When: Saturday, Feb 8, 2003, 6:30pm

Who: Me, Rachel, Dana Marie

Experience: Rachel and DM's first contact with this game. They both like games.

Notes:

They immediately got the gist of the game. I was surprised.

We played a round with three players, each player starting with two white and four black stones. We had to get cups from the other room (urgh) and we weren't sure what to do with the 4-sided dice. This is a real problem, as they don't have a satisfactory base state, and are difficult to explain to new players beyond, 'You don't use those yet. Put them somewhere.'

Problem: The act of bidding was always awkward. After rolling, everyone looked around at everyone else, since there was no obvious 'right of way' for the next turn. There were no other significant problems.

Confirmation of successfully tested prior changes, cemented and refined (in bold) by this playtest:

• Raising now happens in order, more like in poker. Starting with the person who won the last round and proceeding clockwise, players either raise or pass. If one person raises, then everyone has to match or fold.
• It should be explicit in the rules that when raising or matching, those who put in white stones don't reroll until everyone has finished matching or folding.
• "Folding" should be indicated by scooping your dice and placing your dice cup right-side up.