Tag: Dice

Barcelona from Board & Dice — Review

Theme and What is it? You play the builders in 19th century Barcelona who are tasked with rebuilding the city following the plans of Cerda, an architect credited as one of the originators of Modernism. Over the course of the game you’ll be constructing homes for the citizen moving to the ci...

The Voice is a Roll of the Dice — Vote No!

Much of the commentary about the Voice has been taking the short-term (dare I say non-Indigenous) view, looking at the next few decades. In this essay, I'd like to look at it with a scope that covers a more appropriate period for a permanent feature of our body politic — the next couple of...

THE SICHERMAN DICE

I would not have thought so but the answer is yes, there is. The real object of this post is not so much about the difference between the Sicherman dice and two normal dice as it is to show how easy it is to create a small Bayesian Belief Network (with Netica — free software for up t...

Modelling the probability distributions of dice

If you have ever played the game of Catan you’ll quickly realise that when rolling two dice the number 7 is very common! This brought up a question, which is as follows: What is the true probability of rolling a sum of 7 with two 6-sided dice? Moreover, what is the probability of rolling a ...

The Corpuscular Theory of Dice: An Overview

The ensuing article is intended to be a streamlined and finely distilled overview, so that there is no confusion as to my overall points and arguments. *Disclaimer: These concepts for both the “Wave View” and “Corpuscular View” that will be discussed will apply to not only...