I don't have an absolute answer to this one

I mean, it seems clear to me that G. should either take my speed die, or my 20-sided die showing 11 (is there a case for taking my 12-sided die? I think we can rule out capturing the 20-sided die showing 2.)

I know what I would do, but I'm not sure it's right. I'm sure there *is* a right answer, but can anyone come up with a good bit of reasoning, short of working out the full details?


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Tournament #9596: NFI 1838 - 2 Current Round: Round 6. (organized by kev)

This game was last modified on Tue Oct 30, 2007 21:55:26

Player: ElihuRoot *Dead Dude* *Fanatic*
Button Man: Hale Score: 40 (5.3 sides) Rounds Won/Lost/Tied: 4 / 4 / 0 (out of 5 round(s))
Captured Dice: None

Dice	Speed 8-sided die	12-sided die	20-sided die	20-sided die	S Swing (with 20 sides)
Value	7	12	2	11	15
Dice	6-sided die	6-sided die	Speed 12-sided die	20-sided die	20-sided die
Value	1	1	1	4	6

* Next Turn * Player: Gryphon *Rage* *Fanatic* * Next Turn *
Button Man: Sonia Score: 32 (-5.3 sides) Rounds Won/Lost/Tied: 4 / 4 / 0
Captured Dice: None

Results from last turn:
Rolling Dice...
Determining Initative...
It is Gryphon's turn to go first.

OK, Anders is kicking my butt again... but this still amuses me

I changed the value of one of ander's dice to make this problem more interesting.
which of his dice should I take?

Button Men Game #613905 [MODIFIED]
Tournament Legal challenge, copying communication from game 613499

Skills in this game: X Swing, Speed
Player: ElihuRoot *Dead Dude* *Fanatic*
Your Button Man: Dirgo (20 20 20 X) Score: 26 (-34.6 sides) Rounds Won/Lost/Tied: 0 / 1 / 0 (Out of 3 wins)
Your Captured Dice: 12-sided die, 4-sided die

X Swing (with 20 sides)		20-sided die
13		3 Captured last turn
8-sided die	8-sided die	Speed 20-sided die
3	4	17

Opponent: Anders *ONE MILLION POINTS* *Fanatic*
Button Man: Tamiya (4 8 8 12 z20) Score: 78 (34.6 sides) Rounds Won/Lost/Tied: 1 / 0 / 0
Captured Dice: 20-sided die, 20-sided die, 20-sided die

A similar situation to the last one...

Normally, I'd prefer to wait a while before posting a similar problem -- on the other hand, both of these came up in my games very recently (I do play a lot of Lot5R games). Anyhow:

Should D. use his focus dice to gain the initiative? if so, how?

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Reverse Battle From Game 612932
This game was last modified on Fri Oct 12, 2007 08:26:51

* Next Turn * Player: Desdinova * Next Turn *
Button Man: Naga Score: 25 (8 sides) Rounds Won/Lost/Tied: 2 / 0 / 0 (out of 3 round(s))
Captured Dice: None

Dice	Focus 6-sided die	8-sided die	8-sided die	8-sided die	Focus 20-sided die
Value	3	1	2	8	12
Dice	6-sided die	6-sided die	6-sided die	X Swing (with 4 sides)	X Swing (with 4 sides)
Value	6	6	1	4	1

Player: ElihuRoot *Dead Dude* *Fanatic*
Button Man: Sylvia Branham Score: 13 (-8 sides) Rounds Won/Lost/Tied: 0 / 2 / 0
Captured Dice: None

One of those things I love about Crab

I'm reconstructing this from memory, and the format is not the one usually used with focus-die at the start of the game -- but I think it's clear enough...
[UPDATE: it has been pointed out that, despite the post title, Crab is not one of the buttons in this game! The theme in this position is one I associate so strongly with Crab that, in writing this post, I wound up reflexively invoking her.]

this is from #612930 -- my opponent has the initiative, but I could use my focus dice to seize it. Should I? how? what specifically should I do with my focus dice?

Skills in this game: Focus, X Swing
Player: ElihuRoot *Dead Dude* *Fanatic*
Your Button Man: Naga (f6 8 8 8 f20) Score: 25 (6 sides) Rounds Won/Lost/Tied: 1 / 0 / 0 (Out of 3 wins)

Focus 6-sided die	8-sided die	8-sided die	8-sided die	Focus 20-sided die
5	8	8	3	18
4-sided die	6-sided die	8-sided die	10-sided die	X Swing (with 4 sides)
2	6	7	9	3

Opponent: Desdinova
Button Man: Kitty Cat Seven (4 6 8 10 X) Score: 16 (-6 sides) Rounds Won/Lost/Tied: 0 / 1 / 0

wow, it has been a long time... but here's one.

Sorry, work and life has intruded, and will probably continue to do so.
Still, this position caught my eye, though not because I have any interesting choices --
I'm dead in the water right now, with my shadow dice stuck -- but does Anders have an interesting choice to make? or is it automatic?

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This game was last modified on Mon Oct 8, 2007 21:31:33

* Next Turn * Player: Anders *ONE MILLION POINTS* *Fanatic* * Next Turn *
Button Man: Tonase Score: 26 (1.3 sides) Rounds Won/Lost/Tied: 1 / 2 / 0 (out of 3 round(s))
Captured Dice: 8-sided die, Shadow X Swing 4-sided die

Dice	4-sided die	20-sided die	Focus X Swing (with 4 sides)
Value	2	14	2
Dice	Shadow 4-sided die	8-sided die	Shadow 12-sided die
Value	4	7	11

Player: ElihuRoot *Dead Dude* *Fanatic*
Button Man: The Effster Score: 24 (-1.3 sides) Rounds Won/Lost/Tied: 2 / 1 / 0
Captured Dice: 8-sided die, 4-sided die

Results from last turn:
ElihuRoot is performing a power attack with a 8-sided die showing 7,
targeting Anders's 4-sided die showing 2.

The 8-sided die is rerolled and the new value is 7.

ElihuRoot takes Anders's die.