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Re:Creator of Catan, Klaus Teuber, has passed away at the ag... by thefringthing on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @06:55PM (#35446946)
Some people play by drawing from a deck of dice rolls without replacement in order to reduce the variance.
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Re:Creator of Catan, Klaus Teuber, has passed away at the ag... by aidenn0 on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @07:42PM (#35447334)
It seems like if you have a good memory, you could be a lot more strategic with the robber when doing this (assuming you mean a deck of 36 cards, you know that a recently drawn "roll" won't come up until the next reshuffle).
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Re:Creator of Catan, Klaus Teuber, has passed away at the ag... by thefringthing on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @08:25PM (#35447628)
Indeed! You may reasonably regard this to be a bug or a feature.
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Re:Creator of Catan, Klaus Teuber, has passed away at the ag... by SkyPuncher on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @07:13PM (#35447106)
I actually have that deck.

However, I can't get my group to play it. They say that the actual process of rolling the dice is fun. I tend to agree.

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Re:Creator of Catan, Klaus Teuber, has passed away at the ag... by Rebelgecko on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @11:31PM (#35448930)
What I'do you laid all the cards out face down on the table, rolled the dice, and chose whichever card was closest?
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