Saturday, June 1, 2013

Sjoelen

The May payday beer event took place at a very old pub in Trondheim that has Sjoelbak tables. Sjoelen is an easy to learn Dutch game that is a fun way to spend an hour or two in a pub.

The scoring is similar to bowling. Players are competing for high scores without interacting directly (i.e. you don't ever get a chance to knock another player's discs around).

During your turn you try to slide these 30 discs into the 4 different slots at the end of the table. The maximum score is only achievable if you are able to evenly distribute the discs amongst the slots (with the two remaining discs placed into the highest scoring slot).

Each of the slots has a different point value (1 - 4) but the most important thing you can do is form sets consisting of one disc in each slot because each set is worth double points.

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