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I wish I'd been able to focus on a copper day too, but work got in the way. Catface was really the only amulet I had a shot at, and I came soooo close until the end.

I was really hoping I'd get to play in the casino! I didn't have the idea until right before I had to leave, so I couldn't wait too long. I snapped a photo, though. I'll upload it once I'm home!

That would be awesome! I was talking to Jason a few months ago about it, but I got super busy and also felt a little guilty taking up his time while he was preparing for the contest. Also, I'm tech savvy but I feel like I might be the only CM player who isn't a full-fledged programmer. So some of the steps required to set it up made me a little cross-eyed. If you're willing to help walk me through it, that'd be great!

garments infection has told jasonrohrer that garments infection wants to forfeit the catface amulet to cobblestone inducement. jasonrohrer forgot to mention that earlier.

I'll be streaming sometime in the next few weeks. I've had the same concerns about revealing my strategies as we discussed before, but I think I'd honestly rather get more people interested in the game and do my part in building the community.

I feel that any strategy needs to be complemented with a balance of intuition and confidence. When I overthink or doubt myself I tend to do worse, which I imagine is probably true for poker too. Of course, new players learning the game are probably lacking in both or maybe they have too much of one and not enough of the other. This only improves by playing.

Maybe going the MMO approach and having an area where only new players can enter would help with player retention? After 20 games (when they move off the provisional ELO chart) a player can't enter that area anymore and are part of the general player population. I know that the stakes act as sort of a matchmaking system, but creating a fence that the sharks can't cross might make new players feel like there's less risk to learning the game.

Oh, good catch! The wax carvings of the gold and silver amulets are roughly the same size as their equivalent coins, so the mystery 11th amulet could be a silver Ophiuchus.
The only issue is that the amulets and their associated zodiacs are all in order, except again for those two last ones and the placement of what we're assuming is Ophiuchus.

From what I found on sidereal astrology, Ophiuchus is Nov-Dec and comes between Scorpio and Sagittarius.

The amulets are currently:

10: Libra
11: ??? (Ophiuchus)
12: Sagittarius
13: Scorpio

when it should be:

10: Libra
11: Scorpio
12: ??? (Ophiuchus)
13: Sagittarius

Then again, this might not mean anything... but given the amount of detail Jason's put in to the amulets and his research, I'm inclined to think the swapped amulet order is intentional.

Maybe I'm an odd duck, but the occult theme and the back-door-of-the-tavern vibe are actually what got me interested in the game enough to try it. I like the underground feel of the game and the community, but I understand that's difficult to maintain for the longterm health of the game.

Oh! Ok, I didn't see that! I guess it's from before I joined up.

There's some interesting suggestions in there. I guess the only real way to get rid of the board luck element entirely is to do it like all the other ways the game does it -- a simultaneous hidden decision. Then again, that's inelegant and would needlessly complicate the game.

Anyway, I like the random boards. What may seem like a bad board can sometimes be a winning one!

(Edit: Commented before reading the final page, and I see you already talked about this too.)

What do you think of his statement about the randomized boards introducing luck into the game?

The amulet code names are elusive so far. I can't find anything about them verbatim.

I was working on this silly theory that each code name was actually comprised of two halves of actual phrases. For example, twoClaws is a combination of twoHorns and uh, curledClaws? The idea I had was with 12 amulets, each code name would connect to two others and they could be arranged into a 12 pointed star, which is a symbol for the creation of the universe, apparently... and that runs completely counter to the theme of the game. So ya, I didn't get very far on that!

I've been looking into the number 12, and there are demons associated with each month, but not all of these specific demons are included. There's also 12 disciples, but again that seems to be the opposite direction.

Then again, there's 12 amulets we see, but the notches indicate there's a missing one. So that seems more likely the direction to head in, since 13 is well... 13.

I'm going to rattle this around in my head, take a long walk in the park, and maybe I'll find a lead somewhere!

Edit:

*facepalms* ...or I could just refresh the page and see someone else came up with a brilliant direction to head in. Thanks shotgun!

Edit, adding this:

1: oceanRam - Capricorn
2: clayStream - Aquarius
3: twistingFish - Pisces
4: curledHorns - Aries
5: bullCalf - Taurus
6: sameFaces - Gemini
7: twoClaws - Cancer
8: toughPelt - Leo
9: wheatFurrow - Virgo
10: justBalance - Libra
11: ???
12: horseMan - Sagittarius
13: burningSting - Scorpio

I'm pretty sure this is the association here. Of course, this means the elusive 13th zodiac is Ophiuchus, the serpent-bearer... according to Wikipedia.

Oh ya, that's definitely clear! I just meant the message would communicate when the server sees the pot as owned or not, but I guess the coin animation already does that. So it's really not a big deal.

Highest possible score?
Lowest possible opponent score?
All scores sequentially in an diagonal?

THIS IS THE END TIMES.

I wonder if there's a board where it's possible to get the highest score while also giving your opponent the lowest score? That seems like the next trick.