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What is the best color pair?

Posted: 24 July 2024, 13:55
by dethwing
So I took I plotted all 144 possible final positions for Red/Green, determined the winner, and then calculated how many spots win for each color, and where their centers are. I got:

Winner Count Avg_Red Avg_Green
Blue 24 4.83 4.83
Red 52 8.85 3.69
Green 52 3.69 8.85
Black 16 10.50 10.50

The most common are Red/Blue, followed by Blue, and then Black.

Finally, I calculated the distance between each color pair. For each point, I calculated how far it was from the center of each scoring area. I got:

Winner Dist_Blue Dist_Red Dist_Green Dist_Black
Blue 6.21 6.21 11.33
Red 6.25 10.33 9.08
Green 6.25 10.33 9.08
Black 11.33 8.46 8.46

Red/Blue and Green/Blue are the closest pairs, following by Red/Black and Green/Black.
The farthest apart are Red/Green and Blue/Black.

Re: What is the best color pair?

Posted: 09 September 2024, 15:34
by SidK26
What inferences could be drawn from these?

Re: What is the best color pair?

Posted: 26 September 2024, 03:00
by vertex5
One important question is whether the markers are equally likely to end up in each of those 144 positions. For example, are there more cards that move them forward or more cards that move them back?

Re: What is the best color pair?

Posted: 28 September 2024, 19:12
by dethwing
vertex5 wrote: 26 September 2024, 03:00 One important question is whether the markers are equally likely to end up in each of those 144 positions. For example, are there more cards that move them forward or more cards that move them back?
Good Question!....I don't know!

My gut tells me there's more forward than backwards.

Re: What is the best color pair?

Posted: 20 April 2025, 10:39
by Iznogoud
SidK26 wrote: 09 September 2024, 15:34 What inferences could be drawn from these?
I think it's been designed like this to help Undead faction to counterbalance the markers starting position. Empire and Tribes fighting for supremacy will slowly bend towards Undead Victory if not careful, which is very thematic by the way.