Pit
10 October 2004, early afternoon
Pit is apparently a very old game, created by Parker Brothers in 1919. The game is supposed to simulate the hustle and bustle of the commodities exchange. The game is somewhat like spoons, but more entertaining.
We played it for a very long time last night. Dave won by a good margin. The results for each round are presented below.
| Ramanan | Carvill | Martha | Krishna | Dave |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| -20 | 0 | -20 | 40 | 100 |
| -40 | -20 | 80 | 40 | 100 |
| -40 | -20 | 80 | 80 | 60 |
| -60 | -20 | 80 | 140 | 40 |
| -10 | -20 | 80 | 140 | 20 |
| -10 | -20 | 60 | 140 | 90 |
| -10 | -20 | 60 | 120 | 165 |
| -10 | -20 | 60 | 190 | 125 |
| -30 | 55 | 40 | 190 | 125 |
| -30 | 55 | 20 | 190 | 165 |
| -30 | 35 | 20 | 190 | 235 |
| -30 | 35 | 0 | 170 | 275 |
| -30 | 95 | -20 | 170 | 255 |
| 120 | 75 | -20 | 170 | 255 |
| 100 | 75 | -20 | 170 | 455 |
| 80 | 145 | -20 | 100 | 455 |
| 80 | 205 | -40 | 100 | 435 |
| 80 | 265 | -80 | 100 | 435 |
| 80 | 305 | -80 | 100 | 395 |
| 180 | 305 | -100 | 100 | 375 |
| 180 | 305 | -100 | 100 | 415 |
| 140 | 305 | -100 | 100 | 475 |
| 120 | 305 | -120 | 200 | 475 |
| 120 | 285 | -140 | 300 | 475 |
| 120 | 325 | -140 | 280 | 455 |
| 100 | 385 | -140 | 260 | 455 |
| 80 | 385 | -80 | 240 | 455 |
| 60 | 365 | -80 | 240 | 515 |
| 40 | 365 | -100 | 240 | 575 |
| 20 | 345 | -30 | 240 | 575 |
| 20 | 345 | -30 | 240 | 595 |
| 20 | 345 | -50 | 290 | 695 |
| 20 | 345 | -50 | 270 | 735 |
| 0 | 345 | -70 | 270 | 775 |
| -40 | 345 | -70 | 310 | 775 |
| -40 | 345 | -70 | 390 | 975 |
| -40 | 445 | -70 | 250 | 975 |
| -40 | 445 | -110 | 250 | 1005 |
| 35 | 425 | -110 | 230 | 1005 |
| 15 | 425 | -130 | 230 | 1065 |
| 15 | 385 | -130 | 230 | 1105 |
| 85 | 385 | -150 | 230 | 1105 |
A graph showing how people did over time is presented below. As you can see, Dave was the clear winner. Martha was doing not so hot.
In Pit, it is quite easy for your fortunes to change. For example, we can see that Carvill was doing quite poorly for the first half of the game, and then managed to turn things around by the end. Krishna had a lot of early sucess, but ended up loosing much of his momentum. I was doing poorly for most of the game, with a few wins to my credit. Martha had a reasonable start, and then ended up loosing for much of the rest of the game.
I think I’ll have to invest in a deluxe edition of Pit; Dave’s copy from the 70s is starting to show a little wear and tear.
Its true. Especially after I ripped one of the most important cards in the game. It wasn’t too bad though. People noticed in the beginning, but near the end no one has any idea what they are getting.
by Krishna Sivaranjan on October 11 2004, 3:58 am #
I lost only because evil people kept giving me the bull or bear in the last trade every time before Dave yelled “Corner!”
Or it could have been the martini…
Oh yeah, Dave “won”, not “one”. =)
by martha on October 11 2004, 9:50 pm #
I should be a stockbroker. It’s just like this in real life, right?
by Dave on October 13 2004, 4:22 pm #