Nothing is Impossible, Just Highly Improbable.
During commercials of the second night of the 4-hour season premiere of 24 (which ruled), Maggie and I played Cosmic Wimpout. Pictured here is the first natural freight train we have seen since we started playing a few months back. The strange part is that I rolled another one exactly like it in the same game. I don’t know much about probability, but that was freakin amazing.According to this guy, on a throw of all five dice, you have a .116% chance of scoring a freight train (not sure that is right or what it might equal in terms of probability).
Considering that I did that twice in one game, that both frieght trains were of fours, and that I know nothing of probability, I figure I’ll never roll one again. So I documented it for you to enjoy.
posted by Dan @ 10:45 PM
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Where do I get this? Matt and I have a bit of a dice game problem. It all started with yahtzee and has gone crazy from there.
I was never able to find it in a game shop so I got it online. cosmicwimpout.com
the gameboard is worth it if you don't want to write down scores- I like the Brunfus board.
The game is a verion of an old French game called Ten Thousand- which has been sold under the name Farkel. There are some pretty big changes to the game and I think for the better.
Look at the Games section of the blog. There is a whole post about it. Including a link to a computer version.
Thanks! I guess I missed it when you wrote about it earlier.
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