Poolgame: Kill the King

Pin said:
I hope that's not your conclusion from your own experience! (Presumably you're bilingual.)

I found a good CD series that does a few languages, which usually gets me to the level of basic conversation speaking very slowly! I've not really found anything good to bridge the gap from there to 'normal' conversation.
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If it works for you and you enjoy it, do it! The people will love it when you know a couple words or even a little conversation! Formal Dutch that has to be at business level is not really worth it, imo. Lots of online free resources to learn as much as you want though! I'd go for the informal conversation level. They will be super enthusiastic if you pull that off.
 
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Sorry had to leave quickly yesterday. My plan was a plant-carom, potting your 12. The angle was just off though and the 12 is hanging by a thread...
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New situation: https://pad.chalkysticks.com/ebabb

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Supersimple does need the saboteur imo. Or maybe some other rule: a ball levels up when he pots another 🤔 a 1 becomes a 2, etc. Need more sets of balls then though.
 
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I'm enjoying supersimple. I think the rules for which ball can pot which other reintroduce some tactical thinking that maybe you don't have when there are assassins and kingkillers. It might allow for chess-style gambits - 'I'll sacrifice my 2 and make his 3', something like that.

But it would be interesting to see how it works with a saboteur, and maybe other special roles too.

BTW, is Dutch very similar to German? I was using Google translate yesterday for some Dutch text, and it was set on 'German to English' and still seemed to get about half of it.

(Ich lerne yezt Deuche sprechen, aber ich can nicht... written?)
 
Pin said:
I'm enjoying supersimple. I think the rules for which ball can pot which other reintroduce some tactical thinking that maybe you don't have when there are assassins and kingkillers. It might allow for chess-style gambits - 'I'll sacrifice my 2 and make his 3', something like that.

But it would be interesting to see how it works with a saboteur, and maybe other special roles too.

BTW, is Dutch very similar to German? I was using Google translate yesterday for some Dutch text, and it was set on 'German to English' and still seemed to get about half of it.

(Ich lerne yezt Deuche sprechen, aber ich can nicht... written?)
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German is very similar indeed! Dutch people speaker very funny German because we think we can, but we can't really. Schreiben 🙂 and Dutch is Schrijven, so yeah similar.

As for the roles: I kind of wonder what to do with my 1, 3 and 4 if the 2 is gone. They can pot other balls, but they can't pot the King, unlike a pawn or knight can checkmate the King in chess.
So maybe add a role or come up with some rule that they can do something (maybe 3 rail kicks or something).

Maybe skip a turn to reintroduce a role? You could skip now and make a ball the new kingslayer?

Role: sideshow Bob
Can pot the King in the side pockets.

Role: mine
A secret role, like the assassin. If you pot this ball the cue ball is off the table too. Only the King can pot this ball without negatieve consequences.
 
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DaWizard said:
You can! You can use your King this turn. Hmm looking at it again I left a fairly easy jumpshot... You lose if you jump your King off the table though..

You can rewind if you want. Or we continu?
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Okay, I'd placed my 13 to have a shot on your 5 (with the 2 close to block the angle for you to bank the 13 to the bottom-left corner). I think it lines up right, but it's not super clear in the picture.

Let's continue from here, your shot
 
Hang on, can I check the rules?
I thought there was no assassin (or anything else) this time, and each ball can only pot a lower or equal ball (so only a king can kill a king).
 
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Hang on, can I check the rules?
I thought there was no assassin (or anything else) this time, and each ball can only pot a lower or equal ball (so only a king can kill a king).
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Haha in my mind it was only the assassin. But lets play your rules! Ill redo my shot Today.
 
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