Any tips to play caravan

[Rouke]

Im trying to get all the achievements and i have no idea how to play caravan. Is there any tips i should know before trial and error. Because trial and error is hard for 30 wins in my mind.

[Bansheebutt]

Make your lanes add up to 26.

Ideally you want to start a lane with either a very high or very low value card.

Use Kings to double a cards value to either help yourself or screw over your opponent. (Particularly the latter. The AI is very inept at dealing with it before it's too late.)

Use Jacks to remove a card from a lane to accomplish much of the same.

Use Queens to reverse the direction of a lane.

Don't bother with Jokers generally.

[Rouke]

Originally posted by Zaz Bacon:

Make your lanes add up to 26.

Ideally you want to start a lane with either a very high or very low value card.

Use Kings to double a cards value to either help yourself or screw over your opponent. (Particularly the latter. The AI is very inept at dealing with it before it's too late.)

Use Jacks to remove a card from a lane to accomplish much of the same.

Use Queens to reverse the direction of a lane.

Don't bother with Jokers generally.

Thanks for that im only good at blackjack for card games in my opinion.

[talgaby]

Well, this is blackjack, but with a goal of 26…
Probably the easiest strategy is to have a deck only made of (7)-8-9-(10)-J-K, this way you can always get a 24-26 stack with 3 cards.

[Dustin81]

Arrow keys are used the cycle through where you can place cards. Like placing a face card on another card in the middle, top, or bottom of a caravan stack.

[pawzisme]

what is the point? What do you get out of it?

[Soggy Omelet]

Originally posted by Rouke:

Im trying to get all the achievements and i have no idea how to play caravan. Is there any tips i should know before trial and error. Because trial and error is hard for 30 wins in my mind.

Follow the AH guide:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AorCJkgie_s

It took me actual hours to get the achievement. But I did it following this strictly.

[Vic Evicerator]

Originally posted by pawzisme:

what is the point? What do you get out of it?

It can be a not-insignficant source of caps and/or free repairs if you play against someone who can repair things.

[Din'elen Darkstar]

I stack my deck with Kings, Jacks, 10s, 6s, and 4s. I throw in a few Queens to switch directions. This makes it really easy to get each track to 24 or 26 really fast. Jack make it easy to derail the opponent. Try keeping your deck < 60 cards also helps.

[Bansheebutt]

Originally posted by pawzisme:

what is the point? What do you get out of it?

A lot of caps in the early game and experience whenver you complete a Caravan challenge.

[raubrey]

OK, I think I got my answer from the video (good post), except the last part which might make more sense in-game. I didn't know about the descending/ascending order part, so that will make a huge difference. The special cards I'll just skip for when I want to wrack my brain some more. :D

Player did a great job at explaining the basics though.

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Originally posted by talgaby:

Well, this is blackjack, but with a goal of 26…
Probably the easiest strategy is to have a deck only made of (7)-8-9-(10)-J-K, this way you can always get a 24-26 stack with 3 cards.

Is that something you do at the table?
I buy cards every playthrough and stll never can figure out how to play the thing or sort my cards.

It's pretty sad since I can hold my own in the real-world Vegas. :D

P.S. I'll check the video out, too.

[Rouke]

Originally posted by pawzisme:

what is the point? What do you get out of it?

There is no point just something fun to do. And the second part nothing just the joy of beating fallout and getting the most out of it.