tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19884352.post8493287130665124650..comments2023-12-03T23:16:56.786-07:00Comments on Cumbersome: Games on BGG, also Dice Works RulesSeth Jaffeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12449603052617321357noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19884352.post-20387965684944043182012-02-11T21:19:24.684-07:002012-02-11T21:19:24.684-07:00Each player has 1 scrapyard for each color. I supp...Each player has 1 scrapyard for each color. I suppose I should have noted that you may place a die of any color into that color's scrapyard as a legal move!<br /><br />The Scrap Rate starts at 4-for-1, so you can scrap 4 Blue dice into a Blue-3 (for example). Once you've upgraded each of your workers once, the scrap rate improves to 3-for-1. Upgrading again with each worker and it's still 3-for-1, but upgrade a 3rd time with each and you improve to 2-for-1 scrap rate.<br /><br />The improved scrap rate is a benefit for even upgrading, but to win you want to 'specialize' in 1 or 2 (depending on which board) columns.Seth Jaffeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12449603052617321357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19884352.post-49126174186274567392012-02-10T21:26:11.516-07:002012-02-10T21:26:11.516-07:00Seth, thanks for the opportunity to chop the rules...Seth, thanks for the opportunity to chop the rules a little. Actually, they look pretty succinct. It will be hard to shorten them by much.<br /><br />I have a hard time understanding Rule 3c (use of dice in the Scrapyard) though. First of all, I assume from the use of the phrase "their Scrapyard" that each player has his own Scrapyard (<i>i.e.</i> it is not a common Scrapyard to all players).<br /><br />Second, from Rule 3a, it looks as though the Scrapyard consists of dice that were illegally placed. That implies that a player could deliberately take dice and place them illegally to populate the Scrapyard.<br /><br />Third, I'm not clear on what the limitation of the "scrap rate" is if "you may repeat this as much as you like." In other words, it seems that I can flood the Scrapyard with dice and then, one by one, convert them from the Scrapyard onto my Player Board wherever I need them in whatever values I need to advance my worker pawn as far as I can.<br /><br />If you can clarify how the Scrapyard works, I think the rules will be in pretty good shape.Paul Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02260814589584723033noreply@blogger.com