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 Monday, September 12, 2005

I just won (a rare event) an online game of Alhambra at Boiteajeaux, and I must say it is the strangest game I’ve played there (or anywhere).

 Alhambra End-Game

I had a great start, running out ahead of the rest of the players in this four-player game early on.  My problem was that I boxed myself in with my nice Alhambra wall.  The last seven tiles I purchased all went straight to my reserve.  I had decent currency matches that allowed me to do this – I figured depriving other players of their points was worth the effort, and I planned at some point to swap out the lower white tile to open up my wall again.  In the end I won 112–95–94–74.

Tuesday, September 13, 2005 12:49:31 PM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)
That's interesting. The times I've blocked myself in like that I've managed to lose miserably. I would not have expected trying to deprive players of tiles would be an effective strategy, especially in a four-player game. But then again, I didn't even know there was online Alhambra, so what do I know?
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