National Post Article August 26, 2015
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National Post Article 26.08.2015
Thursday, August 27, 2015
Monday, August 24, 2015
WIZFEST 2015
Here are a couple of pictures from the recent Wizard Tournament in Toronto Ontario.
FINAL TABLE RESULTS - ANIRAM, THE STEVE, WIZARD and MACTONIGHT
All players in awe of Wizards knowledge and skills? Or desperately waiting for him to play?
This years, Wizfest "CUP. Thank you Mudd for supporting us!
Here are a couple of pictures from the recent Wizard Tournament in Toronto Ontario.
Thursday, August 13, 2015
Wizard on Facebook
WIZARD on FACEBOOK
YES! The BETA is up for public use. I can access the game on SAFARI and FIREFOX but not on "EXPLORER" .
The URL is https://www.facebook.com/
Click on "Play Game" to load.
Because there is a paucity of players you can try playing against the A.I. (which is not good) by clicking on "USE A.I." The main purpose of the AI is not to play practice games but to replace dropped players and permit a game to finish properly.
Then click "host". "OK" and "play".
NOTE: The dealer is indicated by a gold Crown next to his name.
The person to play is indicated by a gold star next to his name.
There is a slight delay as you cannot play your card until the gold star appears on your name.
Bid by clicking the arrow to the right to go up and to the left to reduce the number.
To see the scorecard click the "score" box in the upper right.CHAT box is in lower left.
Shortly we hope to get Wizard available on "Explorer" . Then we need players to host games on Facebook to test what we have available so far.
FACEBOOK is the future so if you wish to continue to play WIZARD and participate in online Tournaments you need to join FACEBOOK.
Although the old site will be maintained for an indefinite period all gaming activity will move to Facebook.
Unanticipated Problems: * We will try to correct.
1. Facebook appears to use the player's real first name and automatically displays a picture if one was provided. This is not what we want.
2. Wert reports that two players on the same router apparently are dealt identical cards. However I hosted on Firefox then joined under a different ID on SAFARI and was able to play a game.
3. If a Host is UP and you click, "Join Random Game" the only message you get is, "The game will start when the Host clicks Play".
However you can confirm the connection with the host in CHAT.
4. Question: when you click "4 Player Game" are you committed or can you wait for 5 or 6 players before starting?
YES! The BETA is up for public use. I can access the game on SAFARI and FIREFOX but not on "EXPLORER" .
The URL is https://www.facebook.com/
Click on "Play Game" to load.
Because there is a paucity of players you can try playing against the A.I. (which is not good) by clicking on "USE A.I." The main purpose of the AI is not to play practice games but to replace dropped players and permit a game to finish properly.
Then click "host". "OK" and "play".
NOTE: The dealer is indicated by a gold Crown next to his name.
The person to play is indicated by a gold star next to his name.
There is a slight delay as you cannot play your card until the gold star appears on your name.
Bid by clicking the arrow to the right to go up and to the left to reduce the number.
To see the scorecard click the "score" box in the upper right.CHAT box is in lower left.
Shortly we hope to get Wizard available on "Explorer" . Then we need players to host games on Facebook to test what we have available so far.
FACEBOOK is the future so if you wish to continue to play WIZARD and participate in online Tournaments you need to join FACEBOOK.
Although the old site will be maintained for an indefinite period all gaming activity will move to Facebook.
Unanticipated Problems: * We will try to correct.
1. Facebook appears to use the player's real first name and automatically displays a picture if one was provided. This is not what we want.
2. Wert reports that two players on the same router apparently are dealt identical cards. However I hosted on Firefox then joined under a different ID on SAFARI and was able to play a game.
3. If a Host is UP and you click, "Join Random Game" the only message you get is, "The game will start when the Host clicks Play".
However you can confirm the connection with the host in CHAT.
4. Question: when you click "4 Player Game" are you committed or can you wait for 5 or 6 players before starting?
Sunday, August 2, 2015
Wizard: Top Ranked Commercial Card Game
Try
It – You’ll Like It!
“The proof of the pudding is in the eating”
“One’s man’s trash is another man’s
treasure”
“Advice is cheap”
“Advice is cheap”
The point is you have to experience
something yourself to find out if it is “your cup of tea”.
Nevertheless if a great majority of people
enjoy something it is more likely that you will enjoy it too.
With this thought in mind a number of
popular card games have been ranked. It is important to know who has done the
ranking. The data used has been culled from the site called,
“boardgamegeek.com”.
“BoardGameGeek” is a website that that reports on over 30,000 different games including card games and other tabletop games, as well as war games and video games. In addition to the game database, one of the key features is the statistical information obtained from player ratings. The site allows users to rate games on a 1–10 scale.
Ten games have been selected and their overall rankings are indicated. Only 4 of the 10 games are commercial games that require special decks. The 4 commercial games are marked with an asterisk *.
“BoardGameGeek” is a website that that reports on over 30,000 different games including card games and other tabletop games, as well as war games and video games. In addition to the game database, one of the key features is the statistical information obtained from player ratings. The site allows users to rate games on a 1–10 scale.
Ten games have been selected and their overall rankings are indicated. Only 4 of the 10 games are commercial games that require special decks. The 4 commercial games are marked with an asterisk *.
Game Rank
Bridge 129
Cribbage 271
*Wizard 408
Spades 528
Euchre 635
Pinochle 753
Cribbage 271
*Wizard 408
Spades 528
Euchre 635
Pinochle 753
Hearts 806
*Skip-Bo 6094
*UNO 6096
*Skip-Bo 6094
*UNO 6096
*Phase 10 6154
WIZARD…Try it!
You’ll like it!
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