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There is a surprisingly good implementation of Settlers of Catan for iPhone, I'm playing through Seafarers expansion scenarios and enjoy it a lot. Fun fact: Xb
by vl 15y ago
There is a surprisingly good implementation of Settlers of Catan for iPhone, I'm playing through Seafarers expansion scenarios and enjoy it a lot.
Fun fact: Xbox 360 version has "equalized dice" setting (don't remember the actual name) which makes dice less random so it would have better histogram. This setting removes some frustration from the game, like you settling on two sixes but getting only eights benefiting the enemy, but obviously makes "lucky wins" less likely for you as well.
- defen 15y ago> This setting removes some frustration from the game, like you settling on two sixes but getting only eights benefiting the enemy, but obviously makes "lucky wins" less likely for you as well. I've played regular board-game Catan about 10 times, and every single time either 6 or 8 has come up way less than it "should". It's been roughly equal whether it's helped or hurt me, but it really takes some of the enjoyment out of the game when people fight for those spots, only to have them be worthless.
- benmathes 15y agoI've found that settlers is very good at illustrating that random does not necessarily mean evenly distributed.
- ffrinch 15y agoThe iPhone version has this too: set Dice Mode to "Stack" to get a perfect distribution (as though you were drawing from a stack of numbered cards rather than rolling dice) and "Stack5" for a slightly less perfect one (as though 5 random cards were removed).
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- vl 15y agoThanks, found it. Turns out it's available for custom games, not available for scenarios.
- anthonyb 15y agoThe way to do that in real life is to have a stack of cards with the same distribution as the dice, ie. 2 3 3 4 4 4 ... Shuffle, turn face down and turn the top one over instead of rolling the die.
- onedognight 15y agoMany of the expansions for Settlers have such a deck with the added spice that you are to remove a small number of cards at the beginning.