So while there is a thread about the RNG going around, I figured I would write a blog to talk about how dice apply to a game of Bloodbowl.

First of all, do you know how many 6 sided dice are rolled in a game of BB? Do you think it is 200? 300? Maybe 500?

Well back in the old javabowl days, in order to get a match uploaded, the client would save a ZIP file to your computer. This zip file included a DAT (text log) that actually contained a distribution of dice for the entire game that were rolled by both coaches (was never broken out by coach).

When I used to look at these files, I found that the average game of mine had over 1,000 D6s rolled!

Think about it very carefully... A successful 2db breaks down to this:

-2db
-2d6 for av
-2d6 for injury

That's 6 dice right there for a block. A pitch invasion often produced 22 D6s. KO rolls add up as well.

Knowing that a game can feature 1,000+ dice helps you realize the following (feel free to check my math):

-Snakeeyes (1/36) comes up about 13 times in a match (1/36 * 500: 500 being a pair of dice).
-It is more likely to have a game feature a quad something (can be 1's or can be 6's) than to not see a quad (1/1296 odds of the same value 4 times in a row).

If you want to understand how to manage luck it basically comes down to executing each turn so that if you have an early fail, it hurts you the least, but if you have a hot run of dice, you are able to capitalize.

Finally, remember the notion of 'Safe Moves First'. Standing up and moving around are actions that in of themselves have no chance of turn ending fail (unless you are dodging or gfis).

__Synn