SmiteFest 2: Saturday, May 2nd in Kenmore

On Saturday, May 2nd, the greatest gaming event ever held in a Seattle-area Episcopal church returns! (It’s also quite likely the only gaming event held in a Seattle-area Episcopal church, but let’s not quibble over details.) SmiteFest 2 is a free, all-ages day of games and awesomeness taking place in the Undercroft at Episcopal Church [...]

Variance Supplemental: Combat (Wonkish)

Introduction In my post about variance in game design I discussed the effect of rolling multiple times for combat resolution and how this reduces variability of combat results compared to non-combat results. This was supported by some simple logic and probability. However, I was interested in getting some actual numbers to back up that hypothesis. [...]