Talk:Go First Dice

Latest comment: 1 year ago by Hohum in topic Two players

Two players edit

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Die 1 0 3
Die 2 1 2

Isn't the solution for two players even more trivial than this? If the first dice rolls a 0 they lose, if they roll a 3 they win; The second dice result is irrelevant. It may as well be a single coin flip - heads I win, tails you win. (Hohum @) 23:14, 19 April 2023 (UTC)Reply

I believe the goals of the problem are that each player should have their own die, otherwise it's not the go first dice problem anymore. For instance, the 3 player random order could be determined with only 1D6 looking up an order from a table, but that's not the problem we wanted to solve. Harshbarger included the 2 player case in their table, and to me it seemed symmetrical enough with the 3 and 4 cases to be worth explaining in the article. - Rainwarrior (talk) 23:47, 19 April 2023 (UTC)Reply
As a second note, that's why Harshbarger's table lists 3 as the fewest total sides (1D2+1D1) rather than 2. Both players must have a die, even if it's 1-sided. - Rainwarrior (talk) 23:51, 19 April 2023 (UTC)Reply
The second dice serves no purpose, it's redundant; the person using it isn't taking part in anything meaningful. It seems like a terrible example. (Hohum @) 21:23, 20 April 2023 (UTC)Reply