I can’t find this one in the rules. I am about to close a game where we will both have 3 tiles left over. Are the tiles simply deducted from our score or is our final score before deductions what we get. I do know if one player plays out he will get credit for his opponents tiles and they will be deducted an equal amount.
If you both have tiles left over then the total for each player’s remaining tiles are deducted from their score as the final score.
This.
I have a very close game going, I think she is stuck but I may be holding too many points.
Too late (too few left in the bag) to exchange 'em?
It all depends on which rules you follow.
The rules in the lid of the box say that each person should deduct the number of points still on their rack from their own score.
If one person goes out, I think the rules state that the total number of points held by other players are subtracted from their own score AND added to the score of the person that went out. In tournament play (always ONLY one-on-one), the player with tiles remaining on their rack doubles their point value and awards those points to the player that went out.
I should also point out that, in tournament play, there is a specific situation that can end a game before it even starts. If six consequent plays are made which score 0 points (through passing, exchanging, or play challenged off), the game ends and both players record the number of points on their racks and subtract them from the score. I have seen games won -6 to -7.
How are ties handled in tournament play?
I lost, I should have passed my turns. She was stuck until I made a move, she ended up going out.
In most tournaments, the player with the most wins AND fewest losses will be the winner. If more than one person has the same win/loss record, the player with the highest cumulative differential will be the winner.
Cumulative difference is the sum of the differences of all games. The difference will be positive for the winner, negative for the loser. In a tie game, bot players record a difference of 0 (zero).
Yes, but what do human players record?