Maxxina:

I know what I would do, but it wouldn't help much if Vikings saw it.

Let's just say you want to bid at least 5663, but you probably want to go for the bonus.

(As if I'm one to be giving advice to the #1 player )

Fencer:

Is it better (for BKR) to win in a pond with 70 players than in a pond with 16 players?

Oh, yes it is crazy some of the amounts people bid even in the first rounds of the game.

The bonus is a means to an end, not an honor. :) The way things are now (with high bids in every game), it rarely makes sense to go for the bonus until the later rounds of the game, and then only when it is strategic to do so.

Vikings:

Thanks. This is getting scary.

I'm just trying to figure out a good strategy for this game. http://brainking.com/game/Pond?g=213 This is the first time I've made it through this many rounds.

Obviously, at 2000 points per round, everyone would be out of points before they completed the # of rounds needed to complete the game. So the question is, when will the points start to drop?

Based on what was said about a different game, I see that as soon as the players with the least points start to drop off, we would have to bid only one more than the lowest player. But that's still a 2-3 rounds away, and I hate to run my points down that far.

Any comments?