Topic: Fun and Games

I am, unsurprisingly, a huge nerd who loves board games, roleplaying games, etc. I often combine gaming with my love of coding and data, and sometimes I write about it. You can find those articles here:

Drawing showing the Gate of Damascus in Jeusalem. Many men and camels wait outside.
Gatekeeper Teams of the Overwatch League
In the Overwatch League, a "gatekeeper" team is one that beats all the lower ranked teams but can't beat higher ranked teams. I use match data to determine which teams are each season's gatekeeper.
A set of four blue Fate dice resting on top of a wooden table.
Fate Dice: Statistics Testing Is Hard
A few months ago I tested my Fate dice for biases. Now, I retest the "biased" set and see if it really is unlucky! Unfortunately, things aren't so clear...
An oil painting titled 'Fate', painted in 1920 by Alphonse Mucha. It depicts a woman in a white robe holding an oil lamp.
Fate Dice Intervals
What does a "normal" distribution of rolls from a fair set of Fate dice look like? There are a lot of ways to estimate it. In this post I'll go through four methods.
Three sets of four Fate dice, colored blue, red, and black, resting on top of a wooden table.
Fate Dice Statistics
My friends and I played a Fate RPG for over two years. During that time we rolled a lot of dice and developed a lot of superstitions, but were any of them correct?
Juliusz Kossak's watercolor painting titled 'Saint George Killing the Dragon'. It shows a man in armor, riding a horse, spearing a dragon on the ground with a lance.
Dragon Farkle: Simulating the End Game
How many soldiers do you need to successful defeat the dragon in Dragon Farkle, and how likely to succeed is your attack? I find out by simulating a game of Dragon Farkle!