by agius1520
ashman wrote:
And the winner is ...
[username=agius1520]
Thanks to everyone for trying to beat Scott.
Thanks to Scott for steamrolling the other contestants.
Thanks to Uwe and the Lookout team for such a great game.
So the 50GG go out to Scott, with a 20GG consolation prize for Bastian because he got the same score, only later.
I have to admit I was secretly hoping for a highscore to slowly build, with a new entry every other day, suspension and excitement, but alas - that's life.
Scott, do you want to publish your solution, or do you want me to do it?
[username=agius1520]
Thanks to everyone for trying to beat Scott.
Thanks to Scott for steamrolling the other contestants.
Thanks to Uwe and the Lookout team for such a great game.
So the 50GG go out to Scott, with a 20GG consolation prize for Bastian because he got the same score, only later.
I have to admit I was secretly hoping for a highscore to slowly build, with a new entry every other day, suspension and excitement, but alas - that's life.
Scott, do you want to publish your solution, or do you want me to do it?
Thanks for the competition, my focus was to get a breeding pair of all animals as quickly as possible, then build as much as possible.
Turn 1
Expand (to the left) - get one fence
Build fences (2 for free)- covering bottom left hand corner
Reed/Stone/Wood
Turn 2
Stone (pick up 4 from 2 space)
Build Stall (cost 3 stone, 1 reed - top left hex of expansion board)
Build fences (2 for free)- completing a 2 hex field on expansion board
Turn 3
Wood (pick up 9 from 3 space)
Build Shelter (cost 2 wood, 1 Stone - top right hex of main board) - take free horse
Animals (collect 1 horse and 2 sheep)
Breed 1 horse, 1 sheep. (Have 3 capacity on stalls for horses, and sheep go in the field with 4 capacity)
Turn 4
Fences (spend 5 wood) - complete 2 hex field on far right side under Shelter and also 2 hex field on middle column above Cottage.
Build Open Stables (replace stalls, cost 3 wood) - get a free cow
Animals (collect 1 cow and 3 pigs)
Breed one of each
Store cows in one field, sheep in another, pigs in another, horses in stables.
Turn 5
Expand (right hand side) - get four fences)
Feeding trough (build one for free) - hex above cottage making an 8 field.
Reed/Stone/Wood
Breed one of each
Cows in an 4 field, sheep in an 8 field, horses in the stables, pigs in the 4 field and one in the Shelter or Cottage
Turn 6
Wood (collect 9 wood from 3 space)
Fences (cost of 5 wood) - make 3 hex field on right hand expansion
Build Half Timbered House (cost 3 wood, 2 stone, 1 reed - replaces cottage)
Breed one of each, Sheep in new 6 field, horses in 8 field, cows in stables, pigs in 4 field and Half Timbered House
Turn 7
Wood (collect 7 wood from 1 space)
Feeding trough (build four for cost of 9 wood) - one in stables, two on current 3 hex field to make a 24, one on another 2 hex field to make an 8.
Animals (take 1 horse and 3 sheep)
Breed one of each, sheep can stay in the 24 field, horses in the stables, pigs in an 8 field, cows in an 8 field)
Turn 8
Animals (1 reed + 7 sheep)
Animals (1 pig + 7 sheep)
Animals (1 cow + 3 pigs)
Breed one of each
Pigs have 8 field and 4 field
Sheep exceeds field by 1, can go in half timbered house
Cows and Horses should be fine.
Final scores:
Sheep 25 + 15 bonus
Pigs 12 + 4 bonus
Cows 8 + 2 bonus
Horses 9 + 3 bonus
2 full expansion boards 8
Points for open stables 2
Points for Half Timbered House 5
Total 93