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Tursik
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Any strategy for the last player)

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Hi, dear Azul experts,
I’d like to know if there is a strategy for players, whom the system always puts as the last player in the first round in 3-4 players’ games) I have watched and read some advice on the general strategy. But nothing on such particular situations.
I’m really sick and tired of being the last player but I can’t “fight”) the system. May be there is somebody who would be so kind and share your experience
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The best advice is to play more often. If the random assignment always gave you last starting position you have probably played max. 3-5 games total.
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I only play 2-player, but I felt like I was going 2nd more often so I started keeping track. I found I was right through the first 12 games, then it balanced out before long and I stopped keeping track. Recently, I've felt like I am going first more often. I think it's just our recency bias. I know from a probability theory perspective, if there weren't these stretches of 10 or 12 games that are out of whack, then there would be something wrong with the randomization.
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euklid314 wrote: 28 August 2024, 16:29 The best advice is to play more often. If the random assignment always gave you last starting position you have probably played max. 3-5 games total.
I have played 261 games already)
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thg0724 wrote: 28 August 2024, 19:38 I only play 2-player, but I felt like I was going 2nd more often so I started keeping track. I found I was right through the first 12 games, then it balanced out before long and I stopped keeping track. Recently, I've felt like I am going first more often. I think it's just our recency bias. I know from a probability theory perspective, if there weren't these stretches of 10 or 12 games that are out of whack, then there would be something wrong with the randomization.
Thank you for your answer) but my question was about game strategy ideas for the last player in such situations) there is so much advice on the game strategy in general, but I was wondering if there is any for particular situation)
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Tursik wrote: 03 September 2024, 14:50
euklid314 wrote: 28 August 2024, 16:29 The best advice is to play more often. If the random assignment always gave you last starting position you have probably played max. 3-5 games total.
I have played 261 games already)
You claim that you were last in turn order in ALL of these 261 games? Highly questionable claim! To me this seemed to be your biggest concern because you set it in bold in the original post.

If your goal was to get playing tipps for going last you should have set that part in bold. At least I misunderstood your main focus completely.
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