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  • Origin of scores for letters in Scrabble (in relation to their frequency in a language)


    In Scrabble, each letter is worth a number of points. Typically, the rarer the letter, the more score it has, see Scrabble letter distribution and score.

    Does anyone know how these scores are being assigned? (Or modified, if needed.) Is it based on some gut-feeling, or a formula/algorithm?

    As I see, the score is proportional to surprisal (from information theory), i.e. \log(1/p), where p is the frequency of a given letter in a given language. Just I am not sure, if such scoring is planned mathematically, or appeared as some emergent behavior (e.g. other scoring seems unfair, unnatural, etc…).



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  • If I double (takeout) after the opponents have bid two different suits, does the takeeout apply to "both" bids or only the most recent one?


    My left hand opponent dealt and bid one diamond. Partner passed. My right hand opponent bid one spade. I wanted to double one diamond, but not one spade, with the following hand: ♠KQT5 ♡K92 ♢2 ♣ KT653.

    So I passed. Left hand opponent rebid two diamonds. Partner and right hand opponent passed. Now I doubled, because the last opposing bid was diamonds.

    Partner’s distribution was 4-3-4-2, with xxx in hearts and Qx in clubs. She passed because she had four cards each and her remaining seven honor points in suits bid by the opponents, and she thought she was "playing defense." She didn’t want to bid one of her short "round" suits (clubs or hearts)to take out my double.

    I told her, "I had four spades to support a spade bid, and a only a singleton diamond opposite your four diamonds. We were not strong enough to defend, but we were strong enough to play two spades" (RHO opponent had five little ones for his bid).

    Partner thought that my double showed shortness in both the opponents suits. I say that my bidding pattern showed shortness only in diamonds and suggested strength in spades. Are either of these interpretations more nearly correct than the other? Or do some world class partnerships use one, and some the other?



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  • Does a card have a keyword if it has the same effect as said keyword?


    I was looking at Contingency Plan and found the effect surprisingly similar to the keyword Surveil. To compare, first the wording of Contingency Plan and then the wording of the Surveil keyword:

    Look at the top five cards of your library. Put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest back on top of your library in any order.

    And

    701.41a To “surveil N” means to look at the top N cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.

    They quite clearly are the same, so can I assume the card states “Surveil 5” instead? And if so, does it trigger abilities which state “Whenever you surveil …”?



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  • Exactly how does casting another players spells work? (Aeon’s End)


    There are a couple of ways in which Player 1 can end up with the option to cast spells prepped by Player 2.

    At the start of the game this is very simple – P1 casts a spark that P2 prepped, and deals 1 dmg. Great.

    But as the game progresses this gets more and more complex, and it doesn’t really specify exactly how this works?

    Things like:

    • Which Breach is being used? Do you get Breach 3/4 bonuses?
    • If the spell text refers to "you" then who does it refer to P1 or P2?
    • If the spell lets the player discard/destroy, then is it the owner or the active player?
    • If another spell/card cared whether "you had cast a spell" … then who cast that spell?
    • Where does the spell go after casting?



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  • Is reading the back of the main villain cheating?


    I was learning Star Wars The Clone Wars Board Game | A Pandemic System, and while setting up, I ended up reading the back side of the villain card just to understand the mechanics of the game. Is the back side supposed to be hidden information or just another phase of the game?



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  • Who, if anyone, opens 1NT strong (15-17) in first and second positions and weak (12-14) in late position?


    As dealer, I would be afraid to open 1NT with 12-14 for fear that one of my two opponents might clobber me with a strong (15-17) 1NT hand.

    If all pass to me in later positions, at least one of my opponents does not have an opening hand, and in fourth position neither has such. With a balanced 13 in last position, I figure that the other three hands each have 7-11 points, and even if partner has the weakest of the three remaining hands, we’re no worse off than even (13+7=20).

    If I had a good five card major, I’d open one of the major. But suppose by distribution is 2-3-4-4, that is skewed to the minors. A bid of a minor would invite opposing overcalls in the majors, while 1NT forces the next bid to come at the 2 level.

    Does anyone (of note in the bridge world) bid a weak 1Nt in late position and a strong 1NT in early position?



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  • In Seven Wonders, can I build multiple Halicarnassus B stages in the same age, and thus play multiple discarded cards in the end of the same age?


    This came up last game I played. I purposely built Halicarnassus stages 2 and 3 both in age 3 with the expectation that I would be able to then play two cards from the discard at the end of age 3. Is that allowed?

    Here’s the rulebook entry for Halicarnassus side b – doesn’t seem to restrict using two stage powers the same age?

    The Mausoleum of Halicarnassus

    • the first stage is worth 2 victory points and the player can look at
      all of the cards discarded since the beginning of the game and build
      one for free.
    • the second stage is worth 1 victory point and the player can look at
      all of the cards discarded since the beginning of the game and build
      one for free.
    • when they build the third stage, the player can look at all of the cards
      discarded since the beginning of the game and build one for free.
      Clarification : this special action is taken at the end of the turn in which the
      stage is built. If players discard cards on that turn (for example, during the
      6th turn of an age), the player can also choose from among those cards.



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  • How do Water Crystal and Mind Funeral interact?


    What happens when you play Mind Funeral with a Water Crystal in play?

    Mind Funeral:

    Target opponent reveals cards from the top of their library until four land cards are revealed. That player puts all cards revealed this way into their graveyard.

    The relevant part of Water Crystal:

    If an opponent would mill one or more cards, they mill that many cards plus four instead.



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  • Interaction between Zurgo, Mobilize ability and its tokens


    I’m using Zurgo, Thunder's Decree, and my question is about mobilize and the Tokens.

    The token gain any ability?

    If I have mobilized tokens from past turns, and Zurgo leaves the battlefield, do they stay or they are sacrificed?



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  • Without breaking the game, how can I fix Memoir 44’s problem with having no cards to order units in a certain section?


    I find Memoir 44 very interesting and exciting, but it seems everyone I introduce it to has the same gripe. They (and I) don’t like having a unit getting pummeled by the opposing force without being able to fight back. It doesn’t fit in with the game’s realistic/historical feel, and/or it weakens the game’s element of strategy.

    I’m not sure how to fix this issue with a rule modification without undermining some of the basic elements of the game like the luck of the draw.



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