Wednesday, August 16, 2017

what's the best move here?

b must take my posion, which will put me slightly ahead on points. What can he do to maximize his chance of victory nonetheless?

Tuesday, August 15, 2017

Another post from an old saved game, but I don't think it's very difficult

This game was from the "old" buttonmen site November, 2011. I saved it (cutting off the bottom rows, unfortunately -- I can't even remember the name of the other button UPDATE: Oh, it's Riff from Sluggy Freelance), obviously thinking there was some sort of post in it -- but what was the question I was going to ask?

It's clear, isn't it, that taking the 20-sided die guarantees at least a draw, which makes more sense than taking the 10-sided die even though it's larger.

Maybe the question was which way to take it? should you reroll the 2,2 and 4-sided dice, or the 8-sided die?  You just need to capture ONE more die, after all. And you're almost certain to be able to do it no matter what. What could go wrong? Can you prevent it?



Button Men Game #724118 
Tournament Legal challenge, copying communication from game 723689

Skills in this game: Option
Player: ElihuRoot *Dead Dude* *Fanatic*
Your Button Man: Chang (2/20 2/20 4/20 8/20)   Score: 8 (-10 sides)   Rounds Won/Lost/Tied: 0 / 0 / 0 (Out of 3 wins)
Your Captured Dice: None
Option 2/20
(with 2 sides)
Option 2/20
(with 2 sides)
Option 4/20
(with 4 sides)
Option 8/20
(with 8 sides)
  2  1  2  5
Option 4/20
(with 4 sides)
6-sided dieOption 6/8
(with 6 sides)
Option 10/12
(with 10 sides)
20-sided die
  4  6  5  8  5