o You can “leapfrog” your scoring by using two pegs
in each
column, starting them in the zero and nine holes (just move
the peg from the ninth 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 side.
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, just like a
euchredoodledandy. 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).
The euchredoodlebiddy comes with 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!
