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So Very Wrong About Games

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The Power of Luck in Tournaments

In Beowulf, the legend, the reason why it is less luck driven than a lot of people get regarded for is that the smart players will know when they can afford to take the risks in the first place. And so you might bid on no tiles in order just to cycle out your two for a 10 in order to get that five points at the end of the game. The tension further informs your previous buys, right? When you know that you can only buy one more set of tiles, that that's another point of pressure on deciding whether or not to buy something.

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