Monthly Archives: August 2010

Matt’s Double Octagon Deck (Part 1)

For ten years I’ve thought about replacing the decrepit deck behind my house. I wanted to do something unique to appease my sinful pride. This was the initial concept sketch for my deck consisting of two 15 foot diameter octagons … Continue reading

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Crooked Dice in Facebook Super Farkle?

I modified my Zilch strategy generation software to model the scoring rules for the Super Farkle game available at Facebook. I wasn’t previously a Facebook user so I created my account just to try out my strategy. Over several days, … Continue reading

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Maximizing Expected Scores in the Game of Zilch

Image by Thunderchild7 Zilch is a fun little dice game codified into an online game by Gaby Vanhegan that can be played at http://playr.co.uk/. Zilch is actually a variation of the game Farkle which goes by several other names including … Continue reading
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