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XG Dice Distribution "Average" column - incorrect?

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05-30-2022 , 09:14 AM

grossmith

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Join Date: Oct 2016 Posts: 11

I was using the XG Dice Distribution recently and started to wonder what the Average column really represented.

The help says "The Average column show the average for each individual die (over the 11 rolls containing that die)" which is what I'd assumed, but I don't think it's true. It seems like its the average over the 6 values to the left, which isn't a meaningful number (to me).

Here's a simple example. I think the average for the last row ought to be 9/11 = 0.818, not 4/6 = 0.667.

Am I right - or have I made a howler in misinterpreting something?

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05-30-2022 , 10:24 PM

_Z_

adept

Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 720

Right, it seems like to match what the help section says, it should average the 11 squares that are in column 6 or row 6 (or both).

Which squares you average depends whether you want to answer the question:

What's the equity when you roll at least one 6?

or

What's the equity if you roll two dice in succession and the first one is a 6?

Are either of these useful? I don't see how.

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05-31-2022 , 11:40 AM

grossmith

stranger

Join Date: Oct 2016 Posts: 11

Are either of these useful? I don't see how.

Well I was hoping that the answer to "What's the equity when you roll at least one 6?", say, would assist me in working out why one move is better than another, eg by comparing the two resulting dice distributions and perhaps observing that my opponents 6s will work better in one position than another, for example. Maybe I'm barking up the wrong tree and this won't really help all that much. But thanks anyway for the confirmation.

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