Thanks To Naomi24.

[SparklyKid]

I still play on line cribbage every day. I have now got the measure of Bill.

[royfromaus]

Great news.

[SparklyKid]

Cheers Roy. It keeps me going in these dark times.

[naomi24]

Thanks Sparklykid. How very nice of you to mention it. It's nice to know it's useful.

Bill is a slippery character ... but by no means unbeatable. :o)

[SparklyKid]

I sometimes cheat and restart the game till I get a good hand.

[naomi24]

Haaaa! Don't we all?! :o)

Have you tried any of the other games?

[SparklyKid]

Not yet naomi24, will have a look today. Thanks again.

[naomi24]

For anyone who doesn't know what we're talking about:

https://cardgames.io/

Has anyone tried Yahtzee - a dice game?

[shoota]

I dislike Bill, so I changed him for Jane who has a beguiling bob and a wicked twinkle in her eye.
She does sulk though when she gets a spanking.

[SparklyKid]

Has anyone tried Yahtzee - a dice game?

Will have a go this afternoon, report back later.

[SparklyKid]

Careful shoota, this is a family site.

[naomi24]

Shoota, Haaaa! They all sulk when they get beaten. Faces like fiddles!!! :o(((

[vulcan42]

Bill in Yahtzee is very slippery, the number of times I've been winning and literally at the last throw he gets all sixes or a double Yahtzee.

[naomi24]

Vulcan, I find he makes bad choices with the top section in particular. He so often fails to get the bonus and that can make a big difference to the outcome of the game - even if he does throw a Yahtzee and I don't.

[shoota]

Has anyone found the game I referred to at '- answer removed -' ?
I don't know what else to call it because that is what the site calls it, does it have a 'straight' name?

[vulcan42]

naomi, yes I noticed that. I also realised that you only need three of each in the upper section to get the bonus, so I try to achieve that first.

[Togo]

Bill is dodgy....He is forever dealing me a useless King first card, then loading the crib box with.......Kings. Got his number on that one now.

[vulcan42]

shoota, that is the name given so I don't know what else you can call it, unless "it". I play "it" quite a lot.

[shoota]

Google tells me it is also called Shed, Palace, Karma, China-hand, Ten-two slide and 'Illegitimate person'.

[naomi24]

How did you find it Shoota? Maybe we can all have a look and come up with a way to post it.

Vulcan, unless I throw something I can use - a full house for example - I try to fill the top in first too. Bill, I think, makes the mistake of trying for the bottom section, and failing, and ends up registering less than he needs in the top section.