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Official Rules / Re: Drawing your next card out of order

« on: February 25, 2013, 09:42:58 AM »

Couldn't agree more that there should be consistency, but now I've raised it he's mainly doing it just to wind me up so the more I fight the more he does it. Good to know that the expansions solve this problem for me though, time to go shopping! (On a side note - which expansions are worth getting and which aren't?)

I understand that overall, the chances of picking up any particular card is the same over the course of the game, but if it's that simple - why aren't the cards just all pre-dealt at the start of the game? Surely, it's not just about the chance of picking up a certain card over the course of the game - it's about the chances of picking up a particular card to achieve what you're trying to achieve from what's left in your subsequent turns, based on your knowledge of what's already out on the board? Surely at that point, the probability "clock" is reset to solely take into account those remaining in the pile? Surely this is what makes the game skillful rather than simply lucky? Again, we've only played five times or so, so maybe I'm missing something!

(Thanks for the help by the way - not quite the resounding cries of how wrong my friend is that I'd hoped for, but good to be getting some clarity on things!)

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Official Rules / Drawing your next card out of order

« on: February 25, 2013, 07:21:40 AM »

Hi folks,

Hoping someone can settle something for me here!

We play the basic game amongst a fairly consistent cohort of people, one of whom insists on drawing his next card from the pile immediately after he has completed his previous move rather than waiting until the start of his next turn. He claims this makes no difference to the outcome of the game because of the theory of independence in probability.

However, from what I can see, he is removing a card from the deck which someone else could conceivably pick up before he could legitimately have done so. He is therefore altering the potential progression of the game - something which becomes more and more important as the game progresses and players are able to make stronger judgements based on the probability of drawing the cards they need based on what is still left to be drawn?

Am I right or wrong here?

Cheers,

Chris