does alaric lower the boom on me now? or should he wait?

he needs to keep the 20-sided die to win. so he shouldn't reroll it, right?

but if he doesn't, MY 20 sided die has the chance to reroll above him. which is better?

Tournament Legal challenge, copying communication from game 663835
This game was last modified on Thu Feb 12, 2009 13:49:43

* Next Turn * Player: alaric *Sci-Fied* *Silver Medal in Men's Boxing* *Silver Medal in Men's Marathon* *Silver Medal in Men's Synchronized Swimming* *Gold Medal in Men's Wrestling* * Next Turn *
Button Man: Sven Score: 19 (-22 sides) Rounds Won/Lost/Tied: 2 / 2 / 1 (out of 3 round(s))
Captured Dice: 4-sided die

Dice	4-sided die	Option 6/10 (with 6 sides)	Queer 20-sided die
Value	4	2	14
Dice	6-sided die	Speed 10-sided die	20-sided die	X Swing (with 4 sides)
Value	2	7	8	2

Player: ElihuRoot *Dead Dude* *Fanatic*
Button Man: Darwin Score: 52 (22 sides) Rounds Won/Lost/Tied: 2 / 2 / 1
Captured Dice: Queer 20-sided die, Option 8/12 12-sided die

2 options, writ small

Should I take his 6-sided die with mine, or should I reroll my 8 sided die?
can you see the arguments either way? the dice are small enough in this case and we're close enough to the end, that it's not too hard to do the full calculation, but the basic decision between these two sorts of options seems to come up again and again.

Tournament #13750: revenge of the stats -- tasha Current Round: Round 1. (organized by tasha)

I took too long to log in to join the tournament glassonion created, but she was kind enough to tell me what to do! Choose randomly from the buttons below and have fun!

Skills in this game: Focus, Reserve
Player: ElihuRoot *Dead Dude* *Fanatic*
Your Button Man: Jedite (6 6 12 12 4 r6 r6 8) Score: 41 (2.6 sides) Rounds Won/Lost/Tied: 0 / 2 / 0 (Out of 3 wins)
Your Captured Dice: 20-sided die, Focus 12-sided die

6-sided die	4-sided die	8-sided die		6-sided die
5	2	4		1 Captured last turn
4-sided die	4-sided die	Focus 6-sided die
1	3	5

Opponent: mbs808
Button Man: Unicorn (4 4 f6 f12 20) Score: 37 (-2.6 sides) Rounds Won/Lost/Tied: 2 / 0 / 0
Captured Dice: 12-sided die, 12-sided die, 6-sided die