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Why? A degree of randomness makes games more fun.

• dmonitor 3y ago
  I think randomness is mostly used to hide the flaws in an imperfect game. In a sufficiently complex game, the natural cause-effects from play should result in new and interesting game states. The opponents inputs + the game rules should create something inherently exciting and intriguing. A poor set of rules can be made interesting by adding dice rolls. Creating an interesting game without randomness is much harder.
• tmtvl 3y ago
  I would very much argue the opposite: having a decent game ruined by luck of the draw is the very opposite of fun. It's bad enough when a winning player loses a game by accidentally making a game-ending mistake, having a winning player lose without even making a mistake simply by having the dice/random number generator/whatever saying "no" is awful.
• TJSomething 3y ago
  While I agree, I understand that some people can prioritize the feeling of mastery over all other aspects of gameplay. When there's no randomness, then the game is a pure test of skill. If you want to get into a single game as a hobby, then having low chance and a high skill ceiling is a feature that allows for continuous fulfillment of that need.