Post #3144004

2026-05-22 14:45 UTC

Well, if you do infinite die rolls, your standard deviation becomes so high the "7" spaces bias will be relatively less significant However, replacing first-mover advantage by RNGesus advantage is not significantly better

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@thebestaquaman@lemmy.world 2026-05-23 00:40

That's not how standard deviations work though. The point is that if you are n players, the probability of any given player starting is 1/n. After an arbitrary number of dice throws, the probability that a given player is ahead *remains* 1/n, when you account for the throw that decided who would go first. Let's put it this way: Would it be "more random" who goes first if you throw ten dice to decide instead of one? Of course not. But that's essentially what you're doing when you go "warm up" rounds. You're just throwing the dice more times, and letting whoever has the highest total go first. Clearly, the probability that any given player gets the highest total remains 1/n, regardless how many dice are thrown.

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