3OAM: Bonus Game and Special Game Thread

[dougmorrisontheair]

Apr 18, 2022 6:38:56 GMT -5 billmcdee said:

(Love this!  So glad there isn't a rappin' dragon or dragon slayer!)

[NOTE FROM DOUG: I hosted a pilot for 3OAM in "my old netgames neighborhood".

One theme of pictures was "enemies of the state" -- a dragon, a lightning bolt, and "0%"; the villains from TTD, Bullseye, and PTP, respectively.

Still not sure when we're doing a full pilot here. Meantime, let's see what happens after Bryan's buy of 2...]

(ding)

(scattered cheers)

Bottom center. So a win across the bottom row is possible. A win in the center column is possible.

Pick another number. Pick a winner.

[Bryan]

$100: number 8

[dougmorrisontheair]

(ding)

(scattered groans)

Eight's in the upper left.

Thankfully, this opens more possibilities. And you can afford to buy two more numbers.

[Bryan]

$100: 3

[dougmorrisontheair]

(dings; audience applause)

Got a vertical win with $100 to spare. If that 3 were in the center of the right column, thankfully you had that spare Benjamin to guarantee a win.

But you got three in a row here -- and now we go to the next phase in the bonus game.

As before, we've loaded the board with thousands of dollars in cash. But, Bryan, since you're the new champion after making *two* matches in our game, the stakes are higher. The cash awards in the board now range from $3000 to $30,000.

(audience cheers)

As before, you'll select up to three visible numbers, one at a time. Right after you pick a number, we'll show you how much money's in that box. You'll have the option to stop and keep the cash -- or give it back for hopefully more money.

Hopefully, $30,000 is attached to one of the five numbers you've bought. So -- please pick a visible number.

[Bryan]

9

[dougmorrisontheair]

Number NINE -- number NINE.

(ding)

$4000. Okay beginning.

You may stop and take the four large -- or trade it in for another number and cash award.

(audience shouts suggestions)

[Bryan]

Trade it: 1

[dougmorrisontheair]

Had a hunch you would...

...at this level, $4000 is one of the lowest amounts up there.

So we go to number 1 and we find...

(dings; audience cheers)

...the big one! $30,000. Congratulations, Bryan.

So, your total for three on a match and then three in a row is $30,100. We add all that loot to what you won earlier in the game -- and you have a total of...

...$34,160!

(audience cheers)

Well done, Bryan.

[Bryan]

Boy I need it

[dougmorrisontheair]

Congrats, Bryan.

Who *else* wants to try Three in a Row?

[pathfinder20]

I would like step up to the plate.

[dougmorrisontheair]

(audience cheers)

We're back with Three on a Match. Kourtney, just when it looked hopeless, you finally found that third star on the outer space board. That means you get to play Three in a Row.

Now, since you had $10 left unspent in that game -- and you won $500 for the match...

(ding)

...you currently have $510.

Now, you'll be spending that money on single digit numbers from 1 through 9 inclusive -- and with no duplicates. The price for each number is $100.

The moment you buy three numbers in a row -- straight across, up and down, or diagonally -- we move to the next phase of the game.

Here's the catch. The numbers are totally placed at random. That means the 5 is not necessarily in the center box, the 2 is not necessarily above the center box, and the 8 is not necessarily below the center box. All that *could* be true -- but it's unlikely.

Before you start your buying spree, remember this. If you first three picks end up in a row, you win an instant bonus of $50,000.

(audience cheers)

So -- good luck and off you go.

---

Kourtney, you may buy as many as three boxes to start out. I'd recommend two just to get a good head start. You may even start with just one.

Please remember to say "$100 on the (number)".

[pathfinder20]

Let’s start with $100 on the number 1 and $100 on the number nine.

[dougmorrisontheair]

Kourtney: Let’s start with $100 on the number 1.

(ding)

It's in the top left. Logical position -- but that's based on the totally random draw.

Kourtney: $100 on the number nine.

(ding)

(bursts of gasps and cheers)

Ummm -- Kourtney -- you're on the brink of a $50,000 instant bonus. If you manage to buy the number that's in the upper right, you win the 50 grand *and* you'd still play for up to $10,000 -- which, I know, is a bit anti-climactic. But, hey, who's gonna bypass a shot at a total of 60 large?

Let's have that magic number.

[pathfinder20]

$100 on the three.

[dougmorrisontheair]

(ding)

(scattered groans)

Right column -- wrong row. Sorry about that. You're still in business though.

Please buy another number (or two).

[pathfinder20]

Let’s go $100 on the 7 and $100 on the 2.

[dougmorrisontheair]

Kourtney: Let’s go $100 on the 7.

(ding)

(scattered groans)

Don't despair. The 7 opens up a couple of chances. If you buy the middle number on this last pick, you get a vertical in the middle column. Buy the upper right number -- and you get a horizontal across the top.

Kourtney: $100 on the 2.

(dings; audience applause)

And you got a line across the top.  Good job.

Now, Kourtney, it's time to play for thousands of dollars. In addition to the single digit numbers, we loaded this board with different amounts of money. They range in value from $1000 to $10,000.

You may select up to three of the numbers you've bought. Just select one number, we'll reveal the cash attached to the number -- and then you may decide to stop and keep the cash -- or give it up for, hopefully, a higher prize.

But let's see if ten grand's attached to one of the visible numbers. Remember, you're not limited to the numbers in the top row. Any visible number's fair game.

Which number would you like?

[pathfinder20]

Let’s start with nine.

[dougmorrisontheair]

Number 9 hides...

(ding)

...the lowest amount on the board -- $1000.

Kourtney, since that is the lowest amount up there -- *and* that's the only $1000 prize on the board...

...you might as well give it back. So, you'll trade up for sure. What number?

[pathfinder20]

Let’s try 7

[dougmorrisontheair]

7 will be a luckier number.

(ding) (scattered cheers)

$4000. So, Kourtney, you may stop and keep the money -- or give it back. If you decline the $4000, you're stuck with whatever you end up with on the last pick.

[pathfinder20]

Let’s give that back and go with number 1.

[dougmorrisontheair]

$4000 comes back to the house. Oh how I hope you traded up. Did you?

(ding) (scattered groans)

No -- you traded down to $2500. With the ten spot left over, you've made, between getting three on a match and three in a row, $2510.

(scattered applause)

Where was the 5?

Oh -- it was in the center box attached to the 5 you didn't pick.

And there it is to make it official.

---

[NOTE FROM DOUG: As with Bryan, Kourtney gets a chance to play the soup-up version of Three in a Row. Recall this will be played when a contestant makes two matches in the game whilst defeating the opposition.]

---

(audience cheers)

We're back with Three on a Match.

Kourtney Wilson's our new champion on the strength of three spades. Unfortunately you depleted your fundage to get here *but*...

(ding)

...you still win the game with $500 spending money to use at our Three in a Row board.

You know how the game works. Buy three numbers that end up in a row. All the numbers are shuffled.

If your first three picks complete a row, column, or diagonal line, you're instantly $50,000.

(audience cheers)

And once you get three in a row, you then play for up to $30,000. So with lucky picks, you could be $80,000 richer in the next few moments.

(scattered cheers and woos)

So good luck -- and start buying.

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Kourtney, as before, please buy up to three numbers at the price of $100 each. ("$100 on the (number)".)

[pathfinder20]

$100 on the 7 and $100 on the 3.

[dougmorrisontheair]

Kourtney: $100 on the 7.

(ding)

Left center box.


Kourtney: $100 on the 3.

(ding)

(scattered groans)

Bottom right corner. Obviously the 50 grand is out of reach.

Keep going, please.

[pathfinder20]

$100 on the 1 and $100 on the nine.

[dougmorrisontheair]

Kourtney: $100 on the 1

(ding)

Okay, got another corner. That's a big help.

Kourtney: $100 on the nine.

(ding) (scattered cheers)

Got *another* corner.  The odds are in your favor, Kourtney.  What you want to avoid is the bottom center number.  

[pathfinder20]

Let’s try $100 on the 5.