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Post number 14905

Shadowkeeper — Tue, 19 Feb 2002 09:33:26 -0800

Take It Easy An online version of the award-winning board game Take It Easy. The highest possible score is 307 -- what can you get?

By: Shadowkeeper

Shadowkeeper — Tue, 19 Feb 2002 09:34:46 -0800

Unfortunately you will need IE 5.5+ to play this version, but if it doesn't work for you -- or if you just want to play the game head-to-head against your friends -- the actual board game has just been rereleased and is again available for purchase

By: starvingartist

starvingartist — Tue, 19 Feb 2002 09:40:57 -0800

141

By: jacobw

jacobw — Tue, 19 Feb 2002 09:54:16 -0800

99. Hanging head in shame.

By: jeblis

jeblis — Tue, 19 Feb 2002 10:11:59 -0800

149

By: billder

billder — Tue, 19 Feb 2002 10:13:20 -0800

cool, 212

By: pooldemon

pooldemon — Tue, 19 Feb 2002 10:15:13 -0800

143, barely.

By: glennie

glennie — Tue, 19 Feb 2002 10:21:57 -0800

172 on the first try. I'll be sure to keep you all posted on my progress. Good game. Thanks, Shadowkeeper.

By: byort

byort — Tue, 19 Feb 2002 10:39:36 -0800

Well, great...there goes any productivity I may have had today...

By: riffola

riffola — Tue, 19 Feb 2002 10:44:33 -0800

171

By: carsonb

carsonb — Tue, 19 Feb 2002 11:14:01 -0800

err, 173 after half an hour

By: briank

briank — Tue, 19 Feb 2002 12:55:00 -0800

171 so far....

By: krakedhalo

krakedhalo — Tue, 19 Feb 2002 13:19:29 -0800

196

By: kindall

kindall — Tue, 19 Feb 2002 13:21:07 -0800

Oh great! A computer version of a board game I've never heard of!

By: mikhail

mikhail — Tue, 19 Feb 2002 13:24:23 -0800

221 - but I can't see how you can ever score perfectly. It would be pure luck that you put the first tile in the correct spot.

By: whoshotwho

whoshotwho — Tue, 19 Feb 2002 13:36:30 -0800

144 so far. but a whole afternoon apparently awaits more attempts!

By: scottymac

scottymac — Tue, 19 Feb 2002 13:39:58 -0800

188, second game. Bookmarked it. Thank you, shadokeeper.

By: MiguelCardoso

MiguelCardoso — Tue, 19 Feb 2002 13:56:11 -0800

99. Hanging head in shame. Tell me about it, jacobw. I haven't even figured out how it works. ;)

By: Shadowkeeper

Shadowkeeper — Tue, 19 Feb 2002 14:18:15 -0800

Oh great! A computer version of a board game I've never heard of! Now you've heard of it. Problem solved. I haven't even figured out how it works Full rules here, in case you're interested. In the original (board) game, everyone has their own board and set of identical 27 tiles. One person draws a tile at random, calls out the number, and everyone else finds their corresponding tile to place on the own board. This continues until the 19th tile is drawn (thus filling the boards) and highest score wins. Although the game is really multi-player solitaire (since there's no player interaction whatsoever), it's really more fun to play against others because everybody has the exact same opportunity to achieve the highest score, so any failure to win is due entirely to your own decisions. (This "head-to-head' aspect can be replicated with the online version. Play the game using seed number 55555 [five 5's] and report your first score -- no fair playing multiple times! I got 173, which I suspect is pretty good.) I host a weekly gamenight and Take It Easy hits the table at least once a month. And since an entire game only takes, like, five minutes, we'll usually play 2-6 times in a row.

By: fishfucker

fishfucker — Tue, 19 Feb 2002 15:07:41 -0800

bah. 113. (with the quintuple 5.) (my high was 191, but maybe I just got lucky.)

By: jacobw

jacobw — Tue, 19 Feb 2002 16:14:27 -0800

152. That's two games after my first try of 99. I think I'll smile and quit at a possible peak.

By: Spork65

Spork65 — Tue, 19 Feb 2002 16:56:19 -0800

188 on 55555. Great game, shadowkeeper.

By: peterbaer

peterbaer — Tue, 19 Feb 2002 18:31:14 -0800

224.

By: bendy

bendy — Tue, 19 Feb 2002 23:26:40 -0800

224 also.

By: ODiV

ODiV — Wed, 20 Feb 2002 00:00:33 -0800

187, second try after 21 or something similar.

By: dness2

dness2 — Wed, 20 Feb 2002 01:36:46 -0800

215. Very fun.

By: MrMoonPie

MrMoonPie — Fri, 22 Feb 2002 10:53:35 -0800

214 on 55555