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They come up with an expected number of rolls-to-complete of 32. This surprisingly large number is why that game tends to drag on forever.
by mturmon 15y ago
They come up with an expected number of rolls-to-complete of 32. This surprisingly large number is why that game tends to drag on forever.
- Someone 15y agoIt is not that surprising. If you leave out all the snakes and all the ladders, the rolls-to-complete is 100/3.5, or about 28.5. So, it seems the average loss due to snakes is larger than the average gain due to ladders.
- mturmon 15y agoYes, I realized this simple explanation only after doing the Markov chain analysis myself a couple years ago. But for some reason, looking at the game, you don't think it will take so long.