Piggy Chase

[martin goddard]

A few thoughts on the piggy chase

It can be random but there are tactics that can be applied.

1. Try to achieve 8 ad stop as a first step.
2. If you are at 30+ do not stop. Take the risk to get ahead.
3. There is a 16% chance of going from 0- 36 in one try. Could do it of you are desperate?
4. If your latest try has only achieved 4 then carry on.
5. Don't keep on rolling 6s.
6. If you are well ahead don't ease up. Big difference gets big rewards.


martin

[Colonel Kilgore]

I think it's really worth looking at the different bandings of values throughout the process, not just getting to 8. As well as considering army composition in the first place to get +4 or maybe even +8 (and thus achieving objective #1 for no effort ).

But then again, I usually lose. I should stop using Sean's dice. 

Simon

[Sean Clark]

But then again, I usually lose. I should stop using Sean's dice. 

Simon

Valid comment!.

My own personal tried and tested method is to go for lumps of 10 at a time, though once I hit 30 I'll often carry on if my opponent is close to the end too. If there's a big gap I'll probably stop on reaching 30.

[Nigel_s]

Martin's suggestion 5 is one I will try to do better at.

I was surprised the chances of getting to 36 in one attempt is as 16%.

I agree there are big rewards for big differences so i do tend to go for the big win and take a chance if I'm well ahead.

One other tactical suggestion is to be aware oc the result band increments.
I try to get to those steps.

If I am behind and opponent has a good chance of finishing with their next throw i'd consider stopping of I'd passed one of the increment scores rather than risk dropping back to the lower result. Accepting loss of piggy chase and minimising the damage rather than going for an unlikely win.

[martin goddard]

Sage points chaps.
Others should read them.

martin

[Colonel Kilgore]

Sage points chaps.
Others should read them.

martin

Or not? I'd want to maximise my chances of winning the chase by others doing even sillier things than me 

Simon

[Sean Clark]

I do like it when someone rolls several '1's' in a row. The standard reasponse is "you're going the long way round!"

Also when someone rolls several '6's' in a row. That's always quite amusing.

Or they go hell for leather and reach 30 then roll a '6'   

[Nigel_s]

Or they go hell for leather and reach 30 then roll a '6'   

It is certainly a long walk of shame back to the stop point when that happens.

And always seems to follow that first going of excitement when you see the number 36 so close. When your heart says just one more roll. That is where despair lies.

[Sean Clark]

Or they go hell for leather and reach 30 then roll a '6'   

It is certainly a long walk of shame back to the stop point when that happens.

And always seems to follow that first going of excitement when you see the number 36 so close. When your heart says just one more roll. That is where despair lies.

As my old grandad said, if you're not living on the edge, you're taking up too much space 

The 'go for it' hero is to be commended and songs written about him to be sung in the halls of Valhalla!

[John Watson]

If you are living on the edge then you must be a flat earther.
John

[Colonel Kilgore]

Or have a house on an eroding coastline?

Simon

[Sean Clark]

If you are living on the edge then you must be a flat earther.
John

Don't knock it. As one famous flat earther said, people who believe in a flat earth are all over the globe.