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)

three foot putt

Pretty basic situation toward the end of a round  -- I should be able to win this, but what attack minimizes the probability of something going wrong?

Random buttons!

Your turn to attack

q(20) q(20) (8/12) (6/12) (4) Button: Sven Player: ElihuRoot

W/L/T: 2/2/0 (3)  •  Score: 52 (+10 sides) Dice captured: (30), (6/10=6) q(20) 10 (8/12=8) 7 (4) 4 (6/12=6)  6  5 F(4/8=8) 2 (6) 5 s(8) Dice captured: q(20), (6/12=6) W/L/T: 2/2/0 (3)  •  Score: 37 (-10 sides)

Player: irilyth Button: Jota F(4/8) (6) (6/10) s(8) (30)

A simple maximum die skill puzzle

I don't have much experience with "Maximum" dice -- dice that always show their maximum value. I sort of think I don't like them very much. But I have to admit they make this decision a little more interesting. I think there's only one attack I can make with any hope of leading to a winning situation (and even that hope is slender)

Game #764  •  ElihuRoot (Jose) vs. glassonion (Randarch)  •  Round #1

Your turn to attack

M(3) M(4) M(6) M(8) M(T) Button: Jose Player: ElihuRoot

W/L/T: 0/0/0 (3)  •  Score: 20.5 (-2.7 sides) Dice captured: (10), M(6) M(3) 3 M(4) 4 M(T=2) 2 M(6)  6  6 M(6) 7 (10) 5 (X=5) Dice captured: M(8), M(6) W/L/T: 0/0/0 (3)  •  Score: 24.5 (+2.7 sides)

Player: glassonion Button: Randarch M(6) M(6) (10) (10) (X)

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)

Exception to the rule

Konstant dice seem like one of those good ideas that must not have been  playtested much; in practice, they are nearly useless, and the usual optimal strategy when opposing them is to ignore them completely. In the situation below, however, the konstant die seems to have some value -- just not to its owner. It's  usually a wasted move  to capture a die that isn't a threat, but in this case the benefit outweighs the waste.

[Some people might claim that Null dice are equally useless and worth ignoring. Such people are very very wrong.]

Game #694  •  ElihuRoot (Brigid) vs. Patman (Pythagoras)  •  Round #1

Your turn to attack

(8) (8) (X) (X) (X) Button: Brigid Player: ElihuRoot

W/L/T: 0/0/0 (3)  •  Score: 33.5 (0 sides) Dice captured: (12), (8) 1 (8) 4 (8) 1 (X=11) 6 k(6) 10 (10) 3 (Z=7) Dice captured: (X=11), (X=11) W/L/T: 0/0/0 (3)  •  Score: 33.5 (0 sides)

Player: Patman Button: Pythagoras k(6) (8) (10) (12) (Z)

another focus die contest

I can't win the initiative here: if i. chooses to contest it, he'll beat me.  And I can't turn down my d20 to a  safe value while temporarily gaining initiative. Yet I think there may be another very good reason to turn down my focus dice here, do you see it? Do you agree?

Focus dice ----ing contest

[warning: this is not *quite* how the game appeared, I modified one die's value to make the puzzle interesting.  OK, I'm in battle to get the initiative, but I'm bound to lose it, am I not?

Should I just skip it altogether and pass, rather than waste my relatively large die rolls? Or should I turn down my dice to either get initiative or at least make L.  have to turn down his big dice and gain initiative?

Or... is there something else I might do?

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Game #364  •  ElihuRoot (Naga) vs. Limax (Phoenix)  •  Round #3

Your turn to try to gain initiative using die skills

Player: ElihuRoot	Player: Limax
Button: Naga	Button: Phoenix
W/L/T: 1/1/0 (3)	W/L/T: 1/1/0 (3)
Recipe Value f(6) 54321 (8) 2 (8) 5 (8) 5 f(20) 19181716151413121110987654321	Recipe Value (4) 3 (6) 1 f(8) 7 (10) 8 f(20) 7

Turn down focus diceTake no action