Questions about where to find--and how to analyze--board and card game related data.
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1-on-1 unorganized tournament scoring system
Assume I want to run a game tournament with 1-on-1 games (think chess) that have (for simplicity) just win or lose as the outcome and I need a way to rank the players. Formally speaking, I want a ...
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Is there a way to quantify the effects of luck versus skill in rubber bridge?
Duplicate bridge was created to "eliminate" the luck factor. That is partnerships are compared only against other partnerships playing the same cards.
Rubber bridge is a different animal. Here, "luck ...
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Highest difficulty and creativity Sokoban map families [closed]
What are the possible ten maps with highest creativity metric (CM) for most popular Sokoban families: Sokoban, Sokomind, Multiban? Or at least, 10 maps with high difficulty?
There is a site which ...
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How likely are you to lose because Fool's Landing sinks into the abyss?
Since I like probability questions, and tttpp brought it up, I figured it might be interesting to calculate how likely you are to lose on the first turn in Forbidden Island, because Fool's Landing ...
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What is the most time-efficient way to earn gold in Barbarian Prince?
Like the title says. Does this change over the course of the game (example, when you hire followers, when a wizard/witch/monk join your party)?
What is the average gold earned per day using the most ...
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What are the most frequently used Dominion cards in winning decks?
Which cards are most bought by players, and most often associated with winning decks?
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How effective is a shield component during the first round?
I was looking over the Adventure cards for Round I of Galaxy Trucker.
Adventure Cards
4x Open Space (move forward X engine power)
4x Abandon Ship -1 Day,(-2 Astro:$3, -3 Astro:$4, 5 ...
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If I am going to build a small ship, which direction should I build toward?
The center of your spaceship board is on the '7's in all four directions. Since the odds of rolling a certain number increases as that number approaches 7, it seems reasonable to build toward one side ...
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What is the best character in DungeonQuest?
Is there a best character in 1st Edition of Dungeon Quest? (character chart)
Is there a best character in 3rd Edition?
Are any of the characters in the Heroes expansion better than the best ...
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Backgammon Statistics To Know
I recently committed to memory the likelihood of "Entering from the Bar" in a game of backgammon. i.e.
1 point defence - 97%
2 point defence - 89%
3 point defence - 75%
4 point defence - 56%
5 point ...
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Are there any websites or mobile apps for tracking boardgame scores? [closed]
Are there any websites or mobile apps for tracking boardgame scores of my gaming group? It would be interesting if it gave stats over time of wins and loses broken down by game.
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Statistically when to stop rolling in Greed
I want to reduce the level of chance associated with the game Greed (also known as Farkle and Zilch).
Has anyone looked into this or have a source that can give some good stats to answer the ...
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In Settlers of Catan, what seat position is the best for odds of recieving any resource?
If you use the standard rules, where the number tokens are laid out on the board in a pattern (small letters are below the pips), which seating position has the greatest odds of receiving the most ...
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How likely is it to survive a game of Barbarian Prince?
Barbarian Prince is a brutal paragraph based game. Your character must collect 500 gold and return to his homeland to win the game. Unfortunately, there are unfriendly guards, wolves, mobs of ...
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How likely is it to win a game of Barbarian Prince?
Barbarian Prince is a brutal paragraph based game. Your character must collect 500 gold and return to his homeland to win the game. Unfortunately, there are unfriendly guards, wolves, mobs of ...
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Is “meaningful decisions per hour” a good measure for how fun a game might be?
People quickly grow out of games like Candy Land and Tic-Tac-Toe. They don't have any meaningful decisions to make. Then there are games like Monopoly, that have a few meaningful decisions to make, ...
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Does Avis or Iago have a better chance of winning a match?
In my quest to find the answer to this question, I have decided to start smaller. The rules of Button Men are here, and the characters are listed below.
Avis: d4, d4, d10, d12, dX (where X is d4, ...
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Is there a best character in Button Men? Is there a worst character?
Button Men is a free Print&Play game for 2 players. Each player chooses a character card, and the polyhedral dice associated with that character, and takes turns trying to capture their opponent's ...
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Which exchange of money is best? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Should I trash copper or silver with Mine?
In dominion you have the option when the Mine cards are in use to trash a treasure and put a treasure worth 3 more in your ...
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What is the best way to shuffle a large deck without damaging the cards?
I'm quite familiar with a few methods of cards, primarily Riffling and Mongean* shuffling. The issue I have with those is that the Riffling shuffle tends to bend cards and wear them out, as well as ...
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What is the optimal method to shuffle an organised deck of cards
In a number of games I play there are a play deck and a discard deck (for example Ticket to Ride and Pandemic). The discard deck, by the way the games are constructed, becomes organised as cards are ...
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Settlers of Catan Data
I'd like to do some statistical analysis on Catan games, but to do that I need data. Does anyone know of a place I can find empirical data on Catan play? The stronger the players, the better.
Awesome ...
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Axis and Allies - Is there a best country?
I've been told by several people that different countries are statistically better choices for Axis and Allies?
Is there any evidence that one or more countries have a significant advantage?
