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| bio | website | alaskadataconsultants.com |
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| location | Fairbanks, AK | |
| age | 47 | |
| visits | member for | 2 years, 7 months |
| seen | Apr 2 at 2:31 | |
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Control Systems Engineer.
Most people want to stick their head in the sand and ignore problems, in an effort to avoid conflict. I refuse to be that passive person. Problems are there to be fixed, which means that first they have to identified. Denial is not just a river in Egypt.
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Feb 14 |
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When you King's Court a King's Court, when must you pick the three target cards? While I can't remember the latest example, we've definitely learned that the rules are not unambiguous. They're pretty good, but there are some head scratchers and sometimes you just have to make a decision. |
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Dec 31 |
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9-player Advanced Civilization rules We ended up with 8, but we're playing our annual game again on Monday, so we'll see what happens. I'll let you know if we do. |
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Sep 29 |
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Beginner Power Grid strategy @Chris, you have to take some chances, it's easier to pull off the more players there are. While your bid may only raise it one electro, if you make it seem like it's a worthwhile investment, then it may motivate others to bid higher on it. |
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Aug 17 |
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One vs Many board games The real problem comes from a vague definition of what questions are acceptable. We allow recommendation questions, but then it seems to be randomly decided which ones remain. Like the commenter in Meta who mentioned the travel games question, that one was way more broad than this question was. I'm not sure why the OP needed to change this question from a recommendation question to a information/research question. I would have been fine with everything becoming community wiki, but I thought he was asking for a good specific niche (unlike something like 'all multiplayer games'). |
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Aug 17 |
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One vs Many board games That was really cold, deleting all those answers like that. |
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Aug 15 |
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In Puerto Rico when using the “residence” how is “occupied island spaces” interpreted? @alex, they definitely could have been clearer, this question comes up a lot for new players. |
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Aug 11 |
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What is the repeated move stalemate? @thesunneversets, Yeh, I got hosed once in a tournament bigtime because I thought it was moves. |
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Jul 12 |
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Basic strategies for each country in Diplomacy What's cool is when you can win without any backstabbing. It's takes way more diplomacy doing it that way. |
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Jul 6 |
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What can I do to ensure that my friends' first game of Arkham Horror with me is as awesome as possible? I think getting Cthulhu to show up in person would be pretty awesome. |
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Jul 5 |
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Public knowledge in Settlers of Catan? That quote is only for the latest edition of the rules, it didn't apply in earlier versions (you gave out until you ran out). |
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Jun 30 |
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What Makes Buildings Valuable In Puerto Rico? related: boardgames.stackexchange.com/questions/3085/… |
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Jun 29 |
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Short-version of Settlers of Catan possible duplicate of How to reduce slow starts at the beginning of the game? |
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Jun 26 |
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Creative handicaps in Settlers of Catan? @Elliot, I didn't say they were always bad moves, we've all done them as some time strategically. I was just saying that casual players will not be thinking strategically, and do moves like that arbitrarily totally throwing a good player off his game. I had it happen to me in TTR online yesterday, when a 'bot' player placed random tracks everywhere, completely unpredictable. Bad for him, but also bad for my decision-making process. |
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Jun 26 |
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Creative handicaps in Settlers of Catan? @Elliot, in Settlers you might have roads go to places that no one would ever build a road to, or settlements built in uncommon places, or the robber placed strangely. |
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Jun 26 |
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Creative handicaps in Settlers of Catan? @Elliot, I think fun is relative to the players playing and the social experience, not whether you win or lose. The not predictable stuff usually aren't good moves, but will sometimes hose a player not expecting it. I get hosed by computer players sometimes because they do random crappy stuff. |
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Jun 24 |
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Are there names for checkers openings? My friend called google. |
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Jun 23 |
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Best opening in Hansa Teutonica? This seems to be the way it works in our group. |
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Jun 23 |
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In chess, when is it appropriate to resign? +1 for it all being about being dynamic |
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Jun 20 |
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How many spins does it take to complete a game of Hi Ho! Cherry-O? @ICR, ok, updated to the next level. Note, I'm also getting the 15.8 - 15.9 when running simulations for length of game, so there may still be some probability thing we need to take into account. |
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Jun 20 |
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How many spins does it take to complete a game of Hi Ho! Cherry-O? @ICR, that would increase the probability of 1 thru 4, and increase the magnitude of 5 and 6 (making more negative), and decrease the magnitude of 7 (making less negative). So overall it would increase the expected value a little, and decrease the number of spins needed. Any ideas on how to calculate the probability of what number you are on when you spin? |
