AN UNCAPRICIOUS VARIATION
If you have tried the new game of Caprice (Goldsieber/Rio Grande), which has received mixed reviews in G3, try it with these rules: 1. choose three tiles (instead of four), replacing one if all three are the same; 2. allow the towers to get to four levels high, but score only the three levels up from the gameboard–the fourth piece freezes the stack (no piece can be moved); 3. when you relocate a piece, always cap it, even if that piece makes the fourth level; 4. end the game when five towers have reached the fourth level; 5. if each of your three tiles is different, score one point for any pieces on a level that match your appropriate tile, and a bonus of three points for any tower (stack of the bottom three) that matches all your tiles exactly; if two of your tiles are the same, score two points for each piece on the appropriate level matching one of the duplicate tiles.
Here’s an option using glue: glue together (side by side) four sets of three different tiles: white circle-black circle-black cloud; black circle-white cloud-white circle; white cloud-black cloud-black circle; black cloud-white circle-white cloud. Each player picks one strip, which can be turned upside down allowing for two possibilities. Two players may want to place the same piece on either the bottom or the third level, but no two players will want the same piece on the second level.
