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In the initial announcement of this series, I wrote: So, having been inspired by some of the variations on the game Aaron and Archie have introduced into their series, I wondered if mine should have similar. I also wanted them to be broadly more compatible with each other in terms of prize money, so there weren't some options (Pure Pots/Red Mist, A Tale of Two Boxes/Super 6) much stronger than others (Knowing Banker, Classic Deal) on the same series.
I also wondered about how to implement something similar to, but different from, Pure Pots in my series. That something turned out to be a rolling jackpot, starting at £250k and increasing by £5k per game until won. Due to the nature of the Purpliser game, I didn't think the rolling jackpot suited that, as much as shifting 15% of £315,000 to the £25 to make a £47,275 box and a £267,750 top prize seemed fun. Besides, that's now a 24-box game and I wanted all of these to be 22-box games, and also I really like the Purpliser game in its own right still and just wanted to have the fun of Banking a different game every time given that I have had so much fun playing a different game every time with Archie and Aaron.
So Series 2.1 is not cancelled/superceded, it will continue in parallel with the all-new Series 3, and you are actively encouraged to play games in both series as you wish.
Now to Series 3. Like Aaron and Archie series at the time of writing, it has six variations, and I'd like to thank Aaron and Leah for playtesting! They are intended to be broadly balanced, though a balance adjustment may take place at any point. The rule variations for Series 3.3 are as follows: - 23 BUILD
The game starts with the regular UK board and a starting Box 23 money menu of MONEY BACK/HALF/NOTHING. At any three points of the player's choosing, including post-Deal, the player can make a prediction. If they are within 10%, one of twelve positive options is added to their money menu:
- Multipliers: QUADRUPLE/TRIPLE/DOUBLE/ADD HALF.
- Additive options: +£35,000/+£20,000/+£10,000/+£5,000.
- Other options: NO-LOSE REDO/BONUS/SUPER BONUS/DOUBLE STAKES. NO-LOSE REDO causes a second Box 23 selection with the two negative options replaced by MONEY BACK. The BONUS is the better of ADD HALF and +£5,000. The SUPER BONUS is the better of DOUBLE and +£10,000. DOUBLE STAKES causes a second Box 23 selection with the stake level doubled (i.e. if Box 23 was initially purchased for £6,500, the second selection takes place as if it was purchased for £13,000).
If the prediction is within 5%, they will get a choice of two of these options to add, each from different categories; if they are within 1%, this choice is increased to three, one from each category. Nothing happens if the error margin exceeds 10%. - CAR CHASE
The game starts with the regular UK board, but with the six lowest reds replaced by CAR. The value of this box is determined by progress up the Car Chase ladder. At any three points of the player's choosing, including post-Deal, the player can make a prediction to move up this ladder. Being within 1% of the offer moves the player four steps up, being within 5% moves the player three steps up, being within 10% moves the player two steps up, and being within 20% moves the player one step up. From top to bottom, this ladder is as follows:
- Audi e-tron (£82,310)
- Jaguar i-PACE (£64,495)
- Volvo XC90 (£53,085)
- Audi A5 (£34,790)
- Skoda Kodiaq (£25,775)
- Renault Zoe (£21,920)
- Audi A1 (£18,435)
- Kia Rio (£12,495)
- Dacia Logan (£8,495)
- Renault Twizy (£6,690)
- Supercar test day (£895)
- RC truck (£69.99)
- Toy car (£5.99) (The player starts here)
For the purpose of the Banker's offer calculations, the CAR box is valued based on the assumption that the player will make exactly one step up the Car Chase ladder with each unused prediction. (Therefore, for the first offer and any offer prior to the first prediction being used, the CAR is valued at £6,690.)
The Box 23 money menu is DOUBLE/ADD CAR/HALF/NOTHING. - DOCTORED BOARD
The game starts with the following board: £1,000 £1,250 £1,500 £1,750 £2,000 £2,250 £2,500 £2,750 £3,000 £3,500 £4,000 £5,000 FYFFES BANANA BONUS £7,500 £10,000 £15,000 £20,000 £25,000 £35,000 £50,000 £75,000 £250,000
The FYFFES BANANA BONUS box is worth £6,000 if won from the box at the end of the game. If revealed in live play, the contestant immediately wins £3,000. In either case, this money cannot be used for Box 23. The Banker may, on occasion, make a "Bend the Banana Bonus" offer to hand back this £3,000 in return for some other advantage; this takes place at an offer point in addition to and separately from a regular offer.
The Box 23 money menu is ADD HALF/+£5,000/+£2,500/MONEY BACK/75%/HALF. Additionally, the Banker cannot make offers where Box 23 is compulsory in this version. - IT'S YOUR GAME
The game starts with the 11 blues from a regular UK board and the jackpot.
The player is then presented with a choice of two box value pairs, and chooses one of these pairs to add to the board. This process takes place five times in total to select ten boxes to complete the 22-box board. There are six separate lists of 16 pairs, each with a "base value" from £10,000 to £75,000. One of these is left unused, depending on the jackpot:
- Jackpot £250,000-£395,000 - List 6 (base value £75,000) unused
- Jackpot £400,000-£495,000 - List 5 (base value £50,000) unused
- Jackpot £500,000-£595,000 - List 4 (base value £40,000) unused
- Jackpot £600,000-£695,000 - List 3 (base value £30,000) unused
- Jackpot £700,000-£795,000 - List 2 (base value £20,000) unused
- Jackpot £800,000+ - List 1 (base value £10,000) unused
After this process is completed, the player is then presented with a choice of three Box 23 money menus (randomly chosen from a larger selection), and selects one to activate before the start of the game. - PRIZE BOXES
The game starts with the regular UK board, but replacing £5 with MINI PRIZE, £750 with MIDI PRIZE, and £15,000 with MAXI PRIZE. If a player goes to the end and wins one of these boxes, they will receive one of a choice of three prizes with a value depending upon the type of prize box:
- Mini prizes:
- Avocado (£1.80)
- Cillit Bang (£2)
- Bat soft toy (£6)
- Midi prizes:
- iPhone 11 Pro (£1,199)
- Sofa bed (£1,499)
- Gaming laptop (£1,799.95)
- Maxi prizes:
- 82" 8K TV (£8,999)
- Summerhouse (£12,995)
- Renault Zoe (£21,920)
The Box 23 money menu is DOUBLE/ADD MAXI/ADD MIDI/ADD MINI/NOTHING. - PUMP IT UP
The game starts with the regular UK board and a starting Box 23 money menu of DOUBLE/+£1,000/MONEY BACK/HALF/NOTHING.
The contestant predicts each of the first two offers. For each percentage point within 20% they are of the actual offer (rounded to the nearest 1%), all the reds between £1,000 and £50,000 are increased by 1% and the +£1,000 on the money menu is increased by £1,000. For instance, if the first offer is £9,500 and the prediction is £9,900 (prediction error rounds to 4%), the reds are increased by 16% and the +£1,000 becomes +£17,000.
One of these six rule variations is chosen at random to start each game. The rule variation used in the previous game is excluded from this draw. The jackpot starts at £250,000 and increases by £5,000 in each game where it is not won, up to a maximum of £1,000,000; winning the jackpot box resets the jackpot. With the exception of It's Your Game, the second- and third-highest boxes must always be at least 25% and 15% of the jackpot, respectively, and are increased to those levels if needed. Box 23 is always optional, but the Banker can make offers where it must be or must not be used, or where its options are modified; furthermore, this can be either instead of or in addition to a straight cash offer. However, if there are predictions involved, the Banker must make a straight cash offer (which in turn is the basis for the prediction) unless and until all predictions have been used up. The Banker uses a proprietary formula for determining the lower and upper bounds of the offer, and has free rein within these boundaries; all offers involving a modification to Box 23 are evaluated by treating the possible outcomes on the money menu as if they were box values on a 5-box board, and there must be overlap between this offer range and that of the actual offer for the main-game board. All games use the standard UK 5-3-3-3-3-3 offer format, and there are never bonus offers.
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Last edited by KP on Sat Oct 05, 2019 9:05 pm, edited 11 times in total.
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