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It has been shown that the starting player has a statistical advantage, winning about 54% of the time, if I am not mistaken. Actually, the starting players wins 52% of the time even with the new tie-breaker implemented. This is intuitively understandable, too. The first players has 36 tiles to play ...

It is all in the details. How and when does the opponent concede? There are some Master-level players (I play Azul and Carcassonne, both 2p) who concede the moment their winning chances go down to 0%, and not a moment earlier. This I can understand (although one time one of these Masters conceded a ...

I recently reached 800 ELO in Azul (now dropped to ~700), so I figured I'd make a video with some strategy tips. Hope it helps. https://youtu.be/bHtYW2xeYi0 In this video, I demonstrate a game, explain my and my opponent's moves, and do a brief post-game analysis. I talk about tile prioritizing, end...

This would incentivize players not to play until the end of the season. So we'd have very few players participating in the first two months and then a frenzy at the end.

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