Okay, so the topic came up of what to do when you don't have local [thread=194599]ISOSAD[/thread] divers to play games with. That got me to thinking, "Is there any game that ISOSADers could play with each other that doesn't need us to actually be on the same dives?"
Well, chess-by-mail has a long-standing history, but at one move per dive, that would take... well... *forever*. It just takes too long to play a game where one player's moves depend on the other player(s). Even tic-tac-toe would take quite a good handful of dives, and it just doesn't seem like enough fun for the effort, at least not as a primary dive goal. Without some way of communicating *during* the dives, most games simply fall flat.
Most games, that is, but *not* all.
It occurred to me that there's one game already in the HowTo list that does not technically require communication for it to be played with multiple people: Yahtzee! For the standard game, you're not really playing *against* anyone (it's more like competitive solitaire), but it's still fun to play versus other people.
How would it work? Well, to play, you just need tagged dice (either colored dice or white dice after a date with some markers), a small dry box (Otter Box 1000 is great, and Pelican 1010 [not i1010] is nice), and something for writing. Everyone goes diving, with or without any other ISOSADers, and plays. After the dive(s), they get online and submit the score sheets from the games. Then we just act as if we were playing the games against each other to begin with.
So, we need to come up with the plan on how we're going to do it all. It's probably going to be pointless to try to get everyone to dive on the same day or weekend, so should we give a couple weeks' time? How about declaring a month for the "tournament"? (Are too many sites still closed in March? Perhaps April?)
Once the score sheets are in, how will the "competition" part of it go? Top score? Randomly-drawn head-to-head battles, with won/lost percentage deciding? A playoff bracket system? All of the above? (Why not give away a bunch of unrelated winners, after all?)
As far as submitting the score sheets online, I've actually already got that ready. The "ISOSAD: Yacht (Sea Dice) Tournament -- Score Sheet Submission System" is up and ready for anyone to goof off with, should anyone want to. The process is simple. For each game:
So, what say ye? Shall we gather our sea dice to play a Yacht tournament? It ought to be quite fun, and it's certainly less logistically complex as the [thread=212110]ISOSAD: Monopoly Challenge[/thread]. :biggrin:
Well, chess-by-mail has a long-standing history, but at one move per dive, that would take... well... *forever*. It just takes too long to play a game where one player's moves depend on the other player(s). Even tic-tac-toe would take quite a good handful of dives, and it just doesn't seem like enough fun for the effort, at least not as a primary dive goal. Without some way of communicating *during* the dives, most games simply fall flat.
Most games, that is, but *not* all.
It occurred to me that there's one game already in the HowTo list that does not technically require communication for it to be played with multiple people: Yahtzee! For the standard game, you're not really playing *against* anyone (it's more like competitive solitaire), but it's still fun to play versus other people.
How would it work? Well, to play, you just need tagged dice (either colored dice or white dice after a date with some markers), a small dry box (Otter Box 1000 is great, and Pelican 1010 [not i1010] is nice), and something for writing. Everyone goes diving, with or without any other ISOSADers, and plays. After the dive(s), they get online and submit the score sheets from the games. Then we just act as if we were playing the games against each other to begin with.
So, we need to come up with the plan on how we're going to do it all. It's probably going to be pointless to try to get everyone to dive on the same day or weekend, so should we give a couple weeks' time? How about declaring a month for the "tournament"? (Are too many sites still closed in March? Perhaps April?)
Once the score sheets are in, how will the "competition" part of it go? Top score? Randomly-drawn head-to-head battles, with won/lost percentage deciding? A playoff bracket system? All of the above? (Why not give away a bunch of unrelated winners, after all?)
As far as submitting the score sheets online, I've actually already got that ready. The "ISOSAD: Yacht (Sea Dice) Tournament -- Score Sheet Submission System" is up and ready for anyone to goof off with, should anyone want to. The process is simple. For each game:
- Fill in the player and scores.
- Submit the score sheet.
- Note the "Game ID" from the receipt.
- Post the Game ID and player in the thread.
So, what say ye? Shall we gather our sea dice to play a Yacht tournament? It ought to be quite fun, and it's certainly less logistically complex as the [thread=212110]ISOSAD: Monopoly Challenge[/thread]. :biggrin: