what's more urgent?

The 12-sided die showing 11? or the 20-sided die showing 4? Which should I take now to maximize the chance I'll end up in a winning position?

Tournament #13728: revenge on the stats tournament for scodi Current Round: Round 1. (organized by glassonion)

Scodi's ten worst buttons with which he has played at least 6 games. If you are scodi, you may choose your button. Everyone else *must* select randomly.

Skills in this game: Poison, V Swing, X Swing
Player: ElihuRoot *Dead Dude* *Fanatic*
Your Button Man: Clare (6 8 8 20 X) Score: 13 (-1.3 sides) Rounds Won/Lost/Tied: 2 / 1 / 0 (Out of 3 wins)
Your Captured Dice: None

6-sided die	8-sided die	8-sided die	X Swing (with 4 sides)		20-sided die
3	4	3	1		10 Captured last turn
Poison 4-sided die	12-sided die	Poison 20-sided die	20-sided die	V Swing (with 6 sides)
2	11	1	4	1

Opponent: shadowshade *Father of Pearl* *Bronze Medal in Men's Synchronized Swimming*
Button Man: Coil (p4 12 p20 20 V) Score: 15 (1.3 sides) Rounds Won/Lost/Tied: 1 / 2 / 0
Captured Dice: 20-sided die

to trip or not to trip?

Trip dice -- at least small trip dice -- have almost never seemed very useful. Is there ever a situation when you'd rather use a trip attack when another attack is possible?

Is this a time when a trip attack might better than the alternatives?

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Play the AI! You will be assimilated and stuff.
This game was last modified on Tue Jan 6, 2009 09:05:55

* Next Turn * Player: bmai *AI* *111111101001000001100 as of 9-22-03* * Next Turn *
Button Man: Prudence    Score: 17.5 (-7 sides)   Rounds Won/Lost/Tied: 2 / 2 / 0 (out of 3 round(s))
Captured Dice: 12-sided die

Dice	1-sided die	Trip 4-sided die	6-sided die
Value	1	4	5
Dice	2-sided die	2-sided die	8-sided die	X Swing (with 4 sides)
Value	2	2	7	4

Player: ElihuRoot *Dead Dude* *Fanatic* 
Button Man: Patience    Score: 28 (7 sides)   Rounds Won/Lost/Tied: 2 / 2 / 0
Captured Dice: 12-sided die, X Swing 8-sided die

Game Communication
bmai Sun Jan 4, 2009 02:56:10	I am 46.4% in 56 games against you. I am 66.1% in 59 games when playing Prudence. I am 39.1% in 46 games when playing against Patience.