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Castles of Burgundy Puzzles
Posted: 22 November 2022, 08:29
by Pistol Star
Hey guys. I had an idea to open this thread for puzzles regarding this beautiful game.
After each puzzle has been solved, anyone is free to add their own puzzle.
I think we could for example give the community 7 days time to solve a puzzle.
If after 7 days nobody has solved the current puzzle, the puzzle creator should reveal the solution.
In case somebody feels there was a mistake in the current puzzle creation or somebody finds an even better solution to the puzzle, please feel free to share your thoughts.
1st puzzle:
How to theoretically score 241 Victory Points with only 3 placed tiles (excluding the starting castle) during the game?
Re: Castles of Burgundy Puzzles
Posted: 22 November 2022, 12:44
by peterabc
Use board #8 in a 4-player game and be the last player（4 workers and a silvering，means 3pts）starting with 3 same goods and set your starting castle in the Northwest of the board. Then：
1. Take and put KT#13（2 moves），sell goods（1 move and 1 silvering and 12pts，which means 13pts），buy and put KT#14（1 move，-2 silverings which means -2pts）. And you get 13pts in completing a two-tiles area in stage A.
2. Take workers until stage E.（50-4-4=42moves，126 pts）
3. In stage E，buy a ship（-2 silverings，which means -2 pts），put it（1 move and 3 pts for completing a one-tile area in stage E），take 21 goods（7 per kind as 7 is the maxinum），Sell goods（3 moves，84pts and 3 silverings，which means 87pts）.
In the end you'll get：3+13-2+13+126-2+3+87=241 pts.
Re: Castles of Burgundy Puzzles
Posted: 23 November 2022, 08:22
by Pistol Star
peterabc wrote: ↑22 November 2022, 12:44
Use board #8 in a 4-player game and be the last player（4 workers and a silvering，means 3pts）starting with 3 same goods and set your starting castle in the Northwest of the board. Then：
1. Take and put KT#13（2 moves），sell goods（1 move and 1 silvering and 12pts，which means 13pts），buy and put KT#14（1 move，-2 silverings which means -2pts）. And you get 13pts in completing a two-tiles area in stage A.
2. Take workers until stage E.（50-4-4=42moves，126 pts）
3. In stage E，buy a ship（-2 silverings，which means -2 pts），put it（1 move and 3 pts for completing a one-tile area in stage E），take 21 goods（7 per kind as 7 is the maxinum），Sell goods（3 moves，84pts and 3 silverings，which means 87pts）.
In the end you'll get：3+13-2+13+126-2+3+87=241 pts.
Congrats! You have solved it perfectly!
Well done!
Re: Castles of Burgundy Puzzles
Posted: 20 December 2022, 19:48
by Molbertino Aquarelli
A couple of very simple ones for those who like to calculate:
- What is the maximum VP for 1 player to score (2p, 3p, 4p, per board)?
- What is the maximum VP for all participating players to score (altogether - to get one player maximum the opponent(s) have to just roll the dice, but here each one has to score more to get the higher total)?