Variants

Aegilops Variant: Aegilops

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Maxes in Aegilops games in German currently earn a pencil pencil.

Pencil colour is based on the rate of pencils recently awarded in this variant and dictionary per round played. The rarer the pencils become, the higher the award (from normal to bronze to silver to gold).

FromToPencil
18 June 201021 February 2017pencil pencil
22 February 20178 August 2017bronze pencil bronze pencil
9 August 201729 August 2022pencil pencil
30 August 20225 January 2023bronze pencil bronze pencil
6 January 202313 August 2023pencil pencil
14 August 202311 November 2023bronze pencil bronze pencil
12 November 2023Nowpencil pencil

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