When I play an N-player game I want everyone to both:

With many games and groups of participants these are in conflict: if I

play bridge against my kids I'm going to win all the time, but I'm not

very good at the game so if I play against people who are serious

about it I'm going to lose ~all the time.

One way some games handle this is by including a lot of luck. The

more random the outcomes are, the more you'll approach 1/N regardless

of player skill. Kid games where you make no choices, like

Candyland

or War, take this to the extreme.

Instead, I think handicapping is

a much better approach. For example in Go the weaker player [...]

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February 24th, 2024

https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/gsRS4pjLsAJ6jgf3E/balancing-games

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