Is there a strategy ?

[Tristan107]

I would vote for :
luck : 4/5
strategy : 2/5

many of your moves are forced, or have random results. The only spot of "strategy" is when u play last and u have enough chips to allow u to win or lose the trick, but it's not like poker, ppl don't take their turn one after an other rotating around the table, so u can't just play passive/conservative and wait for best position to play. After a few turns, u can know exactly who has which chips, but it doesn't really help you.

Even the "robot" who plays an extremely basic strategy win many rounds based on the randomness of the game.

Also, you can't really "aim" for something, since u don't know what the goal is from start (stay under 21 or max the score when everybody busts).

This game could be really fun and involve some strategy with some slightly different rules (I have no precise suggestions yet though).

[aaronbshockley]

I disagree. I think there’s quite a bit of strategy involved, it’s just that no strategy is foolproof. I equate it to Hearts, there’s plenty you can do to mitigate risk in Hearts, but you’re also at the mercy of what cards you’re given. I think a good strategy takes win percentages from random chance to at least reliable over 10.

[spieläffchen]

Hi

I would disagree too.
You have to figure it out, which chip colour you have to play in individual situations.
The colour is very important.

Sure people, who dont know, what they are doing, can win too.
But If you know, what you do you will win more.
You need to win 3 rounds, so losing a round because of luck is ok

edit

After playing some rounds i disagree completely now.

All Chips are in hands, so everybody has the choice, how the game continues.
After playing 3 or 4 hands, you know, which Chips everybody has, so you can count, how many points players have.

Strategy 4
Luck 1 (only in 2 player game with robot)