SOLITAIRE QUESTION

[Norbert Revels]

DTHL it is, beautiful bunch of guys who love the hobby of TTH to the fullest, they welcomed me and taught me alot about the game,.........your from Fraser, WOW, hop skip and a jump from me.

Norbert Revels

[Orleanian In Exile]

Originally Posted by DETMURDS

I hope this is easy for one to answer, so here is another rookie question; I am a big time MICHIGAN WOLVERINE FAN! Now, if I am playing a solitaire game between Mich, and Ohio St, how do I do this without trying harder on the Michigan side of things? I can see it now,...."opps, another incomplete pass for Ohio State!"

An easy answer would be to be honest with myself, but really? I hate Ohio State!

Let the game take control.

I've found this running my own little solitaire baseball association that simply letting play unfold as it will, according to the mechanics of the game, and stamping down every urge to reroll the dice, ensures that the outcome will not be fixed.

For instance, last year, my leagues came down to a best-of-nine Transcendental Series matchup between the Allegorical League's Utopia Philosophes, who got to the series by one of the most incredible come-from-behind drives in the second half of the season and edged out two other teams that had been in a neck-and-neck pennant race, and the Notional League's Celestia Zodiacs. Understandably, I'd gotten very interested in the Philosophes actually winning it all after such a run. What happens? In the series, they get skunked five games to two (actually getting swept in the first four games and really walloped in two of them) and the Zodiacs walk away with the championship. I was quite disappointed.

This year, the Cinderella team was the NL's Haymarket Reds, my team of political radicals, facing the Utopia Philosophes in a new tournament format series. And I'd actually gotten excited over the Reds, the lowest-seeded NL team in the tournament who had scrabbled and fought hard to qualify, and how they'd swept the first two rounds in handicap elimination brackets, knocking off two higher-seeded teams and roaring in on the heels of a six-game winning streak from the season-ending doubleheaders. So what happens? The Philosophes, who got the first round bye after cruising through the last couple of weeks in the regular season with the best record in the AL, easily knock off their league championship opponent and then knock off the Reds and retake the championship they'd lost so horribly last year. In just two games. I felt a little bad for the Reds, but not as much as being disappointed that it wouldn't come down to a rubber match to finally decide the season —it was just over that quick.

So, just let the game take control. You never know what's going to happen.

[jimmie]

I have played solo for years and I am a advid lions fan I have found my self rooting for the lions but in fairness I stay with the game and let the chips fall where they may!!

I'm in my 3rd year of solitare and right now my Packers are 0-2 and in last place. It isn't easy to watch them lose, but as commishiner I wont be playing favorites.

[detroitchild]

This similar to how I do it!

Originally Posted by clmdesigns

make a play chart and roll the dice. That will not give either team an advantage. Also, use passing sticks.

Can anyone give me an example of a Solitaire schedule? In general, how many "teams" do you have? I looked at Glen Hardaway's site, and the schedule made no sense to me,...the rookie!

[detroitchild]

Check out the Solitaire sub thread under the Rule World Thread. There is a lot of info there.

Originally Posted by DETMURDS

Can anyone give me an example of a Solitaire schedule? In general, how many "teams" do you have? I looked at Glen Hardaway's site, and the schedule made no sense to me,...the rookie!