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I generally would like to hear from the group of players who deem it good strategy to wish for random cards when playing the Mahjong. It certainly seems like it is a risk/reward proposition that has way higher risk than reward.

Can you give me an example of this 'skill' you mention? I draw LA NY and LA Chi and you draw tor-mia, winnipeg houston

it's a competition game with a score, so how would competing for routes be a bad thing? to me that is what makes it great. 2 player original almost always comes down to who had the best initial draw; 4 player expansion usually comes down to who can be the most efficient.

If you are fortunate enough to draw a 20 point card in the original your chances of winning increase exponentially; there are way more routes in the expansion, and way more ways to offset a poor initial draw in the expansion.

Best version of TTR is Mega game, 4 player. Less variance, less luck as you can offset initial crappy route draw by maximizing 'like routes'. TTR 2 player does introduce the choice of blocking vs. routes. 2 player original is quick and dirty, although too often initial draw determines outcome. I thi...

Been playing live TTR for years with the 1910 expansion. Started playing on here last year. Curious as to why the expansion pack disabled is the default and why so many players seem to play it over the expansion. Expansion greatly reduces variance, IMO.

What are you doing with this hand? I'm just curious what other players would bid because I've seen some pretty strong opinions on what to do with a hand like this. Assume you're the first bidder :D https://ibb.co/gZ3b1MJ4 It's a nil bet if the spread of the score is ~60 -~150 in either direction, d...

The reason Spades is "toxic" is because unlike other games, Spades requires a partner. In most games it is 1 v 1 v 1 v 1 and if someone is a weaker player it doesnt matter. in Spades, many of the arena players do not play with the fundamentals of the game. so you will often have a stronge...

This game brings out the absolute worst in people. In my last game, my partner just tears into me at every opportunity, lecturing me on how to play, as though my top 15 Elo and 345 Elo indicate I don't know how to play ? As though his Elo being 15 points higher means he knows everything and I know ...

every hand is unique, as is every stragtegy in trading cards. If my option is to potentially give a singleton to an opponent, and I am a long shot to T or support a partners T, I'll give to opponent. If I have a single A, Dr, or Ph, and the dog, I am keeping the dog and giving good card to partner. ...