You have two six-sided dice and you think, “Oh, I’m gonna get a seven.” That is because it happen most often in the middle of bell curve. Then you roll a two, followed by another low number. And then you gets a one. Your guy misses three attack in a row. What gives? Then you … Read more

Sometimes games is won or lost by turn of a die. Roll too low? You lose. Roll just right? Victory is yours! It’s random. Or at least it appears that way. But it’s not nearly so chaotic than we imagine. For example: when you roll two six sided dice, most people is aware you get … Read more

Your opponent has moved to your expectation for the third consecutive roll. You’ve rolled a seven yet again, and there’s something about this sequence of events that seems like it must be a conspiracy. It is against your strategy. But, no: it isn’t; it’s only the way that the statistics hide themselves behind appearance of … Read more

The dice fall on the table and it all stops for just long enough for you to see what came up. For that split second between reward and risk, before someone shouts out a number, you think “Yeah I bet that’s got higher odds” (a d6 is better then a d4) but it doesn’t really … Read more

The mechanics are simple: you has four dice, each marked with plus signs and minus signs and blanks. Add ’em up. Meet or beat zero? Succeeded! There’s nothing more to Fate or Fudge. And most people treat it as if it were a coin flip. In fact, its a bell curve masquerading as a coin … Read more

Left Center Right is quicker then you think. All the players has their chips one minute; then suddenly one person is in control of pot and everyone else are staring at him. It’s chaotic, yet it’s a narrow mathematical funnel. A few basic probabilities compound rapidly. That’s how the game works. Those probabilities makes seemingly … Read more

There’s a certain type of fear that grips you as you rifle through your dice bag on the edge of an anxious moment. Your character has poured everything into this one shot. It feels important and now you’re putting it all up to fate. To let random chance shape your story. But most people throw … Read more