Perhaps my views on BG are like all those non poker players who insist that poker is a game of luck and you can only win with the cards blah blah.
However, on the couple of occasions I have played it against some people who consider themselves reasonable, I have been victorious. Perhaps I was lucky and of course I can see that there are tactical moves and positions to attain, but I see luck of the dice as a huge overriding factor here. I can see the parallels between the thinking in chess and poker, but I do not understand the BG/poker comparison.
Surely once two players of reasonable intelligence with a basic understanding of the game and tactical knowhow sit down, the fundamentals remain the same and only the dice determine the winner?
No doubt I will be shot down for this post as certain players do show consistent results, but I just don't get how.
That would be correct if there were no doubling cube involved.
The doubling cube changes the game immeasureably.
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