On Sun, 4 Sep 2005 videoguy505@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
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> Whenever we're bored, we play a dice game we uncreatively call "The
> Dice Game". If there's an actual name for this game, I haven't found
> it. The rules are:
[...]
Sounds similar to Pickomino in the general strategy, although the goals
in Pickomino are different and you only need to roll one special number to
qualify your turn. In Pickomino, the special number is basically a 6,
instead of a 1 or 2, but after a little thought I don't think this is
relevant.
> My question is, is there an optimal strategy for this game...
Obviously. :)
> especially regarding when to save a 5? I know that a later turn is
> obviously better, since you know the score to beat.
No, that can't be right. Wouldn't you just try to score as high as
possible all the time, no matter when your turn was? I know I would. :)
> I haven't found any discussions of strategy for this game, if anyone
> has leads I'd appreciate it.
You can work out the odds by brute force, if you really want to know
when to save 5s and so on. But I don't know where you'd look to find out
who's done the math for you already. rec.puzzles sounds like a good bet;
maybe sci.math? (They have some posters who like calculation problems.)
-Arthur
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