Undercut - Sample Play

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Game Start:

At the start of the game, each player gets to draw six points with of pieces in any combination of sizes that they choose. Here’s what they drew:

Fred
Daphne
Velma
Shaggy

Round 1 - Scoring Phase

Fred goes first, but he has no scoring combos, and neither do Daphne or Velma. But when we get to Shaggy, we see that he has two different scoring combos a set of TRIPLETS (3 small green) or a FOURSOME (4 different colored smalls) and he can choose which one to score first. He chooses to score the foursome, so he gets two points, the value of a foursome goes up to 3, and he gets to dump four of his pieces immediately, leaving him with just 2 small greens and no remaining scoring combo. The record sheet now reads:

Fred	Daphne	Velma	Shaggy	TREE	TRIPLETS	FOURSOME
				2	2	2
			2			3

Round 1 - Auction Phase

There are four players, so Fred draws three random stacks of a large, medium and small piece each and gets:

Stacks

Fred bids first and places a six-point bid on the middle Stack

Stacks
Bids
Bidder

Daphne bids three on the left stack

Stacks
Bids
Bidder

Velma Undercuts Fred with a bid of three

Stacks
Bids
Bidder

Shaggy bids two on the right stack

Stacks
Bids
Bidder

Fred re-undercuts Velma with a bid of one large (even though this is still three points, it counts as a lower bid because it uses fewer pieces)

Stacks
Bids
Bidder

Daphne already has a bid on the table, so she gets skipped and we go to Velma.

Velma undercuts Daphne

Stacks
Bids
Bidder

Shaggy has a bid on the table and is skipped.

So is Fred.

Daphne Passes - She gets one point and draws a piece. She elects to draw a small piece and gets a green. She also becomes the start player.

Daphne	Shaggy	TREE	TRIPLETS	FOURSOME
		2	2	2
	2			3
1

All of the pieces used in bids are thrown back in the bag, and all of the pieces won are collected by the winners. The current state of affairs is then:

Fred
Daphne
Velma
Shaggy

Round 2 - Scoring Phase

Starting with the player who passed last round (Daphne)

Daphne – no scoring combos.

Velma – Green TREE. She gets 2 points, the value of trees go up to by one, and she dumps a L, M, and S green.

Daphne	Velma	Shaggy	TREE	TRIPLETS	FOURSOME
			2	2	2
		2			3
1
	2		3

Shaggy – no scoring combos.

Fred – Yellow Tree. He gets 3 points, the value of trees goes up by one, and he dumps a L, M, and S yellow.

Fred	Daphne	Velma	Shaggy	TREE	TRIPLETS	FOURSOME
				2	2	2
			2			3
	1
		2		3
3				4

And going into the second Auction Phase, the players are holding:

Fred
Daphne
Velma
Shaggy

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