)

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