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<blockquote data-quote="vikingerik" data-source="post: 221993" data-attributes="member: 3745"><p>The rules here are confusing, and this confusion is why I think the rules are badly designed. Trolls and Troll <em>Madness</em> are not the same thing. If you hit Merlin's early, yes you can still start and play Trolls. But that's not good enough. To reach the wizard mode, you need to kill 10 trolls. The Trolls mode only lets you kill 2. So you need to play Troll Madness. And an early Merlin shot locks out Troll Madness until you play (not necessarily finish) Royal Madness. And then you're still just back at the beginning all over again, where you <em>still</em> have to light and play and win Trolls before you accidentally start any other Madnesses.</p><p></p><p>It is <em>possible</em> to reach 10 trolls without Troll Madness, but very difficult. You either need to win Trolls <em>three times</em> plus Royal Madness twice (you can kill two trolls in Royal), or get lucky with Merlin randomly giving you the Smack-a-Troll round.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Road Show might make a top 10 list. Although it has the same problem as Theatre of Magic that the scoring is enormously skewed towards bonus and almost nothing else matters.</p><p></p><p>Junkyard is just dull. The modes are interesting once but then just dull as you play the same four over and over. The fireworks aren't enough to matter.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Cactus Canyon does this.</p><p></p><p>Champion Pub also makes the wizard mode easier if you play well during the game, by accumulating Smart Punches to use in the wizard mode.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="vikingerik, post: 221993, member: 3745"] The rules here are confusing, and this confusion is why I think the rules are badly designed. Trolls and Troll [i]Madness[/i] are not the same thing. If you hit Merlin's early, yes you can still start and play Trolls. But that's not good enough. To reach the wizard mode, you need to kill 10 trolls. The Trolls mode only lets you kill 2. So you need to play Troll Madness. And an early Merlin shot locks out Troll Madness until you play (not necessarily finish) Royal Madness. And then you're still just back at the beginning all over again, where you [i]still[/i] have to light and play and win Trolls before you accidentally start any other Madnesses. It is [i]possible[/i] to reach 10 trolls without Troll Madness, but very difficult. You either need to win Trolls [i]three times[/i] plus Royal Madness twice (you can kill two trolls in Royal), or get lucky with Merlin randomly giving you the Smack-a-Troll round. Road Show might make a top 10 list. Although it has the same problem as Theatre of Magic that the scoring is enormously skewed towards bonus and almost nothing else matters. Junkyard is just dull. The modes are interesting once but then just dull as you play the same four over and over. The fireworks aren't enough to matter. Cactus Canyon does this. Champion Pub also makes the wizard mode easier if you play well during the game, by accumulating Smart Punches to use in the wizard mode. [/QUOTE]
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