At first, I thought there was a choice here, but

Upon reflection, one move is clearly superior. Do you agree?

Button Men Game #658570
This game is 'for fun' and does not count for player rankings.
Arena Game: Random BM from Victorian Horror

Skills in this game: Stealth, Focus, Stinger, Null, Shadow, X Swing
Player: ElihuRoot *Dead Dude* *Fanatic*
Your Button Man: Invisible Man (n4 d6 d10 ng10 d20) Score: 18 (-2 sides) Rounds Won/Lost/Tied: 2 / 1 / 0 (Out of 3 wins)
Your Captured Dice: None

Null 4-sided die	Stealth 6-sided die	Stealth 10-sided die	Stealth 20-sided die		Stinger Null 10-sided die
1	4	10	3		5 Captured last turn
Focus Shadow 4-sided die	8-sided die	Shadow 10-sided die	16-sided die	X Swing (with 4 sides)
1	4	2	10	3

Opponent: Dispater *Flagless in Chicago*
Button Man: Count Dracula (sf4 8 s10 16 X) Score: 21 (2 sides) Rounds Won/Lost/Tied: 1 / 2 / 0
Captured Dice: Stinger Null 10-sided die

Select an attack: Power Attack Skill Attack

Did I do the right thing?

The turn before, manicfish had a 4-sided die showing 1 and my 20-sided die showed 7. I chose to take the 4-sided die --

thus giving manicfish an opportunity to take MY 4-sided die with value 1 without having to reroll her 20-sided die.

Did I do the right thing? I COULD have rerolled my 4-sided die with value 1 and had a 3/4 chance she'd have to reroll her 20-sided die -- but I'd give up the chance of rolling high enough to threaten her 20-sided die. Would it have been  worth it?

* Next Turn * Player: manicfish *Gold Medal in Women's 100 Meter Dash* *Gold Medal in Women's Diving* *Silver Medal in Women's Hurdles* *Silver Medal in Women's Judo* *Silver Medal in Women's Marathon* * Next Turn *
Button Man: Assailer    Score: 33 (-10 sides)   Rounds Won/Lost/Tied: 0 / 0 / 1 (out of 3 round(s))
Captured Dice: 12-sided die, 6-sided die, X Swing 4-sided die

Dice	20-sided die	Option 2/20 (with 2 sides)
Value	17	1
Dice	4-sided die	4-sided die	20-sided die
Value	4	1	11

Player: ElihuRoot *Dead Dude* *Fanatic* 
Button Man: Gawaine    Score: 48 (10 sides)   Rounds Won/Lost/Tied: 0 / 0 / 1
Captured Dice: 12-sided die, 6-sided die, 12-sided die, X Swing 4-sided die

Game Communication
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ElihuRoot Fri Dec 5, 2008 12:14:05	this position is *so* going on my blog!

Results from last turn:
ElihuRoot is performing a power attack with a 20-sided die showing 7,
targeting manicfish's X Swing 4-sided die showing 1.

The 20-sided die is rerolled and the new value is 11.

today's decision

I've got to reroll my 20-sided die -- but should I take the 12-sided die, getting rid of a larger long-term menace and making a reroll of 20 safe? or should I take his 6-sided die and increase the chance that manicfish would need to reroll her 20-sided die to capture me? Or is there still some other option?


Button Men Game #658421

Skills in this game: Option, X Swing
Player: ElihuRoot *Dead Dude* *Fanatic*
Your Button Man: Gawaine (4 4 12 20 X 6) Score: 31 (-2 sides) Rounds Won/Lost/Tied: 0 / 0 / 1 (Out of 3 wins)
Your Captured Dice: 12-sided die

4-sided die	4-sided die	20-sided die	X Swing (with 4 sides)	6-sided die		12-sided die
4	1	5	2	3		8 Captured last turn
12-sided die	20-sided die	Option 2/20 (with 2 sides)	X Swing (with 4 sides)	6-sided die
3	17	1	1	5

Opponent: manicfish *Gold Medal in Women's 100 Meter Dash* *Gold Medal in Women's Diving* *Silver Medal in Women's Hurdles* *Silver Medal in Women's Judo* *Silver Medal in Women's Marathon*
Button Man: Assailer (12 12 20 2/20 X 6) Score: 34 (2 sides) Rounds Won/Lost/Tied: 0 / 0 / 1
Captured Dice: 12-sided die