**What does the llama say? **
The original game called L.A.M.A in German is also an acronym that stands for Lege alle Minuspunkte ab, that is, "lay down all the negative points."
Yeah, "LLAMA" is spelled with only one L in Germany and other countries. Why?
LL was originally pronounced “ly” - like the lli in the English word million. Although many- or even most- Spanish speakers pronounce it the same as the letter y nowadays, many- especially in Spain- still pronounce it "ly"- and that is the way it is pronounced in Quechua as well. So the correct pronunciation of "Llama" is "lyama" or “yama,” not "lah-ma".
Like Lloyd.
That's what I learned today.
Anyway, what about the game?
It is not a diversion to tell gamers we have some heavier games coming soon to the platform; we really like this game. And we wanted your heart to flutter in a light rhythm so you get a warm welcome back from your holidays, before some more serious stuff drops.
So as you probably guessed, the game is about dumping cards from your hand as quickly as possible. However, you might not be able to play what you want, so do you stop and freeze your hand or draw and hope to keep playing?
Each player starts a round with six cards in hand from the deck consisting of llama cards and cards numbered 1-6, with eight copies of each. On a turn, the active player may play a card, draw a card, or stop. To play a card, you must play the same number as the top card of the discard pile or one number higher. If a 6 is on the discard pile, you can play a 6 or a llama, and if a llama is on top, you can play another llama or a 1. If you stop, you place your remaining cards face down and take no further actions in the round.
The round ends when one player empties their hand or all players have stopped. In either case, players collect tokens based on the cards in their hand. Each differently numbered card in hand gets you the number of white tokens equal to the value of the card (each worth 1 point), while one or more llamas gets you a black token (worth 10 points). (You can exchange ten white tokens for one black token at any time.) If you played all of your cards, you can return one previously collected token (white or black) to the supply. You then shuffle all of the cards and begin a new round.
The game ends after the round in which at least one player has forty or more total points. Whoever has the fewest points wins!
Curious about it? Play it right now by clicking here:
https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=lama
The game won multiple awards worldwide and is pretty famous, so there is no reason to skip it on Board Game Arena.
The team would like to thank the AMIGO team, as well as Dr Reiner Knizia for their help bringing this game to the platform.
And of course, no Llamas without developers, and this one has been done by the fantastic tsaunat. Thanks to him!
So what's next?
Take your time and relax. Good things will come to those who wait. 😉
Don't forget the LIVE event on MONDAY 6th September at 9PM (Paris time).
See you next week!
LLAMA: Ko Reiner Knizia vrže vse negativne točke.
Kaj pravi lama?
Prvotna igra z imenom LAMA v nemščini je tudi kratica, ki pomeni L ege a lle M inuspunkte a b, to je "določi vse negativne točke."
Ja, "LLAMA" se v Nemčiji in drugih državah piše samo z enim L.
Zakaj?
LL je bil prvotno izgovorjen kot „ly“ - tako kot lli v angleški besedi milijon.
Čeprav ga mnogi- ali celo večina- govorci španskega jezika danes izgovarjajo enako kot črko y, ga mnogi- zlasti v Španiji- še vedno izgovarjajo kot "ly"- tako se tudi v kečuanskem izgovarja.
Torej je pravilna izgovorjava "Llama" "lyama" ali "yama", ne "lah-ma".
Tako kot Lloyd.
To sem se danes naučil.
Kakorkoli že, kaj pa igra?
Igralcem ni odveč povedati, da nas na platformo kmalu čakajo težje igre; ta igra nam je zelo všeč.
Želeli smo, da vaše srce utripa v lahkem ritmu, tako da boste s počitnic dobili toplo dobrodošlico, preden padejo resnejše stvari.
Kot ste verjetno uganili, gre pri igri za čim hitrejše odlaganje kartic iz roke.
Morda pa ne boste mogli igrati, kar želite, zato se ustavite in zamrznite roko ali rišete in upate, da boste še naprej igrali?
Vsak igralec začne krog s šestimi kartami v roki iz krova, sestavljenega iz kart lame in kart s številko 1-6, po osem izvodov vsake.
Na zavoju lahko aktivni igralec igra karto, potegne karto ali se ustavi.
Če želite igrati na karto, morate odigrati isto številko kot zgornja karta kupčka za zavračanje ali eno številko višje.
Če je 6 na kupu zavržkov, lahko igrate 6 ali lamo, če pa je lama na vrhu, lahko igrate drugo lamo ali 1.
Če se ustavite, položite preostale karte z licem navzdol in v krogu ne ukrepajte več.
Kolo se konča, ko en igralec izprazni roko ali se vsi igralci ustavijo.
V obeh primerih igralci zbirajo žetone glede na karte v roki.
Vsaka različno oštevilčena kartica v roki vam priskrbi število belih žetonov, ki so enaki vrednosti kartice (vsak vreden 1 točko), medtem ko vam ena ali več lam dobi črn žeton (vreden 10 točk).
(Kadar koli lahko zamenjate deset belih žetonov za en črni žeton.) Če ste igrali vse svoje karte, lahko enega že prej zbranega žetona (belega ali črnega) vrnete v zalogo.
Nato premešate vse karte in začnete nov krog.
Igra se konča po krogu, v katerem ima vsaj en igralec štirideset ali več skupnih točk.
Zmaga tisti, ki ima najmanj točk!
Te zanima?
Igrajte ga takoj, tako da kliknete tukaj:
https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=lama
Igra je osvojila več nagrad po vsem svetu in je precej znana, zato je na Board Game Arena ni razloga za preskok.
Ekipa se zahvaljuje ekipi AMIGO in dr. Reinerju Kniziji za pomoč pri uvajanju te igre na platformo.
In seveda brez lam brez razvijalcev, to pa je naredil fantastični tsaunat.
Hvala mu!
Kaj je torej naslednje?
Vzemite si čas in se sprostite.
Dobre stvari bodo prišle tistim, ki čakajo.
Ne pozabite na dogodek V ŽIVO v PONEDELJEK, 6. septembra, ob 21.00 (po pariškem času).
Se vidimo naslednji teden!