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You can stack the deck in your favor to win at Caravan virtually every time. A Caravan deck has a minimum of 30 cards -- which you can buy from merchants or find on dead bodies -- so you need to choose those that will get you between 22 and 26 consistently while also giving you defensive cards to use against your opponent.
Here's a great setup. Take these cards with you:
10s
9s
8s
7s
6s
Kings
Jacks
Aces
2 Jokers
Jacks, Aces and Jokers are defensive plays. Use Jacks to remove cards from your opponent. Ace and Joker played will remove all cards of your Ace's suit (an Ace of Spades and Joker will remove all spades from the table). Kings will double whatever they are placed on. Optimally, 6+K+K = 24.
Here's how to play to win: To open, lay down your highest or lowest cards first to start the 'base' of your caravan. 10+9+8=27 so don't use this combination. 6+7+8=21 so don't use this either (unless you put your Ace down after the 8 to make 22). But every play between is a winner. As stated above, 6+K+K=24 is also a winner. Using this strategy, you are virtually guaranteed to win each hand of caravan, no matter how high your luck!
You can accumulate nearly unlimited items and caps by playing Caravan. Seek out vendors with lots of cash and items. Buy all the items you can afford off them, then challenge them to a few games of Caravan and win back all your money!
Total Sales |
0.10m
Japan |
1.54m
NA |
1.04m
Europe |
0.49m
Others |
3.17m
Total |
1 | n/a | 280,420 | 123,495 | 83,067 | 486,982 |
2 | n/a | 94,191 | 56,581 | 32,935 | 183,707 |
3 | 35,989 | 38,498 | 25,857 | 14,372 | 114,716 |
4 | 7,008 | 15,296 | 24,547 | 10,468 | 57,319 |
5 | 3,610 | 9,796 | 15,993 | 6,795 | 36,194 |
6 | 2,848 | 11,590 | 30,352 | 11,849 | 56,639 |
7 | 2,523 | 14,309 | 44,164 | 16,859 | 77,855 |
8 | 2,443 | 22,776 | 42,293 | 17,501 | 85,013 |
9 | 3,598 | 28,607 | 61,453 | 24,759 | 118,417 |
10 | 5,014 | 30,223 | 71,109 | 28,219 | 134,565 |
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Slimebeast
posted 28/08/2013, 05:18
PearlJam, that's a good comment. I agree with your analysis. Largely both games felt quite similar though. I have a hard time deciding which was best. I think I enjoyed Fallout 3 a little more because I'm a huge Elder Scrolls fan. Message | Report |
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PearlJam
posted 13/03/2012, 12:59
Comparing F3 to NV is difficult. F3 is a better Bethesda-style dungeon crawler/walking simulator, and I would say more polished and graphically better. The game was definitely more "Epic" than NV. But if you ever played, read about or even glanced at the original Fallout games then you know why NV is a much better "Fallout game", it's not even close. It is also a better "RPG" (if you know what I mean) and has better combat with better characters, dialogue, moral choices, crafting, weapons, ammo, basically everything that makes a good Role Playing Game. Fallout 3 is half the game that NV is mechanically speaking. But I think they're both great games, just for different crowds. Message | Report |
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Aj_habfan
posted 08/03/2012, 09:57
Such a fun game, ending my first playthrough at around 60 hours, about to start 2nd profile on hardcore. As soon as Ultimate Edition is released I'll get a third file and redo story and add-ons. Overall this game is incredibly similar to Fallout 3, which for me is all I could ask for - what an amazing series. Message | Report |
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withdreday
posted 04/03/2012, 08:42
For the next fallout, how about lush green environments or perhaps a snowy region? The brown wasteland is getting a bit old. Message | Report |
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Solid-Stark
posted 02/12/2011, 01:11
I hated this. 3 was so much better in every aspect besides the miniscule improvemnet in graphics . Message | Report |