Changes in 2008

I thought that I would document the new 2008 game night scoring system; here goes.

The system is a ten-point based system that is similar to "grading on the curve". This will reflect how well you are doing in each game.

Whoever wins a game will receive ten points. In the worst case scenario the last place player will only gain one point, but only if they do really poorly. Rarely will anyone receive negative or no points for playing a game. From there it gets tricky.

In a game where there is a score that has a positive number all of the other players will receive points based on their scores relative to the winner.
For instance: Ticket to Ride, everyone receives a positive score (nearly all of the time, eep!). Say that Mark attains a score of 116, Zeb 108, Brandt 89 and Joey 43. Mark receives 10 points for being the winner. Everyone else receives points based on Mark's score. You would take your score and divide it by Mark's score to get a percentage. Then you would take that percentage and divide by 10 to get the game night score; a number between an 10 and 1. So in the above example, Mark would receive 10 points, Zeb would receive 9.3 points, Brandt 7.6 and Joey 3.7

However, in games where the is score based on placement (RoboRally, Formula De), the scoring will go as follows:
Two-player game- First place, 10 points. Second place, 7.5 points
Three-player game- First place, 10 points. Second place, 8 points. Third place, 6 points
Four-player game- First place, 10 points. Second place, 9 points. Third place, 8 points. Fourth place, 7 points.
And so on...

Lastly, there are the negative scoring games (No Thanks!, Gang of Four, Hearts). In those cases the winner will receive 10 points, the loser 5 points and everyone else in between will receive points based on the relative position between the winner player's score and the losing player's score.

I hope this made sense. It does in my head, but putting it into words is something else entirely. Cheers and see you next Tuesday!