User:Eliandarion

Hi, I'm Eliandarion. Or Alarion. Or Lovykar. Or even The Evil Eel, although that was a while ago now. I've played Fallout since the first game came out - I got it copied from our Polish carpenter's son on a regular CD, and was intrigued by it even then, ten years old. I've played that one several times and am almost done with Fallout 2, but I really went to town on Fallout 3 and (being an Oblivion/Morrowind/Bethesda fan) have sunk about 70-80 hours into it, complete with DLC, mods and the whole shebang.

Currently playing New Vegas and writing stuff on the wiki, and making edits here and there.

Since I apparently couldn't put this on its own page, here is the Caravan strategy I'm using. Enjoy :)

There are many strategies that can be employed in winning a game of Caravan. This page aims to be a collection of such strategies for players who want to improve their skills, win more often, or just get new ideas about the game. Eliandarion's strategy - even cards Edit This is the strategy employed by Eliandarion. It involves even cards and some face cards. Simply put, the idea is to have only even cards (2, 4, 6, 8 and 10), Kings and Queens in the deck, plus the two Jokers. Using this set-up, you get a deck of 30 cards (the minimum possible to play with) and thus a rather reliable way of getting most of the cards you want quickly.

Since your cards are all in even numbers, it is easy to keep track of how much you need to win. Additionally, the Kings allow you to double any number, which is very useful since you can get a full Caravan in only three moves with a 10, a 6 and then a King on the 10 = 26 and you've won that one. If you happen to get many cards of the same level (mostly 10 or 8, for instance) the Queens can be useful in allowing you to reverse the order so that you can add another 8 to an 8-6-4 setup, or to an 8-10 caravan. Remember that 18+8 is 26, as well as 6+4+8x2, or 10+4+2+8, or a number of other combinations. The Jokers are good in that they make it easy for you to remove opponent's cards - since all your cards are even, just target the odd-numbered cards and you are guaranteed to mess things up for your opponent while keeping your own decks completely intact.

Simply put, it's an easy to follow and convenient strategy that allows you to win almost all the time and doesn't require a lot of number-crunching. As long as you can add numbers below 10 to each other and occasionally double them, you're set to go!