Fixed Distributions - Revision history

Staffan Björk at 05:40, 5 September 2022

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Staffan Björk at 21:35, 24 May 2011

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Staffan Björk at 22:26, 6 March 2011

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Staffan Björk at 22:14, 6 March 2011

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Staffan Björk at 22:01, 6 March 2011

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Staffan Björk at 21:53, 6 March 2011

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 [[Category:Patterns]]
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 == Using the pattern ==
 [[Drawing Stacks]] is probably the most common way of creating [[Fixed Distributions]], and if these are created how players make use of [[Heterogeneous Game Element Ownership]] it makes the players in charge of those distributions. A less common way is putting restrictions on [[Player-Decided Distributions]], e.g. the forced spread of character types in [[Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game]].
 == Consequences ==
-[[Fixed Distributions]] are a way to modulate how random [[Randomness]] is in a game. Since they allow players to use information about what a random process has produced earlier to better predict future outcomes of that process, [[Fixed Distributions]] supports [[Predictable Consequences]] and allow them to feel [[Anticipation]]. This can change how they calculate [[Risk/Reward]] situations but also reduces the possibility of feeling [[Luck]]. For games where the distributions are not [[Public Information]], knowing them represents [[Strategic Knowledge]].
+[[Fixed Distributions]] are a way to modulate how random [[Randomness]] is in a game. Since they allow players to use information about what a random process has produced earlier to better predict future outcomes of that process, [[Fixed Distributions]] supports [[Predictable Consequences]] and allow them to feel [[Anticipation]]. This can change how they calculate [[Risk/Reward]] situations and [[Misfortune Mitigation]], but success in this activities reduce the possibility of feeling [[Luck]]. For games where the distributions are not [[Public Information]], knowing them represents [[Strategic Knowledge]].
 == Relations ==
 === Can Instantiate ===
 [[Anticipation]],
 [[Predictable Consequences]],
 [[Strategic Knowledge]]
 === Can Modulate ===
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 === Can Be Modulated By ===
 [[Heterogeneous Game Element Ownership]] if [[Drawing Stacks]] are present

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 [[Category:Needs references]]
 [[Category:Patterns created on the Wiki]]
 ''That a random distribution is guaranteed to have produced a given distribution at certain specific points in the sequence of randomness produced.''

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 == Consequences ==
-[[Fixed Distributions]] are a way to modulate how random [[Randomness]] is in a game. Since they allow players to use information about what a random process has produced earlier to better predict future outcomes of that process, [[Fixed Distributions]] allow them to feel [[Anticipation]]. This can change how they calculate [[Risk/Reward]] situations but also reduces the possibility of feeling [[Luck]]. For games where the distributions are not [[Public Information]], knowing them represents [[Strategic Knowledge]].
+[[Fixed Distributions]] are a way to modulate how random [[Randomness]] is in a game. Since they allow players to use information about what a random process has produced earlier to better predict future outcomes of that process, [[Fixed Distributions]] supports [[Predictable Consequences]] and allow them to feel [[Anticipation]]. This can change how they calculate [[Risk/Reward]] situations but also reduces the possibility of feeling [[Luck]]. For games where the distributions are not [[Public Information]], knowing them represents [[Strategic Knowledge]].
 == Relations ==
 === Can Instantiate ===
 [[Anticipation]],
 [[Strategic Knowledge]]

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 [[Category:Needs references]]
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 ''That a random distribution is guaranteed to have produced a given distribution at certain specific points in the sequence of randomness produced.''

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 === Examples ===
-The standard deck of cards provides [[Fixed Distributions]] that allow players of [[Poker]], [[Texas Hold'em]] and [[Contract Bridge]] to calculate the odds for actions in the games. Games such as [[Magic: The Gathering]] and [[Dominion]], where players build their decks before or during game instances go a step further and let them create the distributions as well. [[Pandemic]] starts with a equal chance of all cities having disease outbreak but manipulate this after each epidemic so that all the already affected cities are guaranteed to be drawn again before new cities can be affected.
+The standard deck of cards provides [[Fixed Distributions]] that allow players of [[Poker]], [[Texas Hold'em]], and [[Contract Bridge]] to calculate the odds for actions in the games. Games such as [[Magic: The Gathering]] and [[Dominion]], where players build their decks before or during game instances go a step further and let them create the distributions as well. [[Pandemic]] starts with a equal chance of all cities having disease outbreak but manipulate this after each epidemic so that all the already affected cities are guaranteed to be drawn again before new cities can be affected.
 Tiles with various properties are used in [[Carcassonne]] as a way to build the game world. Making good choices in the game requires a consideration of what tiles still remain and this in turn requires that one knows their distribution.

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 [[Tiles]]
-[[Drawing Stacks]] are a way of creating [[Fixed Distributions]], and
+[[Drawing Stacks]] are a way of creating [[Fixed Distributions]], and if these are created how players make use of [[Heterogeneous Game Element Ownership]] it makes the players in charge of those distributions.
 [[Anticipation]]