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asked | Is there a Diplomacy variant that does not contain stalemate lines? |
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May 16 |
awarded | Good Question |
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Apr 10 |
answered | In cribbage, do you get points for doubles after getting to 31? |
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Mar 20 |
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What is a good way to store multiple expansions of Dominion? Typo |
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Feb 22 |
awarded | Popular Question |
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Feb 1 |
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Has online play testing been an important part of any boardgame designs? Apparently some Dominion cards have been play tested online: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominion_(card_game)#Online_Play |
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Jan 22 |
awarded | Popular Question |
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Jan 15 |
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How to Measure Luck vs Skill in Games? @tengfred Yep, I see! And if we change "same difference in skill" to "best player vs normal player", as you mention above, that does solve the issue. We could maybe instead look at players who beat each other 3/4 of the time (+200 skill), and measure the length of the longest chain of players (which for a large sample is effectively the width of the spread as mentioned above). |
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Jan 14 |
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How to Measure Luck vs Skill in Games? @tengfred Elo is based on a rating gap of +200 skill means that one player should win 3/4 of the time (of the non-drawn games), the lower rated player should win only 1/4. |
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Jan 14 |
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Does a winning strategy exist for Don't Break the Ice? This is great and should really be the selected answer. If the second player ensures the corner squares are removed within the first eight moves then the game must last an odd number of turns, and so the second player wins. As you say the second player may need to prioritise one corner over another to prevent the first player dropping it by disconnecting it. |
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Jan 9 |
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How to Measure Luck vs Skill in Games? +1 This sounds workable. Did you definitely mean -12 to +12? I was expecting something like -6 to +6. |
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Jan 8 |
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How to Measure Luck vs Skill in Games? You haven't defined what it means for a player to play with random actions. For example in poker it is important that a player's bids do not reveal their hand, and so they should bid 'randomly' using a carefully calculated distribution. Just because the best strategy is to play 'randomly' does not mean there is no skill in the game. |
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Jan 7 |
awarded | Popular Question |
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Jan 3 |
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Identify a numbers game where you strike out numbers You start with an odd number of digits and cross out digits in pairs. When you write out all the remaining digits do you then have to get rid of both sets of digits? |
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Jan 3 |
accepted | Can the pirate be placed on the edge of the board? |
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Dec 30 |
awarded | Notable Question |
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Dec 27 |
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Can the pirate be placed on the edge of the board? This is very interesting, thanks. Do you have links to images of older seafarers editions without frames? |
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Dec 24 |
asked | Can the pirate be placed on the edge of the board? |
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Dec 13 |
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Tactics for Othello an -> and |
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Dec 11 |
awarded | Electorate |
