Buttonmen blog: October 2009

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

is this a tough choice?

L. is forced to capture my 8-sided die, and he only need capture one of my 10 sided
die after that to draw, assuming I don't manage to reroll my poison. He definitely wants to avoid rolling into a speed attack (how can he best do this?) -- but does he also need to consider the risk of rolling low, since I have a reasonable chance of capturing all three of his dice without losing any 10 sided die?

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Tournament Legal challenge, copying communication from game 681973
This game was last modified on Wed Oct 28, 2009 08:01:52

* Next Turn * Player: Limax *Wombat* *Is a MAN* *Fanatic* * Next Turn *
Button Man: Von Pinn Score: 22.5 (3 sides) Rounds Won/Lost/Tied: 0 / 1 / 0 (out of 3 round(s))
Captured Dice: 12-sided die

Dice	4-sided die	10-sided die	W Swing (with 7 sides)
Value	3	3	3

Dice	8-sided die	10-sided die	10-sided die	Poison Shadow Speed V Turbo Swing (with 10 sides)
Value	1	10	10	10

Player: ElihuRoot *Dead Dude* *Fanatic*
Button Man: Werner Score: 18 (-3 sides) Rounds Won/Lost/Tied: 1 / 0 / 0
Captured Dice: 20-sided die, Poison Twin Die (both with 6 sides)

Sunday, October 25, 2009

I've probably lost this round

but what maximizes my chances? taking the 1-sided die with my 6 sided die? or taking the 20-sided die with the 12-sided die?

OK, maybe that's too easy. But what if I was only behind by 20 sides instead of 25 [i.e. keep everything the same

in the game except pretend the 2-sided die I've captured already was actually a 9-and-a-half sided die. ok a 10 sided die,

it doesn't change the argument -- just keep the dice in play the same, but somehow give me another 7.5 or 8 points]. Would that

change anything?

Skills in this game: Focus, Reserve

Focus 6-sided die	Focus 12-sided die		10-sided die
3	12		3 Captured last turn
1-sided die	10-sided die	20-sided die	2-sided die
1	8	11	2