This weekend I was in the pub for a three-player, Hairfoot Polo, showdown! With three players, I decided the matches should run until someone scored two goals. We played 3 games with final scores of 2-0-0, 2-0-0, and 2-1-0, with two different winners. Guess who scored 0 in each game? Yes, I have now been shut out in my last five Hairfoot polo matches!
From a game-design perspective, I think I made a mistake reducing the winning goal number to 2. Having 3 players, and thus 3 scoring nets, meant that scoring happened very fast. Fast enough that neither damage nor applause were major factors in any of our games. I think switching it back to 3-goals-to-win would bring both of those aspects back into the game and make it a bit more interesting.
None-the-less, there were many jokes about pigs, turkeys, and mole-rats, lots of dice-rolling and wall-crashing, and a good time was had by all!
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