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Quiz about How to NOT win modern board games

How to NOT win modern board games Quiz

If you want to be a loser, you need to figure out which way NOT to earn points, or get negative points, for each board game. (All questions are based on original versions of games, not expansions or specialties.)

A multiple-choice quiz by Casedinlight. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
Casedinlight

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
405,461

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
190

Last 3 plays: sadwings (3/10), Indonesia129 (8/10), klotzplate (10/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. This will guarantee that you get no points in "Sushi Go". What a raw deal! Hint

Only playing tempura cards

Only playing sashimi cards

Only playing dumpling cards

Only playing wasabi cards

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Question 2 of 10

2. Your points will magically disappear in "Five Tribes: The Djinns of Naqala" by doing this. Hint

Collecting merchandise from the market

Having Djinn cards at the end of the game

Placing a plam tree on a tile that you own

Spending money

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Question 3 of 10

3. So you choo-choo-choose lots of negative points in "Ticket To Ride"? Here's what you should do. Hint

Constantly block your opponents' routes with your trains

Take as many Destination Tickets as possible, completing none

Play no trains onto the map

Take as many Train Car cards as possible, playing none

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Question 4 of 10

4. If you don't want to settle for points in "Settlers of Catan", do only this: Hint

Attain the longest road

Attain the most Resource Cards

Place a city on the map

Attain the largest army

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Question 5 of 10

5. How can you make sure that you stay sad and blue, getting negative points in a round of "Azul"? Hint

Have an incomplete row of tiles

Have five tiles of the same color on your board

Take tiles that will only fit in your Floor Line

Have an incomplete column of tiles

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Question 6 of 10

6. If you want your game of "Wingspan" to never take off, try this method. Hint

Have bird cards tucked under other bird cards at the end of the game

Have food tokens at the end of the game

Have the most bird cards in your hand at the end of the game

Have eggs on bird cards at the end of the game

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Question 7 of 10

7. In "Zooloretto", which one of these will make you a bad zookeeper, and give you negative points? Hint

Having an empty enclosure

Having an animal in your barn

Having the same animal species in multiple enclosures

Having opponents buy your baby animals

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Question 8 of 10

8. You're feeling like a carcass in "Carcassonne", and now you are trying to achieve a score of zero. How can you do that? Hint

Have all meeples in fields with only incomplete cities touching the fields

Have all meeples in incomplete cities

Have all meeples on incomplete road

Have all meeples on incomplete monasteries

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Question 9 of 10

9. You're playing "7 Wonders" and you wonder what affords negative points. Which one of these will take your score down? Hint

Completing wonders

Having a much stronger military than your neighbors

Having no scientific structures (green cards)

Having a much weaker military than your neighbors

10. You've come to the end of your game night, and the only thing that you can handle is a round of "Blokus". Which of these would be a good opening move to make sure you can't get the best score possible? Hint

Play your largest piece

Play your smallest piece

Play a piece that extends the farthest

Play your 2x2 square

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Most Recent Scores

Oct 30 2024 : sadwings: 3/10
Sep 30 2024 : Indonesia129: 8/10
Sep 24 2024 : klotzplate: 10/10

Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. This will guarantee that you get no points in "Sushi Go". What a raw deal!

Answer: Only playing wasabi cards

A set of two tempura cards will earn you five points.
A set of three sashimi cards gets you ten points.
Dumpling card increase in value the more you have.
Wasabi cards without nigiri score nothing.

2. Your points will magically disappear in "Five Tribes: The Djinns of Naqala" by doing this.

Answer: Spending money

In "Five Tribes", money equals points. Hopefully the value of the action that you do is worth more than the money (points!) that you gave up.

3. So you choo-choo-choose lots of negative points in "Ticket To Ride"? Here's what you should do.

Answer: Take as many Destination Tickets as possible, completing none

While all of these are considered bad strategies, blocking your opponents will still give you points.

Playing no trains onto the map won't help your score, but it won't directly hurt your score either.

Having tons of Train Car cards is fun, but worth nothing if you never play them.

Not completing Destination Tickets will send your score plummeting, and the more that you don't complete, the worse your score will be.

4. If you don't want to settle for points in "Settlers of Catan", do only this:

Answer: Attain the most Resource Cards

While cities, largest army, and longest road will give you two points a piece, hoarding resources, especially more than seven of them, may be very detrimental to your game.

5. How can you make sure that you stay sad and blue, getting negative points in a round of "Azul"?

Answer: Take tiles that will only fit in your Floor Line

It's ok to have incomplete rows and columns of tiles; they're still worth points.
Five tiles of the same color will get you 10 points!
The Floor Line will only give you negative points, so beware, and choose your tiles wisely.

6. If you want your game of "Wingspan" to never take off, try this method.

Answer: Have the most bird cards in your hand at the end of the game

Bird cards are worthless unless they are played onto your mat.

7. In "Zooloretto", which one of these will make you a bad zookeeper, and give you negative points?

Answer: Having an animal in your barn

Having animals in your barn is worth -2 points per species.

Everything else is perfectly fine, right? At least in the game it is.

8. You're feeling like a carcass in "Carcassonne", and now you are trying to achieve a score of zero. How can you do that?

Answer: Have all meeples in fields with only incomplete cities touching the fields

As long as you have a meeple on an incomplete road, city, or monastery, you will score points for it at the end of the game. Fields with no complete, adjacent cities are worth nothing.

9. You're playing "7 Wonders" and you wonder what affords negative points. Which one of these will take your score down?

Answer: Having a much weaker military than your neighbors

Complete wonders are always good.
Having a strong military may be even better.
No scientific structures is a real shame, but it won't take your points down.
Losing a military battle will always get you -1 point.

Answer: Play your smallest piece

You can play almost anything that you want on your first turn, but you won't get those extra five points if you don't save your smallest piece for last.

So go ahead, play the smallest piece first. Winning gets tiring.

Source: Author Casedinlight

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