Forum:Caravan

Has anyone actually played caravan enough to win 30 times? I can barely understand it, let alone play 30 times, let alone WIN 30 times.173.138.150.41 04:52, March 29, 2011 (UTC)

I have not won 30 times. There is much I do not understand about the game, mostly the controls. I play on PC and still do not know how to fold a caravan. What platform do you play on ? There is one tip I can give you. When a vendor has cards for sale, buy 7, 9 and 10 of any suit and any casino. Get a bunch of these. When you build a deck fill it with 7, 9, 10 and some Kings. Start your stacks (caravans) with a 7 and accend or start with a 10 and decend. If your opponent seems to be concentrating on one stack, you work on getting the other two to 26. Your Kings are used to play on your opponents stacks to force him over 26 but are usually not necessary. The flaw in my strategy is if the opponent plays cards on my stacks. Squalor 15:14, March 31, 2011 (UTC)

Two things to keep in mind, a pile only has to go to 21 to be complete, and you only need to win 2 out of 3 piles (all 3 completed with a total of 21-26) to win the game. I go the two suits becoming one suit, Kings and Jacks strategy myself. Buy all of one suit (whatever Chet has the most of) and build the initial deck of that suit, one other in a different color and all the kings and jacks you can find. Play only in suits (spades on spades), and let your opponent work on one pile while you work on making the other two piles up to 21. Use jacks to mess up your opponent, and try to keep kings for high cards to push your own stacks but don't be afraid to toss a king on an opponent's stack to push him over 26 if your opponent is going to win. It isn't hard really once you get the hang of it, once you get a one suit and facecard deck you can go for 30 games straight without losing easily.75.67.224.12 17:57, March 31, 2011 (UTC)

I play on xbox, I understand the basics, 21 to 26 and the kings, and queens, but I have gotten all three piles to 21- 26, and I didn't win, I had to throw a pile away, and build a new pile just to keep my piles from going over, and I don't remember if I won or not, but I thought I was gonna win with my three piles, and it didn't work out that way. It left me confused, and I haven't played a game since, I want the achievement for winning 30 games, but that might not happened.