Friday, June 13, 2014

Buttonmen 101



This is pretty easy to calculate, but I thought it was interesting because my instinct was that it almost didn't matter which one I did, but when I stopped to think about it, I realized that one attack was clearly better than the other. (technically, there are three  attacks I could make, but one of them is absurd).

Game #441  •  ElihuRoot (Von Pinn) vs. Boot2daHead (Jorgi)  •  Round #5
Your turn to attack


(4) p(6,6) (10) (20) (W)
Button: Von Pinn
Player: ElihuRoot
W/L/T: 2/2/0 (3)  •  Score: 25 (-0.7 sides)
Dice captured: (20), (4), (8)
p(6,6)
5
(10)
9
(4)
 2 
1
(6)
6
p(X=6)
Dice captured: (20), (W=5), (4)
W/L/T: 2/2/0 (3)  •  Score: 26 (+0.7 sides)
Player: Boot2daHead
Button: Jorgi
(4) (6) (8) (20) p(X)