Monday, January 19, 2015

Queen's Gambit

I'm almost certainly dead here. Do I have any chance at all? I think there are only two moves that
keep any mathematical chance of me winning alive.

Game #2400  •  ElihuRoot (Nimue) vs. eksortso (Guenever)  •  Round #3
Random Buttonlords (really) (with a reverse)
Your turn to attack


(4) (6) s(12) (20) (X)
Button: Nimue
Player: ElihuRoot
W/L/T: 1/1/0 (3)  •  Score: 23 (-18.3 sides)
Dice captured: (12)
(4)
4
(6)
5
s(12)
11
(X=12)
 10 
1
(6)
5
s(8)
9
(10)
5
(X=13)
Dice captured: (20), (X=12)
W/L/T: 1/1/0 (3)  •  Score: 50.5 (+18.3 sides)
Player: eksortso
Button: Guenever
(6) s(8) (10) (12) (X)
Do I take the 10-sided die with my d8? or with my d4  &  s4? or just with the s4? That last one seems majorized by using both the d4 and s4, so we can ignore it -- and PROBABLY, it makes more sense to reroll my d8 in the 50-50 chance of rolling out of range of tavella's remaining dice.

But another option would be to take t.'s d6 with my s4, keeping my 8-sided die safe for another turn with at least a 70% chane of being able to take the d10 on the next turn, guaranteeing at least a tie.



Game #2633  •  ElihuRoot (Tiffany) vs. tavella (Cesare)  •  Round #5
Your turn to attack


(4) s(8) (8) (10) s(X)
Button: Tiffany
Player: ElihuRoot
W/L/T: 2/2/0 (3)  •  Score: 28 (0 sides)
Dice captured: (10/20=10), (10)
(4)
1
(8)
6
s(X=4)
3
s(8)
 2 
3
(4/10=4)
3
(6/10=6)
4
(10/12=10)
Dice captured: (10), s(8)
W/L/T: 2/2/0 (3)  •  Score: 28 (0 sides)
Player: tavella
Button: Cesare
(10) (4/10) (6/10) (10/12) (10/20)

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Die skills in this game: Shadowi

Sunday, January 18, 2015

What are sansibaman's chances of pulling this off?

What's the best move?

There are only three possible attacks, so this isn't too hard to figure out by brute force -- but can you see it quickly?

ElihuRoot performed Power attack using [(X=4):4] against [(12):3]; Defender (12) was captured; Attacker (X=4) rerolled 4 => 1.
Game #3311  •  ElihuRoot (Buddy) vs. sansibaman (Kith)  •  Round #5
Opponent's turn to attack

s(6) (10) s(20) (20) (X)
Button: Buddy
Player: ElihuRoot
W/L/T: 2/2/0 (3)  •  Score: 53 (+9.3 sides)
Dice captured: (X=18), (8), (12)
s(6)
4
s(20)
18
(X=4)
1
1
(6)
12
(12)
 3 
(12)
Dice captured: (10), (20)
W/L/T: 2/2/0 (3)  •  Score: 39 (-9.3 sides)
Player: sansibaman
Button: Kith
(6) (8) (12) (12) (X)