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Interesting Prop

Posted By: Timothy Chow
Date: Tuesday, 6 September 2016, at 5:20 p.m.

In Response To: Interesting Prop (Phil Simborg)

Phil wrote:

it would also be fun to see if, using xg's dice distribution feature, you could actually call the best roll every time.

XG's dice distribution feature will only tell you what the best roll is assuming you're calling just this one roll. That's very different from the best roll when both players are calling all rolls.

This is a very different game from backgammon since now you can potentially calculate ahead many moves. It's much closer to chess in that regard. It's also probably not a very interesting game to play since the other rules of backgammon are geared towards random rolls rather than called rolls.

Messages In This Thread

• Interesting Prop
  Phil Simborg -- Tuesday, 6 September 2016, at 5:07 p.m.
  • Interesting Prop
    Timothy Chow -- Tuesday, 6 September 2016, at 5:20 p.m.
    • Interesting Prop
      Casper Van der Tak -- Tuesday, 6 September 2016, at 5:59 p.m.
    • Interesting Prop
      Jack Mack -- Wednesday, 7 September 2016, at 1:29 a.m.
  • Two better(?) alternatives - Interesting Prop
    Jack Mack -- Wednesday, 7 September 2016, at 12:12 a.m.
    • Two better(?) alternatives - Interesting Prop
      Phil Simborg -- Wednesday, 7 September 2016, at 1:54 a.m.
    • Two better(?) alternatives - Interesting Prop
      Ian Terry -- Friday, 9 September 2016, at 3:05 a.m.