game ended with a dolphin?

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TA_TAV
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game ended with a dolphin?

Post by TA_TAV »

Hi,

can someone explain this game?
I was the second player, player 1 fulfilled 4 columns. I get a dolphin tilt, each player flips, and the game ends; why?
Is this a bug or normal situation?
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Jalfau
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Re: game ended with a dolphin?

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This has happened to me once before as well.
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gooberau
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Re: game ended with a dolphin?

Post by gooberau »

This happened to my wife. It didn’t sound correct but I assumed it was a niche rule (I’ve never seen the rules for the Dolphin tile).
Jalfau
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This has now happened to me again, twice now, exactly the same situation.
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soup201
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Post by soup201 »

That’s the normal rule for ending the game. After 4 columns filled, everyone after the player finishing four columns first gets to have a turn so the number of turns is equal for all (not including extra turns due to parrot). A turn is drawing a tile. In the game linked by TA TAV, the tile drawn was the Dolphin. That still counts as the turn (like it would for any tile draw), but the special power of the Dolphin is that all players get to flip. Then the game ended as it should since the last player already took the final turn, which was that Dolphin draw.
TA_TAV
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Post by TA_TAV »

dolphin is a parrot + benefit so, why cant i have the parrot power?
BGMAZ
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Post by BGMAZ »

I got a parrot in the end but didn't get it's power as well. Doesn't seem to be fair. I won in this match though.
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BGMAZ
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Post by BGMAZ »

TA_TAV wrote: 09 December 2025, 14:39 dolphin is a parrot + benefit so, why cant i have the parrot power?
If dolphin is a parrot+flip power, I wonder if I'm the first player who got a dolphin, and my opponent got a parrot from flipping a tile and filled 4 columns, why can't I get my dolphin's parrot power? It should happen in one turn, shouldn't it?
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Polysicsordie
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Re: game ended with a dolphin?

Post by Polysicsordie »

Moof, the developer has fixed this issue now! https://boardgamearena.com/bug?id=164249
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