Sadly, no picture of the box. I opened it assuming it was something I had ordered from Amazon. and opened it before I took a picture of it's boxy amazon-ess.
Fortunately, the contents of the box were wrapped, so it's time to put the Christmas tribble to work.
There's a note that's of interest.
Gift 3 of 5:
Thing better
And a conundrum.
Do I open the present? Do I wait for the other packages and open them together?
Do I trust the Christmas tribble with it's x-acto knife when my back is turned?
Yesterday, another box arrived from Amazon, this time I correctly deduced that it was a gift (the label saying "Gift Inside" was a great tipoff). I took pictures yesterday, but misplaced the USB cord for my phone. A quick trip to WalMart to buy a new one means I can put the pictures up now (and that I'll be finding my old cable sometime in the next 25 minutes).
As usual, it's time to put the tribble to work.
It's understandably frustrated by my failure to open the previous package so far, but I'm sticking to my guns on this one Santa, and the tribble is sticking to the knife. Don't anger the tribble.
But the labels say there are 5 boxes coming, I'm waiting for 5 boxes.
And the four boxes that have arrived:
In case my potato phone camera or the rush Paint job to reduce the size has rendered them unreadable, the labels present a full question:
What is
The only
Thing better
Than spaceships?
Just to follow up to my post, I've now read about 3/4s of the cookbook and took the salt block out to view it in all it's glory! It's so majestic!
[img][/img]
In addition, I've received an unexpected package containing a full set of solid metal gaming dice. I only assume these are from my Santa because I don't know of anyone else who ordered me things! The picture below does NOT do them justice..these things are solid and could be used as a weapon in a pinch! I can't wait to murder some orcs with them!
For the salt block thing, can you use an electric stove?
Apparently you can, but they suggest you use a metal ring of some kind to prevent direct contact with the heating element. Explosions may ensue if you don't. I have a gas grill and gas stove-top, though. I tried it tonight, btw, on a pork loin I had gotten for something else. It was amazing! Now I want to try beef flank steak or try searing tuna on it.
So I came home to this lovely package today! I opened it up...
Yaay! I know I didn't provide a lot of direction at all and am difficult to stalk because I am legit never on. I also heard through the grapevine that your little arrival came a lot sooner than anticipated(as I'm sitting here desperately wanting mine to pop out IMMEDIATELY), so finding something that combined cooking(which I LOVE) with Harry Potter(which I MEGA-LOVE) was a win-win! It was an awesome and thoughtful gift to get. Thanks @anoffday!
For the salt block thing, can you use an electric stove?
Apparently you can, but they suggest you use a metal ring of some kind to prevent direct contact with the heating element. Explosions may ensue if you don't. I have a gas grill and gas stove-top, though. I tried it tonight, btw, on a pork loin I had gotten for something else. It was amazing! Now I want to try beef flank steak or try searing tuna on it.
So this is a thing you put on a burner like a pot, and cook steaks on it?! My mind can't comprehend what you are doing with salt.
For the salt block thing, can you use an electric stove?
Apparently you can, but they suggest you use a metal ring of some kind to prevent direct contact with the heating element. Explosions may ensue if you don't. I have a gas grill and gas stove-top, though. I tried it tonight, btw, on a pork loin I had gotten for something else. It was amazing! Now I want to try beef flank steak or try searing tuna on it.
So this is a thing you put on a burner like a pot, and cook steaks on it?! My mind can't comprehend what you are doing with salt.
I'm with you, this just sounds so odd to me. I'm curious though, is it just meat? My is a vegetarian, so is it something that is useful?
Salt Blocks are so so sooo good to sear Tuna, Steak, or really any other Protein on. They aren't so good with the Vege's unless you like a good Crispness to them
We used to have a place called "Steak on a Stone" near us...you would cook your steak on a stone that they would heat up and place at your table, you could also opt for the Salt Blocks
After some research, I'm way too lazy for a salt block, but they sound very neat and sounds like they taste delicious. I never would have thought you could heat salt to such high temperatures and cook on it.
+3
lwt1973King of ThievesSyndicationRegistered Userregular
Yesterday, my wife saw that we got a package from Amazon and was a little confused as we didn't order anything recently so she called me to see what was up. I explained to her what was going on but after dinner at night we had a recital to go to and then we had to put the kids to bed so, here's the late report.
It's true that I don't have a lot of kid games though they do love it when I bring out Shadows of Camelot. This will be a lot of fun to play with them.
Lego is always a big hit and we didn't have any Minecraft lego.
The kids have already divided up the figures amongst themselves.
Finally, my wife was quite pleased with this and went through the cookbook during the night, making notes on things she will want to cook later.
Overall, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU to this mystery Santa. My kids love it. I love it. And my wife loves it. I'll post lots o' photos when the Lego is up and running as well as when my wife cooks. Your generosity is amazing and astounding.
So I came home to this lovely package today! I opened it up...
Yaay! I know I didn't provide a lot of direction at all and am difficult to stalk because I am legit never on. I also heard through the grapevine that your little arrival came a lot sooner than anticipated(as I'm sitting here desperately wanting mine to pop out IMMEDIATELY), so finding something that combined cooking(which I LOVE) with Harry Potter(which I MEGA-LOVE) was a win-win! It was an awesome and thoughtful gift to get. Thanks @anoffday!
Glad you like it @ihaveachair there should be more on the way. Amazon must have split it up.
Salt Blocks are so so sooo good to sear Tuna, Steak, or really any other Protein on. They aren't so good with the Vege's unless you like a good Crispness to them
We used to have a place called "Steak on a Stone" near us...you would cook your steak on a stone that they would heat up and place at your table, you could also opt for the Salt Blocks
So, you say protein. . . Tofu? It can be hard to get a good crisp edge on tofu sometimes.
So if you are a santee and get a gift, but don't know who it is from, how long do you wait before you ask? Alternatively, if you are a santa, and the santee doesn't know who you are how long do you wait?
Salt Blocks are so so sooo good to sear Tuna, Steak, or really any other Protein on. They aren't so good with the Vege's unless you like a good Crispness to them
We used to have a place called "Steak on a Stone" near us...you would cook your steak on a stone that they would heat up and place at your table, you could also opt for the Salt Blocks
So, you say protein. . . Tofu? It can be hard to get a good crisp edge on tofu sometimes.
I don't consider Tofu to even be a real thing. But if it were to be a real thing, i would think yes it can get a good crust when it's heated properly Not as good a crust a plain ol' Skillet though!
Salt Blocks are so so sooo good to sear Tuna, Steak, or really any other Protein on. They aren't so good with the Vege's unless you like a good Crispness to them
We used to have a place called "Steak on a Stone" near us...you would cook your steak on a stone that they would heat up and place at your table, you could also opt for the Salt Blocks
So, you say protein. . . Tofu? It can be hard to get a good crisp edge on tofu sometimes.
So if you are a santee and get a gift, but don't know who it is from, how long do you wait before you ask? Alternatively, if you are a santa, and the santee doesn't know who you are how long do you wait?
I still don't know who my Santa was last year. I'll have to go look at the 2014 wall, maybe it's on there.
Yesterday, my wife saw that we got a package from Amazon and was a little confused as we didn't order anything recently so she called me to see what was up. I explained to her what was going on but after dinner at night we had a recital to go to and then we had to put the kids to bed so, here's the late report.
It's true that I don't have a lot of kid games though they do love it when I bring out Shadows of Camelot. This will be a lot of fun to play with them.
Lego is always a big hit and we didn't have any Minecraft lego.
The kids have already divided up the figures amongst themselves.
Finally, my wife was quite pleased with this and went through the cookbook during the night, making notes on things she will want to cook later.
Overall, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU to this mystery Santa. My kids love it. I love it. And my wife loves it. I'll post lots o' photos when the Lego is up and running as well as when my wife cooks. Your generosity is amazing and astounding.
It was I!
I was starting to worry that I had entered the address wrong, since USPS was just sending the package back and forth between different cities. So I'm glad it arrived :biggrin:
I have no idea if any og the recipies in cookbook are any good. Actually I have no idea if they resemble Nordic breakfast at all. I just choose this pan because it had a recipie for Æbleskiver included, and that was the most important part. I'm really looking forward to hearing about your experiences, but dont be discouraged if they get super ugly the først time. It takes a bit og practise to get them perfectly round.
Hello again, jolly ones!
Just a friendly reminder that Proxy is happy to deliver any and all messages, the only info Proxy needs is who the message is for and a message to be used verbatim. Proxy has small elf fingers and does his best work via keyboard shortcut (Proxy likes Control, as well as the letters C and V!).
HAPPY ARCADEMAS ONE AND ALL!
HAPPY CHRISTMAS!!
Spreading Christmas cheer across the forums since 2009!
Salt Blocks are so so sooo good to sear Tuna, Steak, or really any other Protein on. They aren't so good with the Vege's unless you like a good Crispness to them
We used to have a place called "Steak on a Stone" near us...you would cook your steak on a stone that they would heat up and place at your table, you could also opt for the Salt Blocks
So, you say protein. . . Tofu? It can be hard to get a good crisp edge on tofu sometimes.
So if you are a santee and get a gift, but don't know who it is from, how long do you wait before you ask? Alternatively, if you are a santa, and the santee doesn't know who you are how long do you wait?
I still don't know who my Santa was last year. I'll have to go look at the 2014 wall, maybe it's on there.
Ok, than I won't worry. I just don't want to commit a SS G&T fax pas (I looked this up, I am used to slang fopa. I wanted to be edumecated.)
Hachi Hachi (88) is a three player game and apparently was the method most often used for gambling. It's a bit harder to find the rules for it, and I was never able to get someone to translate the Japanese rules included in my Nintendo set. It's a bit ugly, but here's a copy-paste from the archived site: (https://web.archive.org/web/20080930214656/http://hanafubuki.org/hachihachi.html)
Number of Players: 3 (for 2 player rules, see below)
Cards Used: 1 full deck of 48 cards
Game Length: 12 rounds
Goal: To form captured hands and capture high scoring cards
The dealer deals 7 cards to each player and 6 cards to the field. The deck is placed in the middle of the field.
Here's an example of a Hachi-Hachi starting position with the 3 players' hands, the field and the deck:
Each round's scoring is affected by the initial cards in the field. This change in scoring affects all point values (including the cost of folding). There are 3 kinds of fields. The kinds of fields, their conditions, and their affects on scoring is as follows:
Small Field
小場
There are no lights in the field
Points are as normal
Large Field
大場
The Pine, Sakura, or Moon cards are in the field
Points are doubled
Grand Field
絶場
The Rain or Phoenix cards are in the field
Points are quadrupled
If there are 2 lights in the field, the higher field is put into affect. If there are 2 lights of the same field value (such as Rain and Phoenix), the next round's field is the same kind as that of the current round.
Once the players have their hands they need to check them for any dealt hands they may have received. There are 47 dealt hands in Hachi-Hachi which can be a little intimidating. In fact, there are only 12 basic hands; the rest of the hands are combinations of those 12. You can only have one dealt hand from the list; they don't stack. Here is a list of each hand's name, contents, and point value:
The Basic 12
Three (三本)
You have 3 cards from the same month
24 points
Standing Three (立三本)
You have 3 cards from April, May, or July,
or the 3 dregs from December.
36 points
Red (赤)
You have 2 poetry slips and 5 dregs.
36 points
One Slip (短一)
You have 1 poetry slip and 6 dregs.
36 points
One Ten (十一)
You have 1 animal card and 6 dregs.
36 points
Wither (からす)
You have 7 dregs.
48 points
One Light (光一)
You have 1 light and 6 dregs.
48 points
Lead (喰付)
You have 3 pairs (2 cards from the same month).
48 points
Four (手四)
You have 4 cards from the same month.
72 points
Haneken
You have 3 cards from the same month and 2 pairs.
84 points
Four Two One
You have 4 cards from the same month and 1 pair.
96 points
Four Three
4 cards from the same month and 3 cards from another month
240 points
The 35 Combinations
Red Three
'Three' and 'Red'
60 points
One Slip Three
'One Slip' and 'Three'
60 points
One Ten Three
'One Ten' and 'Three'
60 points
One Light Three
'One Light' and 'Three'
72 points
Wither Three
'Wither' and 'Three'
72 points
Two Three
Two 'Three' hands
72 points
Red Standing Three
'Red' and 'Standing Three'
72 points
One Slip Standing Three
'One Slip' and 'Standing Three'
72 points
One Ten Standing Three
'One Ten' and 'Standing Three'
72 points
Wither Standing Three
'Wither' and 'Standing Three'
84 points
Two Standing Threes
Two 'Standing Three' hands
96 points
Red Lead
'Red' and 'Lead'
84 points
One Slip Lead
'One Slip' and 'Lead'
84 points
One Ten Lead
'One Ten' and 'Lead'
84 points
Wither Lead
'Wither' and 'Lead'
96 points
One Light Lead
'One Light' and 'Lead'
96 points
Red Four
'Red' and 'Four'
108 points
One Slip Four
'One Slip' and 'Four'
108 points
One Ten Four
'One Ten' and 'Four'
108 points
Wither Four
'Wither' and 'Four'
120 points
One Light Four
'One Light' and 'Four'
120 points
Red Haneken
'Red' and 'Haneken'
120 points
One Slip Haneken
'One Slip' and 'Haneken'
120 points
One Ten Haneken
'One Ten' and 'Haneken'
120 points
Wither Haneken
'Wither' and 'Haneken'
132 points
One Light Haneken
'One Light' and 'Haneken'
132 points
Red Four Two One
'Red' and 'Four Two One'
132 points
One Slip Four Two One
'One Slip' and 'Four Two One'
132 points
One Ten Four Two One
'One Ten' and 'Four Two One'
132 points
Wither Four Two One
'Wither' and 'Four Two One'
144 points
One Light Four Two One
'One Light' and 'Four Two One'
144 points
One Slip Four Three
'One Slip' and 'Four Three'
276 points
One Ten Four Three
'One Ten' and 'Four Three'
276 points
Wither Four Three
'Wither' and 'Four Three'
288 points
One Light Four Three
'One Light' and 'Four Three'
288 points
Note: the Japanese use two counters for scoring Hachi-Hachi, one worth 12 points and the other 1. All of the above are multiples of 12. You might come across that scoring system if you use Japanese software.
If a player has a dealt hand, the points listed above are the amount they receive from each other player, so the points are effectively doubled. It is possible for all three players to have dealt hands, in which case scorekeeping can get a little complicated. In order to claim a dealt hand, a player must show the relevant cards to the other players.
Once dealt hands have been scored, play begins. Starting with the dealer and continuing in a counter-clockwise direction, each player captures cards (as described in the General Rules).
Once a player has formed a captured hand they have to decide whether or not to end the round. If they decide to end the round they receive the point value of their captured hands from the other players and become the dealer for the next round. If the player does not wish to end the round they announce 'Sage'. If a player chooses 'Sage', the game continues as before. 'Sage' is a way for a player to bet that he can form a new captured hand before his opponents can form a hand. If the player succesfully forms a new hand before his opponents do he does not gain any bonus points for doing so. If the round ends because all of the cards have been captured and the player has not been successful in his attempt he must pay half the value of his captured hand to each player. So, if he had an 84 point hand he would pay 42 points to each of the other players. If the player is not successful because another player successfully forms a hand, the player must pay all of the points for that new hand. The third player does not have to pay any points.
Once dealt hands have been scored, play begins. Starting with the dealer and continuing in a counter-clockwise direction, each player captures cards (as described in the General Rules). The round ends once all players have run out of cards or a player has formed a captured hand.
There is a special rule regarding forming a captured hand. If a player forms the 'Red Poems', 'Blue Poems', or 'Four Lights' hand, and they form the hand using a card played by another player into the field, and that player had more than 1 card in their hand at the time they played it, the player who played that card must pay the full cost of the captured hand.
Captured Hands
Five Lights
五光
144 points
Four Lights
四光
120 points
The above hands are mutually exclusive.
Blue Poems
青タン
84 points
Red Poems
赤タン
84 points
Seven Poems
七タン
120 point
Any 7 poetry slips other than the November slip can be used.
If no players have formed any captured hands and none of the players have any cards remaining in their hands, the players add up the total value of the cards they have captured using the standard points. They then subtract 88 points from that total and multiply by the field multiplier. For example, if a player ends a round with 4 animals, 4 slips, 7 dregs, and the Curtain card in a Grand Field round, they would score 81 points (1x20, 4x10, 4x5, 7x1) minus 88 (for a subtotal of -7) multiplied by 4 for a total of -28 points. That is the player's score for the round.
There are five special captured hands that only come into play now, while adding up the value of the captured cards. If a player has one of these hands, they receive the points listed in the chart below from each of the other players. The other players do not receive any points for their captured cards. Also, if one of these hands have been formed, all points gained by any players from dealt hands must be returned. The special hands are:
Special Captured Hands
All 8's
総八
All 3 players capture 88 points of cards each.
The dealer collects these points.
120 points
Double 8's
二八
The player's total after subtracting 88 points is 80 points or higher (before multiplying)
120 points
Simple 16
素十六
The player has captured 16 or more dregs cards
144 points
Note: each additional dregs card is worth 24 points.
Diving
飛び込み
The player had the 'Three' or 'Standing Three' dealt hand and captures those three cards
12 points
Escape
抜け役
The player had the 'Red', 'One Slip', 'One Ten', or 'Wither' dealt hand and captured 89 points or more of cards
12 points
Scoring Example
The following example shows all of the scoring that is involved in one round of Hachi-Hachi.
Field : Grand Field (x4)
Subscore A : Dealt Hands
Player A - 'Standing Three' (36)
Player B - None
Player C - 'Three' (24)
Player A receives 36x4 points from each player (x4 because of the grand field), and pays 24x4 to Player C
Player B pays 36x4 points to Player A and 24x4 points to Player B
Player C receives 24x4 points from each player and pays 36x4 points to Player A
A : 192
B : -240
C : 48
Subscore B : Captured Hands
Player A - 'Diving' (12)
Player B - None
Player C - None
Player A receives 12x4 points from each player
Player B pays 12x4 points to Player A
Player C pays 12x4 points to Player A
A : 96
B : -48
C : -48
Subscore C : Captured Cards:
Player A - 68 points
Player B - 125 points
Player C - 71 points
A : -80 (68 - 88) x 4
B : 148 (125 - 88) x 4
C : -68 (71 - 88) x 4
Total:
Player A : 208 (192 + 96 - 80)
Player B : -140 (-240 - 48 + 148)
Player C : -68 (48 - 48 - 68)
2-Player Hachi-Hachi
Hachi-Hachi for 2 players is essentially the same as above. The only differences are that the special captured hands are not used, and when calculating a player's score for a round in which no captured hands have been formed, the players add the total value of their cards and compare them. The player with the lower value cards pays the winner the difference. So, if one player's cards are worth 53 points and the other player's cards are worth 60 points in a large field round, the first player scores 13 points for the round.
I've never been able to convince people to learn and play hachi-hachi with me, but I've played a few games of koi-koi and it's a neat and deeper game than it first appears.
Hachi Hachi (88) is a three player game and apparently was the method most often used for gambling. It's a bit harder to find the rules for it, and I was never able to get someone to translate the Japanese rules included in my Nintendo set. It's a bit ugly, but here's a copy-paste from the archived site: (https://web.archive.org/web/20080930214656/http://hanafubuki.org/hachihachi.html)
Number of Players: 3 (for 2 player rules, see below)
Cards Used: 1 full deck of 48 cards
Game Length: 12 rounds
Goal: To form captured hands and capture high scoring cards
The dealer deals 7 cards to each player and 6 cards to the field. The deck is placed in the middle of the field.
Here's an example of a Hachi-Hachi starting position with the 3 players' hands, the field and the deck:
Each round's scoring is affected by the initial cards in the field. This change in scoring affects all point values (including the cost of folding). There are 3 kinds of fields. The kinds of fields, their conditions, and their affects on scoring is as follows:
Small Field
小場
There are no lights in the field
Points are as normal
Large Field
大場
The Pine, Sakura, or Moon cards are in the field
Points are doubled
Grand Field
絶場
The Rain or Phoenix cards are in the field
Points are quadrupled
If there are 2 lights in the field, the higher field is put into affect. If there are 2 lights of the same field value (such as Rain and Phoenix), the next round's field is the same kind as that of the current round.
Once the players have their hands they need to check them for any dealt hands they may have received. There are 47 dealt hands in Hachi-Hachi which can be a little intimidating. In fact, there are only 12 basic hands; the rest of the hands are combinations of those 12. You can only have one dealt hand from the list; they don't stack. Here is a list of each hand's name, contents, and point value:
The Basic 12
Three (三本)
You have 3 cards from the same month
24 points
Standing Three (立三本)
You have 3 cards from April, May, or July,
or the 3 dregs from December.
36 points
Red (赤)
You have 2 poetry slips and 5 dregs.
36 points
One Slip (短一)
You have 1 poetry slip and 6 dregs.
36 points
One Ten (十一)
You have 1 animal card and 6 dregs.
36 points
Wither (からす)
You have 7 dregs.
48 points
One Light (光一)
You have 1 light and 6 dregs.
48 points
Lead (喰付)
You have 3 pairs (2 cards from the same month).
48 points
Four (手四)
You have 4 cards from the same month.
72 points
Haneken
You have 3 cards from the same month and 2 pairs.
84 points
Four Two One
You have 4 cards from the same month and 1 pair.
96 points
Four Three
4 cards from the same month and 3 cards from another month
240 points
The 35 Combinations
Red Three
'Three' and 'Red'
60 points
One Slip Three
'One Slip' and 'Three'
60 points
One Ten Three
'One Ten' and 'Three'
60 points
One Light Three
'One Light' and 'Three'
72 points
Wither Three
'Wither' and 'Three'
72 points
Two Three
Two 'Three' hands
72 points
Red Standing Three
'Red' and 'Standing Three'
72 points
One Slip Standing Three
'One Slip' and 'Standing Three'
72 points
One Ten Standing Three
'One Ten' and 'Standing Three'
72 points
Wither Standing Three
'Wither' and 'Standing Three'
84 points
Two Standing Threes
Two 'Standing Three' hands
96 points
Red Lead
'Red' and 'Lead'
84 points
One Slip Lead
'One Slip' and 'Lead'
84 points
One Ten Lead
'One Ten' and 'Lead'
84 points
Wither Lead
'Wither' and 'Lead'
96 points
One Light Lead
'One Light' and 'Lead'
96 points
Red Four
'Red' and 'Four'
108 points
One Slip Four
'One Slip' and 'Four'
108 points
One Ten Four
'One Ten' and 'Four'
108 points
Wither Four
'Wither' and 'Four'
120 points
One Light Four
'One Light' and 'Four'
120 points
Red Haneken
'Red' and 'Haneken'
120 points
One Slip Haneken
'One Slip' and 'Haneken'
120 points
One Ten Haneken
'One Ten' and 'Haneken'
120 points
Wither Haneken
'Wither' and 'Haneken'
132 points
One Light Haneken
'One Light' and 'Haneken'
132 points
Red Four Two One
'Red' and 'Four Two One'
132 points
One Slip Four Two One
'One Slip' and 'Four Two One'
132 points
One Ten Four Two One
'One Ten' and 'Four Two One'
132 points
Wither Four Two One
'Wither' and 'Four Two One'
144 points
One Light Four Two One
'One Light' and 'Four Two One'
144 points
One Slip Four Three
'One Slip' and 'Four Three'
276 points
One Ten Four Three
'One Ten' and 'Four Three'
276 points
Wither Four Three
'Wither' and 'Four Three'
288 points
One Light Four Three
'One Light' and 'Four Three'
288 points
Note: the Japanese use two counters for scoring Hachi-Hachi, one worth 12 points and the other 1. All of the above are multiples of 12. You might come across that scoring system if you use Japanese software.
If a player has a dealt hand, the points listed above are the amount they receive from each other player, so the points are effectively doubled. It is possible for all three players to have dealt hands, in which case scorekeeping can get a little complicated. In order to claim a dealt hand, a player must show the relevant cards to the other players.
Once dealt hands have been scored, play begins. Starting with the dealer and continuing in a counter-clockwise direction, each player captures cards (as described in the General Rules).
Once a player has formed a captured hand they have to decide whether or not to end the round. If they decide to end the round they receive the point value of their captured hands from the other players and become the dealer for the next round. If the player does not wish to end the round they announce 'Sage'. If a player chooses 'Sage', the game continues as before. 'Sage' is a way for a player to bet that he can form a new captured hand before his opponents can form a hand. If the player succesfully forms a new hand before his opponents do he does not gain any bonus points for doing so. If the round ends because all of the cards have been captured and the player has not been successful in his attempt he must pay half the value of his captured hand to each player. So, if he had an 84 point hand he would pay 42 points to each of the other players. If the player is not successful because another player successfully forms a hand, the player must pay all of the points for that new hand. The third player does not have to pay any points.
Once dealt hands have been scored, play begins. Starting with the dealer and continuing in a counter-clockwise direction, each player captures cards (as described in the General Rules). The round ends once all players have run out of cards or a player has formed a captured hand.
There is a special rule regarding forming a captured hand. If a player forms the 'Red Poems', 'Blue Poems', or 'Four Lights' hand, and they form the hand using a card played by another player into the field, and that player had more than 1 card in their hand at the time they played it, the player who played that card must pay the full cost of the captured hand.
Captured Hands
Five Lights
五光
144 points
Four Lights
四光
120 points
The above hands are mutually exclusive.
Blue Poems
青タン
84 points
Red Poems
赤タン
84 points
Seven Poems
七タン
120 point
Any 7 poetry slips other than the November slip can be used.
If no players have formed any captured hands and none of the players have any cards remaining in their hands, the players add up the total value of the cards they have captured using the standard points. They then subtract 88 points from that total and multiply by the field multiplier. For example, if a player ends a round with 4 animals, 4 slips, 7 dregs, and the Curtain card in a Grand Field round, they would score 81 points (1x20, 4x10, 4x5, 7x1) minus 88 (for a subtotal of -7) multiplied by 4 for a total of -28 points. That is the player's score for the round.
There are five special captured hands that only come into play now, while adding up the value of the captured cards. If a player has one of these hands, they receive the points listed in the chart below from each of the other players. The other players do not receive any points for their captured cards. Also, if one of these hands have been formed, all points gained by any players from dealt hands must be returned. The special hands are:
Special Captured Hands
All 8's
総八
All 3 players capture 88 points of cards each.
The dealer collects these points.
120 points
Double 8's
二八
The player's total after subtracting 88 points is 80 points or higher (before multiplying)
120 points
Simple 16
素十六
The player has captured 16 or more dregs cards
144 points
Note: each additional dregs card is worth 24 points.
Diving
飛び込み
The player had the 'Three' or 'Standing Three' dealt hand and captures those three cards
12 points
Escape
抜け役
The player had the 'Red', 'One Slip', 'One Ten', or 'Wither' dealt hand and captured 89 points or more of cards
12 points
Scoring Example
The following example shows all of the scoring that is involved in one round of Hachi-Hachi.
Field : Grand Field (x4)
Subscore A : Dealt Hands
Player A - 'Standing Three' (36)
Player B - None
Player C - 'Three' (24)
Player A receives 36x4 points from each player (x4 because of the grand field), and pays 24x4 to Player C
Player B pays 36x4 points to Player A and 24x4 points to Player B
Player C receives 24x4 points from each player and pays 36x4 points to Player A
A : 192
B : -240
C : 48
Subscore B : Captured Hands
Player A - 'Diving' (12)
Player B - None
Player C - None
Player A receives 12x4 points from each player
Player B pays 12x4 points to Player A
Player C pays 12x4 points to Player A
A : 96
B : -48
C : -48
Subscore C : Captured Cards:
Player A - 68 points
Player B - 125 points
Player C - 71 points
A : -80 (68 - 88) x 4
B : 148 (125 - 88) x 4
C : -68 (71 - 88) x 4
Total:
Player A : 208 (192 + 96 - 80)
Player B : -140 (-240 - 48 + 148)
Player C : -68 (48 - 48 - 68)
2-Player Hachi-Hachi
Hachi-Hachi for 2 players is essentially the same as above. The only differences are that the special captured hands are not used, and when calculating a player's score for a round in which no captured hands have been formed, the players add the total value of their cards and compare them. The player with the lower value cards pays the winner the difference. So, if one player's cards are worth 53 points and the other player's cards are worth 60 points in a large field round, the first player scores 13 points for the round.
I've never been able to convince people to learn and play hachi-hachi with me, but I've played a few games of koi-koi and it's a neat and deeper game than it first appears.
I was secretly hoping you did not forget! Thanks! :biggrin:
I know that I put this in my note to you BUT I live in an apartment complex and neither my husband nor I are home during the day. If you are shipping to me please include a tracking number to me via our Elf Friend Proxy so we can know when things are getting to us. Otherwise someone else may get the Christmas Cheer you are sending.
Switch SW-5832-5050-0149
PSN Hypacia
Xbox HypaciaMinnow
Discord Hypacia#0391
Hachi Hachi (88) is a three player game and apparently was the method most often used for gambling. It's a bit harder to find the rules for it, and I was never able to get someone to translate the Japanese rules included in my Nintendo set. It's a bit ugly, but here's a copy-paste from the archived site: (https://web.archive.org/web/20080930214656/http://hanafubuki.org/hachihachi.html)
Number of Players: 3 (for 2 player rules, see below)
Cards Used: 1 full deck of 48 cards
Game Length: 12 rounds
Goal: To form captured hands and capture high scoring cards
The dealer deals 7 cards to each player and 6 cards to the field. The deck is placed in the middle of the field.
Here's an example of a Hachi-Hachi starting position with the 3 players' hands, the field and the deck:
Each round's scoring is affected by the initial cards in the field. This change in scoring affects all point values (including the cost of folding). There are 3 kinds of fields. The kinds of fields, their conditions, and their affects on scoring is as follows:
Small Field
小場
There are no lights in the field
Points are as normal
Large Field
大場
The Pine, Sakura, or Moon cards are in the field
Points are doubled
Grand Field
絶場
The Rain or Phoenix cards are in the field
Points are quadrupled
If there are 2 lights in the field, the higher field is put into affect. If there are 2 lights of the same field value (such as Rain and Phoenix), the next round's field is the same kind as that of the current round.
Once the players have their hands they need to check them for any dealt hands they may have received. There are 47 dealt hands in Hachi-Hachi which can be a little intimidating. In fact, there are only 12 basic hands; the rest of the hands are combinations of those 12. You can only have one dealt hand from the list; they don't stack. Here is a list of each hand's name, contents, and point value:
The Basic 12
Three (三本)
You have 3 cards from the same month
24 points
Standing Three (立三本)
You have 3 cards from April, May, or July,
or the 3 dregs from December.
36 points
Red (赤)
You have 2 poetry slips and 5 dregs.
36 points
One Slip (短一)
You have 1 poetry slip and 6 dregs.
36 points
One Ten (十一)
You have 1 animal card and 6 dregs.
36 points
Wither (からす)
You have 7 dregs.
48 points
One Light (光一)
You have 1 light and 6 dregs.
48 points
Lead (喰付)
You have 3 pairs (2 cards from the same month).
48 points
Four (手四)
You have 4 cards from the same month.
72 points
Haneken
You have 3 cards from the same month and 2 pairs.
84 points
Four Two One
You have 4 cards from the same month and 1 pair.
96 points
Four Three
4 cards from the same month and 3 cards from another month
240 points
The 35 Combinations
Red Three
'Three' and 'Red'
60 points
One Slip Three
'One Slip' and 'Three'
60 points
One Ten Three
'One Ten' and 'Three'
60 points
One Light Three
'One Light' and 'Three'
72 points
Wither Three
'Wither' and 'Three'
72 points
Two Three
Two 'Three' hands
72 points
Red Standing Three
'Red' and 'Standing Three'
72 points
One Slip Standing Three
'One Slip' and 'Standing Three'
72 points
One Ten Standing Three
'One Ten' and 'Standing Three'
72 points
Wither Standing Three
'Wither' and 'Standing Three'
84 points
Two Standing Threes
Two 'Standing Three' hands
96 points
Red Lead
'Red' and 'Lead'
84 points
One Slip Lead
'One Slip' and 'Lead'
84 points
One Ten Lead
'One Ten' and 'Lead'
84 points
Wither Lead
'Wither' and 'Lead'
96 points
One Light Lead
'One Light' and 'Lead'
96 points
Red Four
'Red' and 'Four'
108 points
One Slip Four
'One Slip' and 'Four'
108 points
One Ten Four
'One Ten' and 'Four'
108 points
Wither Four
'Wither' and 'Four'
120 points
One Light Four
'One Light' and 'Four'
120 points
Red Haneken
'Red' and 'Haneken'
120 points
One Slip Haneken
'One Slip' and 'Haneken'
120 points
One Ten Haneken
'One Ten' and 'Haneken'
120 points
Wither Haneken
'Wither' and 'Haneken'
132 points
One Light Haneken
'One Light' and 'Haneken'
132 points
Red Four Two One
'Red' and 'Four Two One'
132 points
One Slip Four Two One
'One Slip' and 'Four Two One'
132 points
One Ten Four Two One
'One Ten' and 'Four Two One'
132 points
Wither Four Two One
'Wither' and 'Four Two One'
144 points
One Light Four Two One
'One Light' and 'Four Two One'
144 points
One Slip Four Three
'One Slip' and 'Four Three'
276 points
One Ten Four Three
'One Ten' and 'Four Three'
276 points
Wither Four Three
'Wither' and 'Four Three'
288 points
One Light Four Three
'One Light' and 'Four Three'
288 points
Note: the Japanese use two counters for scoring Hachi-Hachi, one worth 12 points and the other 1. All of the above are multiples of 12. You might come across that scoring system if you use Japanese software.
If a player has a dealt hand, the points listed above are the amount they receive from each other player, so the points are effectively doubled. It is possible for all three players to have dealt hands, in which case scorekeeping can get a little complicated. In order to claim a dealt hand, a player must show the relevant cards to the other players.
Once dealt hands have been scored, play begins. Starting with the dealer and continuing in a counter-clockwise direction, each player captures cards (as described in the General Rules).
Once a player has formed a captured hand they have to decide whether or not to end the round. If they decide to end the round they receive the point value of their captured hands from the other players and become the dealer for the next round. If the player does not wish to end the round they announce 'Sage'. If a player chooses 'Sage', the game continues as before. 'Sage' is a way for a player to bet that he can form a new captured hand before his opponents can form a hand. If the player succesfully forms a new hand before his opponents do he does not gain any bonus points for doing so. If the round ends because all of the cards have been captured and the player has not been successful in his attempt he must pay half the value of his captured hand to each player. So, if he had an 84 point hand he would pay 42 points to each of the other players. If the player is not successful because another player successfully forms a hand, the player must pay all of the points for that new hand. The third player does not have to pay any points.
Once dealt hands have been scored, play begins. Starting with the dealer and continuing in a counter-clockwise direction, each player captures cards (as described in the General Rules). The round ends once all players have run out of cards or a player has formed a captured hand.
There is a special rule regarding forming a captured hand. If a player forms the 'Red Poems', 'Blue Poems', or 'Four Lights' hand, and they form the hand using a card played by another player into the field, and that player had more than 1 card in their hand at the time they played it, the player who played that card must pay the full cost of the captured hand.
Captured Hands
Five Lights
五光
144 points
Four Lights
四光
120 points
The above hands are mutually exclusive.
Blue Poems
青タン
84 points
Red Poems
赤タン
84 points
Seven Poems
七タン
120 point
Any 7 poetry slips other than the November slip can be used.
If no players have formed any captured hands and none of the players have any cards remaining in their hands, the players add up the total value of the cards they have captured using the standard points. They then subtract 88 points from that total and multiply by the field multiplier. For example, if a player ends a round with 4 animals, 4 slips, 7 dregs, and the Curtain card in a Grand Field round, they would score 81 points (1x20, 4x10, 4x5, 7x1) minus 88 (for a subtotal of -7) multiplied by 4 for a total of -28 points. That is the player's score for the round.
There are five special captured hands that only come into play now, while adding up the value of the captured cards. If a player has one of these hands, they receive the points listed in the chart below from each of the other players. The other players do not receive any points for their captured cards. Also, if one of these hands have been formed, all points gained by any players from dealt hands must be returned. The special hands are:
Special Captured Hands
All 8's
総八
All 3 players capture 88 points of cards each.
The dealer collects these points.
120 points
Double 8's
二八
The player's total after subtracting 88 points is 80 points or higher (before multiplying)
120 points
Simple 16
素十六
The player has captured 16 or more dregs cards
144 points
Note: each additional dregs card is worth 24 points.
Diving
飛び込み
The player had the 'Three' or 'Standing Three' dealt hand and captures those three cards
12 points
Escape
抜け役
The player had the 'Red', 'One Slip', 'One Ten', or 'Wither' dealt hand and captured 89 points or more of cards
12 points
Scoring Example
The following example shows all of the scoring that is involved in one round of Hachi-Hachi.
Field : Grand Field (x4)
Subscore A : Dealt Hands
Player A - 'Standing Three' (36)
Player B - None
Player C - 'Three' (24)
Player A receives 36x4 points from each player (x4 because of the grand field), and pays 24x4 to Player C
Player B pays 36x4 points to Player A and 24x4 points to Player B
Player C receives 24x4 points from each player and pays 36x4 points to Player A
A : 192
B : -240
C : 48
Subscore B : Captured Hands
Player A - 'Diving' (12)
Player B - None
Player C - None
Player A receives 12x4 points from each player
Player B pays 12x4 points to Player A
Player C pays 12x4 points to Player A
A : 96
B : -48
C : -48
Subscore C : Captured Cards:
Player A - 68 points
Player B - 125 points
Player C - 71 points
A : -80 (68 - 88) x 4
B : 148 (125 - 88) x 4
C : -68 (71 - 88) x 4
Total:
Player A : 208 (192 + 96 - 80)
Player B : -140 (-240 - 48 + 148)
Player C : -68 (48 - 48 - 68)
2-Player Hachi-Hachi
Hachi-Hachi for 2 players is essentially the same as above. The only differences are that the special captured hands are not used, and when calculating a player's score for a round in which no captured hands have been formed, the players add the total value of their cards and compare them. The player with the lower value cards pays the winner the difference. So, if one player's cards are worth 53 points and the other player's cards are worth 60 points in a large field round, the first player scores 13 points for the round.
I've never been able to convince people to learn and play hachi-hachi with me, but I've played a few games of koi-koi and it's a neat and deeper game than it first appears.
I was secretly hoping you did not forget! Thanks! :biggrin:
I don't know if anyone knows Japanese or knows someone who knows Japanese, but here's scans of the instructions from my set.
After some research, I'm way too lazy for a salt block, but they sound very neat and sounds like they taste delicious. I never would have thought you could heat salt to such high temperatures and cook on it.
My Santa REALLY needs to step forward after creating such a fuss with his gift! For those asking about Veggies, according to the cookbook, you can use 2 of these to make speed pickles of various types and use it for a serving plate that adds flavor. Apparently, they also make salt bowls and even salt cups(!) which they suggest you use for mixed drinks to make people drink it faster before it gets too salty! Seriously, I had no idea that a giant block of salt could do all this.
Sadly, no picture of the box. I opened it assuming it was something I had ordered from Amazon. and opened it before I took a picture of it's boxy amazon-ess.
Fortunately, the contents of the box were wrapped, so it's time to put the Christmas tribble to work.
There's a note that's of interest.
Gift 3 of 5:
Thing better
And a conundrum.
Do I open the present? Do I wait for the other packages and open them together?
Do I trust the Christmas tribble with it's x-acto knife when my back is turned?
Yesterday, another box arrived from Amazon, this time I correctly deduced that it was a gift (the label saying "Gift Inside" was a great tipoff). I took pictures yesterday, but misplaced the USB cord for my phone. A quick trip to WalMart to buy a new one means I can put the pictures up now (and that I'll be finding my old cable sometime in the next 25 minutes).
As usual, it's time to put the tribble to work.
It's understandably frustrated by my failure to open the previous package so far, but I'm sticking to my guns on this one Santa, and the tribble is sticking to the knife. Don't anger the tribble.
But the labels say there are 5 boxes coming, I'm waiting for 5 boxes.
And the four boxes that have arrived:
In case my potato phone camera or the rush Paint job to reduce the size has rendered them unreadable, the labels present a full question:
What is
The only
Thing better
Than spaceships?
And opened this time!
Getting home from work, I'm confronted by yet another box from the Amazon.
Shown here with my collection of Amazon boxes. This is what the remains of my Christmas shopping look like, because, seriously, fuck going to the stores if I can avoid it this time of year.
But, no time to open it at the time, needed to get to the gym and they've got the road I take closed down to one lane. So, I'll leave the box in the care of the Christmas tribble. Surely, it will protect the package until I return, keeping it safe from prying eyes.
Or not.
Why didn't I hide my kitchen knives? What's wrong with my brain???
Happily, the package within the box survived unscathed, for the moment.
The note:
Gift 5 of 5:
More Spaceships!
Hopefully these will aide in your quest for Intergalactic Domination.
I hope you have a Merry Christmas and a wonderful new year!
-Lost
And a group shot, 5 Amazon wrapped presents, the Christmas Tribble, and, as a special guest star, the bloody USB cord for my phone that turned up just in time for me to have already purchased and used a new one. And a Cthulhu, because it's never too early to consider who will be eaten first when the stars are right.
And that being done, it's time to unwrap. The tribble took over, and in my desperation to protect the packages from that knife wielding maniac I failed to get any pictures.
But, I did get a picture of the entire haul, along with a tribble ready to return to the fireplace mantel to guard.
Again, I apologize for my potato phone, my rush job shrinking the pictures and the terrible lighting in my Apartment. If you can't make it out, that's a stack and a half of FFG Star Wars: Armada expansions.
Imperial Star Destroyer
Home One (that's Ackbar's flagship from RotJ for those who aren't entrenched in Star Wars lore_
MC30c Frigate (not actually in the movies, but based off concept art for the Mon Calamari cruisers in RotJ)
Imperial Raider (a huge ship created for FFGs X-wing game, it's essentially a baby star destroyer the size of a Rebel corvette)
Rogues and Villains pack (a collection of smaller ships from assorted EU sources. Includes the Millenium Falcon, Slave 1, Moldy Crow, IG-2000 and 4 others)
Step forward @lost, you killed it.
Now, I'm getting a shower, cause I haven't done that yet and I smell like I just got back from the gym.
And spaceships, I also smell like spaceships.
I always wonder what the difference is between x-wing and armada when I see them at game shops. I assume it's primarily a matter of scale?
Primarily yes, it's a difference of scale, though the game play is different to reflect the differences in scale.
X-wing you fly small squads generally between 2 and 4 fighters or larger ships like the Falcon and you can kit each one out with different pilots and equipment.
In Armada you fly big ships, and a squad of fighters is a single unit with limited options for variety. Instead of focusing on small ships, you customize the big ships with assorted upgrades and specialist crew.
Here's some youtubery giving a brief overview of the two games that explains the games much better that I'm doing.
What the heck, Twisp and Catsby have found another package?
There are goodies inside! A Mario card game!
Mario Maker ornaments! Who knew they made these, but they will be in my tree soon enough!
Mario Tennis! Mario playing cards! So much Mario!
And next we have...
A card with taste!
But who sent this?
It's @MNC Dover and the Wii U Thread, who are NOT my Santas (that would the generous Forar and his fine gift of the Complete Calvin and Hobbes), so this is a complete surprise! Thank you so much, everybody! Merry Christmas!
Sadly, no picture of the box. I opened it assuming it was something I had ordered from Amazon. and opened it before I took a picture of it's boxy amazon-ess.
Fortunately, the contents of the box were wrapped, so it's time to put the Christmas tribble to work.
There's a note that's of interest.
Gift 3 of 5:
Thing better
And a conundrum.
Do I open the present? Do I wait for the other packages and open them together?
Do I trust the Christmas tribble with it's x-acto knife when my back is turned?
Yesterday, another box arrived from Amazon, this time I correctly deduced that it was a gift (the label saying "Gift Inside" was a great tipoff). I took pictures yesterday, but misplaced the USB cord for my phone. A quick trip to WalMart to buy a new one means I can put the pictures up now (and that I'll be finding my old cable sometime in the next 25 minutes).
As usual, it's time to put the tribble to work.
It's understandably frustrated by my failure to open the previous package so far, but I'm sticking to my guns on this one Santa, and the tribble is sticking to the knife. Don't anger the tribble.
But the labels say there are 5 boxes coming, I'm waiting for 5 boxes.
And the four boxes that have arrived:
In case my potato phone camera or the rush Paint job to reduce the size has rendered them unreadable, the labels present a full question:
What is
The only
Thing better
Than spaceships?
And opened this time!
Getting home from work, I'm confronted by yet another box from the Amazon.
Shown here with my collection of Amazon boxes. This is what the remains of my Christmas shopping look like, because, seriously, fuck going to the stores if I can avoid it this time of year.
But, no time to open it at the time, needed to get to the gym and they've got the road I take closed down to one lane. So, I'll leave the box in the care of the Christmas tribble. Surely, it will protect the package until I return, keeping it safe from prying eyes.
Or not.
Why didn't I hide my kitchen knives? What's wrong with my brain???
Happily, the package within the box survived unscathed, for the moment.
The note:
Gift 5 of 5:
More Spaceships!
Hopefully these will aide in your quest for Intergalactic Domination.
I hope you have a Merry Christmas and a wonderful new year!
-Lost
And a group shot, 5 Amazon wrapped presents, the Christmas Tribble, and, as a special guest star, the bloody USB cord for my phone that turned up just in time for me to have already purchased and used a new one. And a Cthulhu, because it's never too early to consider who will be eaten first when the stars are right.
And that being done, it's time to unwrap. The tribble took over, and in my desperation to protect the packages from that knife wielding maniac I failed to get any pictures.
But, I did get a picture of the entire haul, along with a tribble ready to return to the fireplace mantel to guard.
Again, I apologize for my potato phone, my rush job shrinking the pictures and the terrible lighting in my Apartment. If you can't make it out, that's a stack and a half of FFG Star Wars: Armada expansions.
Imperial Star Destroyer
Home One (that's Ackbar's flagship from RotJ for those who aren't entrenched in Star Wars lore_
MC30c Frigate (not actually in the movies, but based off concept art for the Mon Calamari cruisers in RotJ)
Imperial Raider (a huge ship created for FFGs X-wing game, it's essentially a baby star destroyer the size of a Rebel corvette)
Rogues and Villains pack (a collection of smaller ships from assorted EU sources. Includes the Millenium Falcon, Slave 1, Moldy Crow, IG-2000 and 4 others)
Step forward @lost, you killed it.
Now, I'm getting a shower, cause I haven't done that yet and I smell like I just got back from the gym.
And spaceships, I also smell like spaceships.
I'm glad they all got there safe and sound!
I hope you enjoy them!
Yesterday, my wife saw that we got a package from Amazon and was a little confused as we didn't order anything recently so she called me to see what was up. I explained to her what was going on but after dinner at night we had a recital to go to and then we had to put the kids to bed so, here's the late report.
It's true that I don't have a lot of kid games though they do love it when I bring out Shadows of Camelot. This will be a lot of fun to play with them.
Lego is always a big hit and we didn't have any Minecraft lego.
The kids have already divided up the figures amongst themselves.
Finally, my wife was quite pleased with this and went through the cookbook during the night, making notes on things she will want to cook later.
Overall, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU to this mystery Santa. My kids love it. I love it. And my wife loves it. I'll post lots o' photos when the Lego is up and running as well as when my wife cooks. Your generosity is amazing and astounding.
It was I!
I was starting to worry that I had entered the address wrong, since USPS was just sending the package back and forth between different cities. So I'm glad it arrived :biggrin:
I have no idea if any og the recipies in cookbook are any good. Actually I have no idea if they resemble Nordic breakfast at all. I just choose this pan because it had a recipie for Æbleskiver included, and that was the most important part. I'm really looking forward to hearing about your experiences, but dont be discouraged if they get super ugly the først time. It takes a bit og practise to get them perfectly round.
My wife is a great cook so when she cooks them (I'm hearing rumblings about this weekend) I'll be sure to post lots of pictures. I'm also glad the package got here as our post office is quite...poor. We've had mail trucks skip our street, mail that arrives a week after being sent from a town that is 25 minutes away, and backlog mail that fills our box after not getting mail for a couple of days. I told my wife about the journey of the package and she wasn't surprised one bit.
"He's sulking in his tent like Achilles! It's the Iliad?...from Homer?! READ A BOOK!!" -Handy
What the heck, Twisp and Catsby have found another package?
There are goodies inside! A Mario card game!
Mario Maker ornaments! Who knew they made these, but they will be in my tree soon enough!
Mario Tennis! Mario playing cards! So much Mario!
And next we have...
A card with taste!
But who sent this?
It's @MNC Dover and the Wii U Thread, who are NOT my Santas (that would the generous Forar and his fine gift of the Complete Calvin and Hobbes), so this is a complete surprise! Thank you so much, everybody! Merry Christmas!
I noticed you cut off the * comment at the bottom of the card. Trying to get me in trouble I see.
Need a voice actor? Hire me at bengrayVO.com
Legends of Runeterra: MNCdover #moc
Switch ID: MNC Dover SW-1154-3107-1051 Steam ID Twitch Page
I'm posting from work so the post will be brief but I just saw in my e-mail a message from @ihaveachair! They gifted me "This War of Mine" on Steam! They also stated a package is on my way from USPS which I am very excited for.
spookymuffin( ° ʖ ° )Puyallup WA Registered Userregular
I'm using the best GIFT GET graphic, even though it was just used. Don't like it? Waluigi appears nonetheless!
So I get home today after stopping by the post office, and I have a box I don't recall ordering. Buddy helps me inspect the box, wondering why it isn't his BarkBox.
We open the box to find a smaller box inside. I never knew such witchcraft existed.
After opening THAT box, I see a card with my tricky spaceguy internet name scrawled on it.
Inside is a card. There is a large imprinted K on the top, and it's signed by none other than our own wacky Robert Khoo!
It reads as follows:
To mister spookymuffin,
Word on the street is you'll be relocating to my neck of the woods, which means that yes, you MUST don the proper attire. Perhaps you're from an area where this is considered blasphemy - perhaps you don't give a shit about sportsball. WE DO NOT CARE. DO NOT LOOK GIFT BEANIES IN THE MOUTH. Happy holidays!
Love Always,
Robert Khoo
Accompanied by this delightful note are a couple of headgear options from what the internet tells me are "sports" groups. I am moving to Seattle in a couple of months, and these will help me blend in with the locals until after they realize they've made a horrible mistake in accepting me.
Picture of me, I'm not sure how to wear these. Is it a combo thing, do I "Sherlock" them and wear them back to back? I'll figure this out before I arrive.
I'm not a huge sports fan, but I am a fan of neat hats and cool people (the Sounders hat is actually quite comfortable so I'll probably wear it, and when people ask me if I'm from Seattle I can say no and explain who the hat came from, and then explain what Penny Arcade is, and get a confused "Ok..." in return). I'm also a fan of someone welcome a stranger into their city with such a warm gesture. Thanks, @Robert Khoo for being my first friend in my new home.
PSN: MegaSpooky // 3DS: 3797-6276-7138 Wii U NNID: MegaSpooky
Posts
Yesterday, another box arrived from Amazon, this time I correctly deduced that it was a gift (the label saying "Gift Inside" was a great tipoff). I took pictures yesterday, but misplaced the USB cord for my phone. A quick trip to WalMart to buy a new one means I can put the pictures up now (and that I'll be finding my old cable sometime in the next 25 minutes).
As usual, it's time to put the tribble to work.
It's understandably frustrated by my failure to open the previous package so far, but I'm sticking to my guns on this one Santa, and the tribble is sticking to the knife. Don't anger the tribble.
But the labels say there are 5 boxes coming, I'm waiting for 5 boxes.
And the four boxes that have arrived:
In case my potato phone camera or the rush Paint job to reduce the size has rendered them unreadable, the labels present a full question:
What is
The only
Thing better
Than spaceships?
Those are nice metal dice!
More spaceships?
3DS Friend Code: 2165-6448-8348 www.Twitch.TV/cooljammer00
Battle.Net: JohnDarc#1203 Origin/UPlay: CoolJammer00
I was thinking true love, but I think that's a bit out of the expectations of a forum Secret Santa.
Apparently you can, but they suggest you use a metal ring of some kind to prevent direct contact with the heating element. Explosions may ensue if you don't. I have a gas grill and gas stove-top, though. I tried it tonight, btw, on a pork loin I had gotten for something else. It was amazing! Now I want to try beef flank steak or try searing tuna on it.
For your own Steam Signature visit https://alabasterslim.com/steam-signatures/
Guild Wars 2: Kendrik.5984
So I came home to this lovely package today! I opened it up...
Yaay! I know I didn't provide a lot of direction at all and am difficult to stalk because I am legit never on. I also heard through the grapevine that your little arrival came a lot sooner than anticipated(as I'm sitting here desperately wanting mine to pop out IMMEDIATELY), so finding something that combined cooking(which I LOVE) with Harry Potter(which I MEGA-LOVE) was a win-win! It was an awesome and thoughtful gift to get. Thanks @anoffday!
3DS: 5129-3454-7122
So this is a thing you put on a burner like a pot, and cook steaks on it?! My mind can't comprehend what you are doing with salt.
I'm with you, this just sounds so odd to me. I'm curious though, is it just meat? My is a vegetarian, so is it something that is useful?
From looking it up it looks like it could be useful for kebabs or asparagus or what ever. I am thinking I might have to pick myself up one.
I have a bunch of friends would love to play a majority of these games with me so it's the perfect supplemental gift!
We used to have a place called "Steak on a Stone" near us...you would cook your steak on a stone that they would heat up and place at your table, you could also opt for the Salt Blocks
Yesterday, my wife saw that we got a package from Amazon and was a little confused as we didn't order anything recently so she called me to see what was up. I explained to her what was going on but after dinner at night we had a recital to go to and then we had to put the kids to bed so, here's the late report.
It's true that I don't have a lot of kid games though they do love it when I bring out Shadows of Camelot. This will be a lot of fun to play with them.
Lego is always a big hit and we didn't have any Minecraft lego.
The kids have already divided up the figures amongst themselves.
Finally, my wife was quite pleased with this and went through the cookbook during the night, making notes on things she will want to cook later.
Overall, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU to this mystery Santa. My kids love it. I love it. And my wife loves it. I'll post lots o' photos when the Lego is up and running as well as when my wife cooks. Your generosity is amazing and astounding.
Glad you like it @ihaveachair there should be more on the way. Amazon must have split it up.
So, you say protein. . . Tofu? It can be hard to get a good crisp edge on tofu sometimes.
So if you are a santee and get a gift, but don't know who it is from, how long do you wait before you ask? Alternatively, if you are a santa, and the santee doesn't know who you are how long do you wait?
I don't consider Tofu to even be a real thing. But if it were to be a real thing, i would think yes it can get a good crust when it's heated properly Not as good a crust a plain ol' Skillet though!
I still don't know who my Santa was last year. I'll have to go look at the 2014 wall, maybe it's on there.
It was I!
I was starting to worry that I had entered the address wrong, since USPS was just sending the package back and forth between different cities. So I'm glad it arrived :biggrin:
I have no idea if any og the recipies in cookbook are any good. Actually I have no idea if they resemble Nordic breakfast at all. I just choose this pan because it had a recipie for Æbleskiver included, and that was the most important part. I'm really looking forward to hearing about your experiences, but dont be discouraged if they get super ugly the først time. It takes a bit og practise to get them perfectly round.
Just a friendly reminder that Proxy is happy to deliver any and all messages, the only info Proxy needs is who the message is for and a message to be used verbatim. Proxy has small elf fingers and does his best work via keyboard shortcut (Proxy likes Control, as well as the letters C and V!).
HAPPY ARCADEMAS ONE AND ALL!
Spreading Christmas cheer across the forums since 2009!
Ok, than I won't worry. I just don't want to commit a SS G&T fax pas (I looked this up, I am used to slang fopa. I wanted to be edumecated.)
@TimFiji
Found out the site that had the rules for hachi-hachi went down, but fortunately the internet archive had it saved!
Koi Koi scoring is nicely laid out here: http://www.gamedesign.jp/flash/hanafuda/rule_e.html
Rules are fairly simple and on the Wiki page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koi-Koi
Hachi Hachi (88) is a three player game and apparently was the method most often used for gambling. It's a bit harder to find the rules for it, and I was never able to get someone to translate the Japanese rules included in my Nintendo set. It's a bit ugly, but here's a copy-paste from the archived site: (https://web.archive.org/web/20080930214656/http://hanafubuki.org/hachihachi.html)
Cards Used: 1 full deck of 48 cards
Game Length: 12 rounds
Goal: To form captured hands and capture high scoring cards
The dealer deals 7 cards to each player and 6 cards to the field. The deck is placed in the middle of the field.
Here's an example of a Hachi-Hachi starting position with the 3 players' hands, the field and the deck:
Each round's scoring is affected by the initial cards in the field. This change in scoring affects all point values (including the cost of folding). There are 3 kinds of fields. The kinds of fields, their conditions, and their affects on scoring is as follows:
Small Field
小場
There are no lights in the field
Points are as normal
Large Field
大場
The Pine, Sakura, or Moon cards are in the field
Points are doubled
Grand Field
絶場
The Rain or Phoenix cards are in the field
Points are quadrupled
If there are 2 lights in the field, the higher field is put into affect. If there are 2 lights of the same field value (such as Rain and Phoenix), the next round's field is the same kind as that of the current round.
Once the players have their hands they need to check them for any dealt hands they may have received. There are 47 dealt hands in Hachi-Hachi which can be a little intimidating. In fact, there are only 12 basic hands; the rest of the hands are combinations of those 12. You can only have one dealt hand from the list; they don't stack. Here is a list of each hand's name, contents, and point value:
The Basic 12
Three (三本)
You have 3 cards from the same month
24 points
Standing Three (立三本)
You have 3 cards from April, May, or July,
or the 3 dregs from December.
36 points
Red (赤)
You have 2 poetry slips and 5 dregs.
36 points
One Slip (短一)
You have 1 poetry slip and 6 dregs.
36 points
One Ten (十一)
You have 1 animal card and 6 dregs.
36 points
Wither (からす)
You have 7 dregs.
48 points
One Light (光一)
You have 1 light and 6 dregs.
48 points
Lead (喰付)
You have 3 pairs (2 cards from the same month).
48 points
Four (手四)
You have 4 cards from the same month.
72 points
Haneken
You have 3 cards from the same month and 2 pairs.
84 points
Four Two One
You have 4 cards from the same month and 1 pair.
96 points
Four Three
4 cards from the same month and 3 cards from another month
240 points
The 35 Combinations
Red Three
'Three' and 'Red'
60 points
One Slip Three
'One Slip' and 'Three'
60 points
One Ten Three
'One Ten' and 'Three'
60 points
One Light Three
'One Light' and 'Three'
72 points
Wither Three
'Wither' and 'Three'
72 points
Two Three
Two 'Three' hands
72 points
Red Standing Three
'Red' and 'Standing Three'
72 points
One Slip Standing Three
'One Slip' and 'Standing Three'
72 points
One Ten Standing Three
'One Ten' and 'Standing Three'
72 points
Wither Standing Three
'Wither' and 'Standing Three'
84 points
Two Standing Threes
Two 'Standing Three' hands
96 points
Red Lead
'Red' and 'Lead'
84 points
One Slip Lead
'One Slip' and 'Lead'
84 points
One Ten Lead
'One Ten' and 'Lead'
84 points
Wither Lead
'Wither' and 'Lead'
96 points
One Light Lead
'One Light' and 'Lead'
96 points
Red Four
'Red' and 'Four'
108 points
One Slip Four
'One Slip' and 'Four'
108 points
One Ten Four
'One Ten' and 'Four'
108 points
Wither Four
'Wither' and 'Four'
120 points
One Light Four
'One Light' and 'Four'
120 points
Red Haneken
'Red' and 'Haneken'
120 points
One Slip Haneken
'One Slip' and 'Haneken'
120 points
One Ten Haneken
'One Ten' and 'Haneken'
120 points
Wither Haneken
'Wither' and 'Haneken'
132 points
One Light Haneken
'One Light' and 'Haneken'
132 points
Red Four Two One
'Red' and 'Four Two One'
132 points
One Slip Four Two One
'One Slip' and 'Four Two One'
132 points
One Ten Four Two One
'One Ten' and 'Four Two One'
132 points
Wither Four Two One
'Wither' and 'Four Two One'
144 points
One Light Four Two One
'One Light' and 'Four Two One'
144 points
One Slip Four Three
'One Slip' and 'Four Three'
276 points
One Ten Four Three
'One Ten' and 'Four Three'
276 points
Wither Four Three
'Wither' and 'Four Three'
288 points
One Light Four Three
'One Light' and 'Four Three'
288 points
Note: the Japanese use two counters for scoring Hachi-Hachi, one worth 12 points and the other 1. All of the above are multiples of 12. You might come across that scoring system if you use Japanese software.
If a player has a dealt hand, the points listed above are the amount they receive from each other player, so the points are effectively doubled. It is possible for all three players to have dealt hands, in which case scorekeeping can get a little complicated. In order to claim a dealt hand, a player must show the relevant cards to the other players.
Once dealt hands have been scored, play begins. Starting with the dealer and continuing in a counter-clockwise direction, each player captures cards (as described in the General Rules).
Once a player has formed a captured hand they have to decide whether or not to end the round. If they decide to end the round they receive the point value of their captured hands from the other players and become the dealer for the next round. If the player does not wish to end the round they announce 'Sage'. If a player chooses 'Sage', the game continues as before. 'Sage' is a way for a player to bet that he can form a new captured hand before his opponents can form a hand. If the player succesfully forms a new hand before his opponents do he does not gain any bonus points for doing so. If the round ends because all of the cards have been captured and the player has not been successful in his attempt he must pay half the value of his captured hand to each player. So, if he had an 84 point hand he would pay 42 points to each of the other players. If the player is not successful because another player successfully forms a hand, the player must pay all of the points for that new hand. The third player does not have to pay any points.
Once dealt hands have been scored, play begins. Starting with the dealer and continuing in a counter-clockwise direction, each player captures cards (as described in the General Rules). The round ends once all players have run out of cards or a player has formed a captured hand.
There is a special rule regarding forming a captured hand. If a player forms the 'Red Poems', 'Blue Poems', or 'Four Lights' hand, and they form the hand using a card played by another player into the field, and that player had more than 1 card in their hand at the time they played it, the player who played that card must pay the full cost of the captured hand.
Captured Hands
Five Lights
五光
144 points
Four Lights
四光
120 points
The above hands are mutually exclusive.
Blue Poems
青タン
84 points
Red Poems
赤タン
84 points
Seven Poems
七タン
120 point
Any 7 poetry slips other than the November slip can be used.
If no players have formed any captured hands and none of the players have any cards remaining in their hands, the players add up the total value of the cards they have captured using the standard points. They then subtract 88 points from that total and multiply by the field multiplier. For example, if a player ends a round with 4 animals, 4 slips, 7 dregs, and the Curtain card in a Grand Field round, they would score 81 points (1x20, 4x10, 4x5, 7x1) minus 88 (for a subtotal of -7) multiplied by 4 for a total of -28 points. That is the player's score for the round.
There are five special captured hands that only come into play now, while adding up the value of the captured cards. If a player has one of these hands, they receive the points listed in the chart below from each of the other players. The other players do not receive any points for their captured cards. Also, if one of these hands have been formed, all points gained by any players from dealt hands must be returned. The special hands are:
Special Captured Hands
All 8's
総八
All 3 players capture 88 points of cards each.
The dealer collects these points.
120 points
Double 8's
二八
The player's total after subtracting 88 points is 80 points or higher (before multiplying)
120 points
Simple 16
素十六
The player has captured 16 or more dregs cards
144 points
Note: each additional dregs card is worth 24 points.
Diving
飛び込み
The player had the 'Three' or 'Standing Three' dealt hand and captures those three cards
12 points
Escape
抜け役
The player had the 'Red', 'One Slip', 'One Ten', or 'Wither' dealt hand and captured 89 points or more of cards
12 points
Scoring Example
The following example shows all of the scoring that is involved in one round of Hachi-Hachi.
Field : Grand Field (x4)
Subscore A : Dealt Hands
Player A - 'Standing Three' (36)
Player B - None
Player C - 'Three' (24)
Player A receives 36x4 points from each player (x4 because of the grand field), and pays 24x4 to Player C
Player B pays 36x4 points to Player A and 24x4 points to Player B
Player C receives 24x4 points from each player and pays 36x4 points to Player A
A : 192
B : -240
C : 48
Subscore B : Captured Hands
Player A - 'Diving' (12)
Player B - None
Player C - None
Player A receives 12x4 points from each player
Player B pays 12x4 points to Player A
Player C pays 12x4 points to Player A
A : 96
B : -48
C : -48
Subscore C : Captured Cards:
Player A - 68 points
Player B - 125 points
Player C - 71 points
A : -80 (68 - 88) x 4
B : 148 (125 - 88) x 4
C : -68 (71 - 88) x 4
Total:
Player A : 208 (192 + 96 - 80)
Player B : -140 (-240 - 48 + 148)
Player C : -68 (48 - 48 - 68)
2-Player Hachi-Hachi
Hachi-Hachi for 2 players is essentially the same as above. The only differences are that the special captured hands are not used, and when calculating a player's score for a round in which no captured hands have been formed, the players add the total value of their cards and compare them. The player with the lower value cards pays the winner the difference. So, if one player's cards are worth 53 points and the other player's cards are worth 60 points in a large field round, the first player scores 13 points for the round.
I've never been able to convince people to learn and play hachi-hachi with me, but I've played a few games of koi-koi and it's a neat and deeper game than it first appears.
I was secretly hoping you did not forget! Thanks! :biggrin:
Selling Board Games for Medical Bills
I know that I put this in my note to you BUT I live in an apartment complex and neither my husband nor I are home during the day. If you are shipping to me please include a tracking number to me via our Elf Friend Proxy so we can know when things are getting to us. Otherwise someone else may get the Christmas Cheer you are sending.
PSN Hypacia
Xbox HypaciaMinnow
Discord Hypacia#0391
I don't know if anyone knows Japanese or knows someone who knows Japanese, but here's scans of the instructions from my set.
My Santa REALLY needs to step forward after creating such a fuss with his gift! For those asking about Veggies, according to the cookbook, you can use 2 of these to make speed pickles of various types and use it for a serving plate that adds flavor. Apparently, they also make salt bowls and even salt cups(!) which they suggest you use for mixed drinks to make people drink it faster before it gets too salty! Seriously, I had no idea that a giant block of salt could do all this.
For your own Steam Signature visit https://alabasterslim.com/steam-signatures/
Guild Wars 2: Kendrik.5984
And opened this time!
Getting home from work, I'm confronted by yet another box from the Amazon.
Shown here with my collection of Amazon boxes. This is what the remains of my Christmas shopping look like, because, seriously, fuck going to the stores if I can avoid it this time of year.
But, no time to open it at the time, needed to get to the gym and they've got the road I take closed down to one lane. So, I'll leave the box in the care of the Christmas tribble. Surely, it will protect the package until I return, keeping it safe from prying eyes.
Or not.
Why didn't I hide my kitchen knives? What's wrong with my brain???
Happily, the package within the box survived unscathed, for the moment.
The note:
Gift 5 of 5:
More Spaceships!
Hopefully these will aide in your quest for Intergalactic Domination.
I hope you have a Merry Christmas and a wonderful new year!
-Lost
And a group shot, 5 Amazon wrapped presents, the Christmas Tribble, and, as a special guest star, the bloody USB cord for my phone that turned up just in time for me to have already purchased and used a new one. And a Cthulhu, because it's never too early to consider who will be eaten first when the stars are right.
And that being done, it's time to unwrap. The tribble took over, and in my desperation to protect the packages from that knife wielding maniac I failed to get any pictures.
But, I did get a picture of the entire haul, along with a tribble ready to return to the fireplace mantel to guard.
Again, I apologize for my potato phone, my rush job shrinking the pictures and the terrible lighting in my Apartment. If you can't make it out, that's a stack and a half of FFG Star Wars: Armada expansions.
Imperial Star Destroyer
Home One (that's Ackbar's flagship from RotJ for those who aren't entrenched in Star Wars lore_
MC30c Frigate (not actually in the movies, but based off concept art for the Mon Calamari cruisers in RotJ)
Imperial Raider (a huge ship created for FFGs X-wing game, it's essentially a baby star destroyer the size of a Rebel corvette)
Rogues and Villains pack (a collection of smaller ships from assorted EU sources. Includes the Millenium Falcon, Slave 1, Moldy Crow, IG-2000 and 4 others)
Step forward @lost, you killed it.
Now, I'm getting a shower, cause I haven't done that yet and I smell like I just got back from the gym.
And spaceships, I also smell like spaceships.
Primarily yes, it's a difference of scale, though the game play is different to reflect the differences in scale.
X-wing you fly small squads generally between 2 and 4 fighters or larger ships like the Falcon and you can kit each one out with different pilots and equipment.
In Armada you fly big ships, and a squad of fighters is a single unit with limited options for variety. Instead of focusing on small ships, you customize the big ships with assorted upgrades and specialist crew.
Here's some youtubery giving a brief overview of the two games that explains the games much better that I'm doing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OE16ZKHm_-U
What the heck, Twisp and Catsby have found another package?
There are goodies inside! A Mario card game!
Mario Maker ornaments! Who knew they made these, but they will be in my tree soon enough!
Mario Tennis! Mario playing cards! So much Mario!
And next we have...
A card with taste!
But who sent this?
It's @MNC Dover and the Wii U Thread, who are NOT my Santas (that would the generous Forar and his fine gift of the Complete Calvin and Hobbes), so this is a complete surprise! Thank you so much, everybody! Merry Christmas!
I'm glad they all got there safe and sound!
I hope you enjoy them!
Steam
My wife is a great cook so when she cooks them (I'm hearing rumblings about this weekend) I'll be sure to post lots of pictures. I'm also glad the package got here as our post office is quite...poor. We've had mail trucks skip our street, mail that arrives a week after being sent from a town that is 25 minutes away, and backlog mail that fills our box after not getting mail for a couple of days. I told my wife about the journey of the package and she wasn't surprised one bit.
I noticed you cut off the * comment at the bottom of the card. Trying to get me in trouble I see.
Legends of Runeterra: MNCdover #moc
Switch ID: MNC Dover SW-1154-3107-1051
Steam ID
Twitch Page
I'm posting from work so the post will be brief but I just saw in my e-mail a message from @ihaveachair! They gifted me "This War of Mine" on Steam! They also stated a package is on my way from USPS which I am very excited for.
Thank you again!
Steam: abunchofdaftpunk | PSN: noautomobilesgo | Lastfm: sjchszeppelin | Backloggery: colincummings | 3DS FC: 1392-6019-0219 |
So I get home today after stopping by the post office, and I have a box I don't recall ordering. Buddy helps me inspect the box, wondering why it isn't his BarkBox.
We open the box to find a smaller box inside. I never knew such witchcraft existed.
After opening THAT box, I see a card with my tricky spaceguy internet name scrawled on it.
Inside is a card. There is a large imprinted K on the top, and it's signed by none other than our own wacky Robert Khoo!
It reads as follows:
To mister spookymuffin,
Word on the street is you'll be relocating to my neck of the woods, which means that yes, you MUST don the proper attire. Perhaps you're from an area where this is considered blasphemy - perhaps you don't give a shit about sportsball. WE DO NOT CARE. DO NOT LOOK GIFT BEANIES IN THE MOUTH. Happy holidays!
Love Always,
Robert Khoo
Accompanied by this delightful note are a couple of headgear options from what the internet tells me are "sports" groups. I am moving to Seattle in a couple of months, and these will help me blend in with the locals until after they realize they've made a horrible mistake in accepting me.
Picture of me, I'm not sure how to wear these. Is it a combo thing, do I "Sherlock" them and wear them back to back? I'll figure this out before I arrive.
I'm not a huge sports fan, but I am a fan of neat hats and cool people (the Sounders hat is actually quite comfortable so I'll probably wear it, and when people ask me if I'm from Seattle I can say no and explain who the hat came from, and then explain what Penny Arcade is, and get a confused "Ok..." in return). I'm also a fan of someone welcome a stranger into their city with such a warm gesture. Thanks, @Robert Khoo for being my first friend in my new home.
Wii U NNID: MegaSpooky