o You can “leapfrog” your scoring
on the euchredoodledandy
by using two pegs in each column, starting them in the zero
and ten holes (just move the peg from the tenth hole for the
first score).
Many players like the “leapfrog” method to
keep track of a team’s previous score. It does help cut
down on mistakes and cheating.
The euchredoodlefroggy is just a super euchredoodledandy designed
for “leapfrogging”: It has
two zero holes for each team.
Note, in the photo
above, that you can tell that the trailing
team scored a lone march from zero,
and that the leading team last scored on a march
or a euchre.
So, what’s the “euchredoodlebiddy” all about?
It’s for keeping score in bid euchre (three-handed “buck” euchre), without pencil and
paper. You can’t keep score in
bid euchre with markers, but you can keep score with a euchredoodlebiddy.
The euchredoodlebiddy has two columns of holes for each of three players.
The left column, above the zero line, has holes for scores to nine.
The right column has five holes above the zero line for scores in multiples of 10.
In bid euchre, everyone starts with 15 points and a goal of zero:
You get a point off your score for each trick you take, but you go up five points each time
you get euchred (by getting set on your bid, or by failing to take a trick).
The euchredoodlebiddy shows scores up to 59 points (if you score more than that, you
might as well concede the game). In the photo above, the player with red pegs has 15 points; the white pegs
show 8 points, and the black pegs show 23.
The euchredoodlebiddy is shipped with red, white and black wooden pegs (other colors
available on request) and instructions and tips for playing bid euchre.
Note that you can use the euchredoodlebiddy also as a euchredoodledandy, to score
a regular euchre game to 10, by using just two of the ones columns (and you can use the tens
columns to keep track of games or rubbers). The
euchredoodlebiddy, with its two zero holes per player or team, also is handy for
“leapfrog” scoring of a regular game of euchre.
So, let’s just say you can use it as a euchredoodlefroggy.
