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Message: <blockquote data-quote="FireLance" data-source="post: 3738547" data-attributes="member: 3424">I'd actually posted this elsewhere, but since both chess and randomness have been brought up... <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />I don't mind a little randomness in my games, even if it means that I get a bad roll every once in a while. However, I want to be able to react and respond to the bad luck, and to overcome it with good thinking and tactics. Dropping dead on a single bad roll robs me of that opportunity.Consider the following variants of chess (normally a game of pure skill and tactics):1. Whenever one player captures a piece, roll 1d20. On a roll of 1, his opponent automatically loses the game.2. Whenever one player captures a piece, roll 1d6. On a roll of 1, his opponent loses another piece (his opponent gets to choose which piece).I would much rather play variant #2 than variant #1. In variant #2, losing an extra piece is a setback, but it is something that I can overcome if I am skilled enough, or if I get a lucky break myself. In variant #1, there is no chance of recovery once the 1 is rolled, even if it happens on the first P x P exchange. Regardless of whether I won or lost that game, I wouldn't find it very satisfying.No doubt, some of you will prefer variant #1 because the stakes are higher. But a preference for lower stakes does not mean a preference for no risk whatsoever. Those of us who prefer variant #2 are still betting and enjoying the gamble; we just play with smaller stakes so that a single loss doesn't wipe us out, and we can keep playing longer. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

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