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Nice puzzle! Thanks for posting Joost I like this idea that we can post puzzles for interesting end-game scenarios we encounter. It will probably take some time before anyone can top this puzzle though. Its a very cool and specific sequence that just ekes out the win.

As a biased 3p player, I think TfM is best and most fun at 3 players. I enjoy navigating the chaos of 3 players, and the complexities this adds to drafting and tempo. In my opinion, 3p is also more skilful (when all three players are competent) but this may just be a different skillset than 2p. Desp...

Thanks for the input guys! Yeah this draft decision was interesting, as is also evidenced by the different opinions here. All agree that commercial is not good enough and that the choice is between Viral and Arctic. The only card on your hand is Algae (5 ocean requirement plant prod card) and the op...

This is an enjoyable post :D Here is a slightly tougher draft decision: 3p prelude, Tharsis board gen 2, 1st draft. 1 ocean is placed. You are Mining Guild with research outpost and Earth Cat played + algae in hand. Draft: Viral Enhancers, Arctic Algae, Commercial District, + useless card. You go fi...

Hi all / Glados - where may we see the 2p data for Terraforming Mars? Apologies if it was already mentioned in this forum thread, I missed it. Hi Boricua, I only have 3p TfM data but the steam TfM community has a wealth of high level 2p data. You can find this in their discord (hodgepodge discord) ...

I care that you guys are posting stats about how to play based on sub 200 elo players. Bwalsh, I appreciate that you’re passionate about the relevance of data sources, but I find your tone toward Cranesflyhigh unnecessarily harsh. They haven’t posted any stats — they simply engaged with the discuss...

I have not broken the data into elo ranges for TfM yet, as I only have about 1,800 3p prelude games so far. I have computed a "Wins Above Predicted" metric, which tries to look for patterns where lower elo players tend to win over higher elo players. I want to gather more 3p prelude data b...

If you wish to use data to improve, why are you using sub 200 elo player actions from 3p games and not from 2p games between the top elo players? I specifically set out to analyze 3p games, as high level 2p is already well studied through data by the steam community. I wanted to see if any differen...

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