Vikings: i did it a couple of times ... and succeeded once i think, not won the game, but last one more round

not to win the game of course .. but to finish in a later round

the person in the last place can either bid all his points ... but if he assumes everyone else will bid higher .. then why would he bid all his points .. he will fall in anyway ...
if he assumes someone wont bid higher than all his points .. then it might matter ... so he could bid all his points and stay in 1 round longer ... or he could try to figure out who will bid lower than his points .. and why .. and try to bid 1 point higher than that amount .. leaving him with more than 0 points in the next round .. and maybe last 1 more round

i usually do this when i am in the last place and the person just above me has only a few points more .. or when i am in second to last place and the person above me has only a few more points

it all depends on the relative differences

so even in the end rounds it might be logical to bid less than the total amount of the last player when you want to take a chance to end one or two rounds higher

sorry i didnt read the rest first .. great example .. nice play :)