
go - What is the actual world ranking of Fan Hui - Board & Card …
Feb 5, 2016 · Fan [Hui] earned a 2-dan professional ranking in China before emigrating to France, so it appears that go software has reached the level of professional play. and ..., but it is worth noting that the AlphaGo programming team reports that AlphaGo can beat the best rival computer programs with a four-stone handicap.
Why are Elo ratings for go higher than for chess?
It has become popular because it gave journalists a way to assign a World ranking to Fan Hui, but this is not an official rating system. Bottom line is your answer 3, there is some arbitrary difference in the way the approach is applied to go and chess.
Is there an equivalent of Deep Blue in the Go world?
Oct 30, 2012 · On an 19x19 board there is no computer that evens top level players (9p) as of November 2011. It seems that the strongest programs for the moment use Monte Carlo methods and from time to time matches with pro's are organised, though usually with handicap.
How does AlphaGo calculate? - Board & Card Games Stack Exchange
Apr 19, 2016 · AlphaGo relies heavily on Monte-Carlo Tree Search (MCTS), which is a form of decision making that utilizes random choices as an analog for creativity.
German Carcassonne fan expansions - available in English?
Aug 27, 2015 · I was browsing the Hans im Glück website and found two 'official' fan-made expansions for Carcassonne. The expansions are called: Die Stadttore (The City Gates) Der Osterhase (The Easter Bunny) Unfortunately the site is in German and so are the rules, both for Die Stadttore and Der Osterhase. Where can I find the English rules?
Are there any fan-created campaigns for Shadows of Brimstone?
There's a fan-made campaign (7 scenarios) which has been posted on BGG and has good reviews... I didn't tried it myself (yet) as I enjoy the randomness of picking a quest from the game at random and just going there for now. It was designed by Eric Laurent and is called One Way Ticket It requires Swamp of Death as the party ends up in Jargono.
legal - Can I sell a third party expansion? - Board & Card Games …
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Can I exceed the maximum Army size by moving in more units?
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magic the gathering - Can a deck with a mono-colored …
Jul 6, 2019 · As the rules you quoted say, the color identity of every card in a commander deck must be a subset of the color identity of the commander, where a card's color identity is the set of the colors of all mana symbols and color indicators in that card's rules text.
game design - Board & Card Games Stack Exchange
Im a big fan of the Magic the Gathering trading card game. And with all these new cards coming in, I was wondering how the cards were balanced, and manacost calculated. Im thinking there must be a list of abilities, with matching mana modifiers, and …