Armchair Dragoons Forums

News:

  • Connections Online 2024 will be held 15-20 April, 2024 ~~ More Info here
  • Buckeye Game Fest will be held May 2-5, 2024, with The War Room opening on 29 April ~~ More Info here

News

Connections Online 2024 will be held 15-20 April, 2024 ~~ More Info here

Author Topic: DICE!  (Read 23273 times)

bob48

  • Smeghead.
  • Warrant Officer
  • Lead Sergeant
  • *
  • Posts: 11715
Reply #60 on: February 24, 2021, 03:49:49 PM
Its OK. We understand.

Just sit quietly down here and nurse Gus will surgically remove your credit card.

“O Lord God, let me not be disgraced in my old days.”

'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers'


BanzaiCat

  • Patreon Supporters
  • Lance Sergeant
  • *
  • Posts: 6561
  • Puns Puns Puns Puns
Reply #61 on: February 24, 2021, 04:01:59 PM
It's the only thing game-related I've actually ordered this year, so far.

============================================

Solosaurus Podcast: https://solosaurus.libsyn.com/
(includes Solosaurus Plays)


bayonetbrant

  • Arrogance Mitigator & Event "Organizer"
  • Administrator
  • Staff Sergeant
  • *
  • Posts: 15380
  • Going mad, but at least going somewhere
    • Six Degrees of Radio
Reply #62 on: February 24, 2021, 04:02:57 PM

=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=++

Random acts of genius and other inspirations of applied violence.
-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~
Six Degrees of Radio for songs you should know by artists you should love


BanzaiCat

  • Patreon Supporters
  • Lance Sergeant
  • *
  • Posts: 6561
  • Puns Puns Puns Puns
Reply #63 on: February 24, 2021, 04:04:36 PM
No, this is true.

Stone Valley Games keeps sending Martin and I a ton of stuff for reviews on Solosaurus. Plus trades. So none of that counts as actual purchases.  :D

============================================

Solosaurus Podcast: https://solosaurus.libsyn.com/
(includes Solosaurus Plays)


mcguire

  • Patreon Supporters
  • Corporal
  • *
  • Posts: 1101
  • Shoes for industry!
Reply #64 on: February 24, 2021, 04:05:25 PM
It's the only thing game-related I've actually ordered this year, so far.

Good lord! It's February. Are you feeling alright?

"Man...knowing how to use the cards properly certainly changes how I play the game" -- judgedredd


BanzaiCat

  • Patreon Supporters
  • Lance Sergeant
  • *
  • Posts: 6561
  • Puns Puns Puns Puns
Reply #65 on: February 24, 2021, 04:24:33 PM
Not bad.  :bigthumb:

Nothing that a game purchase might help...hmm

============================================

Solosaurus Podcast: https://solosaurus.libsyn.com/
(includes Solosaurus Plays)


mcguire

  • Patreon Supporters
  • Corporal
  • *
  • Posts: 1101
  • Shoes for industry!
Reply #66 on: February 28, 2021, 04:31:18 PM
Ok, so I listened to the episode. (Gasp! They jumped the queue?!)

No love for 3d6? Added together? (Yeah, I started with TFT and played a lot of Champions/Hero system.)

With 1 dice, you get a uniform probability. With 2, you get sort of a degenerate, triangular distribution. With 3, you get a fully formed normal distribution. 10 or less is 50%, 14 or less is about 90%, 3 and 18 are really unlikely, and modifiers are interesting: +1 goes from 26% to nearly 40% or 50% to 62%, or 90% to 95%---it goes from really useful to not that great depending on where you start.

"Man...knowing how to use the cards properly certainly changes how I play the game" -- judgedredd


bbmike

  • Warrant Officer
  • Lance Sergeant
  • *
  • Posts: 7444
    • My Own Worst Enemy
Reply #67 on: February 28, 2021, 05:11:44 PM
Ok, so I listened to the episode. (Gasp! They jumped the queue?!)

No love for 3d6? Added together? (Yeah, I started with TFT and played a lot of Champions/Hero system.)

With 1 dice, you get a uniform probability. With 2, you get sort of a degenerate, triangular distribution. With 3, you get a fully formed normal distribution. 10 or less is 50%, 14 or less is about 90%, 3 and 18 are really unlikely, and modifiers are interesting: +1 goes from 26% to nearly 40% or 50% to 62%, or 90% to 95%---it goes from really useful to not that great depending on where you start.

No hate for 3d6. I've played GURPS.  8)

"My life is spent in one long effort to escape from the commonplace of existence."
-Sherlock Holmes

My Own Worst Enemy


BanzaiCat

  • Patreon Supporters
  • Lance Sergeant
  • *
  • Posts: 6561
  • Puns Puns Puns Puns
Reply #68 on: March 01, 2021, 10:35:04 AM
GURPS is good but sadly I never got a chance to play it. I did play a lot of the Hero and Fantasy Hero system though back in the day, which I really enjoyed.

============================================

Solosaurus Podcast: https://solosaurus.libsyn.com/
(includes Solosaurus Plays)


bayonetbrant

  • Arrogance Mitigator & Event "Organizer"
  • Administrator
  • Staff Sergeant
  • *
  • Posts: 15380
  • Going mad, but at least going somewhere
    • Six Degrees of Radio
Reply #69 on: March 14, 2021, 11:04:05 AM

=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=++

Random acts of genius and other inspirations of applied violence.
-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~
Six Degrees of Radio for songs you should know by artists you should love


HellCat6

  • Jr. Trooper
  • *
  • Posts: 42
    • Catastrophe Games
Reply #70 on: March 15, 2021, 05:18:39 PM



bob48

  • Smeghead.
  • Warrant Officer
  • Lead Sergeant
  • *
  • Posts: 11715
Reply #71 on: March 15, 2021, 05:20:43 PM
And they have already got £1.7m - amazing!

“O Lord God, let me not be disgraced in my old days.”

'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers'


mcguire

  • Patreon Supporters
  • Corporal
  • *
  • Posts: 1101
  • Shoes for industry!
Reply #72 on: March 15, 2021, 07:26:10 PM
"I'm sorry, I have to recharge my dice" is no longer a euphemism!

"Man...knowing how to use the cards properly certainly changes how I play the game" -- judgedredd


bbmike

  • Warrant Officer
  • Lance Sergeant
  • *
  • Posts: 7444
    • My Own Worst Enemy
Reply #73 on: March 15, 2021, 07:29:04 PM
I'll wait to see what Lou says.  :whistle:

"My life is spent in one long effort to escape from the commonplace of existence."
-Sherlock Holmes

My Own Worst Enemy


bayonetbrant

  • Arrogance Mitigator & Event "Organizer"
  • Administrator
  • Staff Sergeant
  • *
  • Posts: 15380
  • Going mad, but at least going somewhere
    • Six Degrees of Radio
Reply #74 on: March 15, 2021, 07:55:40 PM
I'll wait to see what Lou says.  :whistle:

I can save you the trouble

Quote from: lou
:tickedoff:

=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=++

Random acts of genius and other inspirations of applied violence.
-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~
Six Degrees of Radio for songs you should know by artists you should love