What is card set estimate in BOB

[Top Dog]

Great program but what does card set estimate mean??? It shows up when you have stats:extended.

[cicero]

Card set estimate provides an estimate of the number of armies a player may receive as the result of cashing in a set of cards on the next turn.

It takes several things into account:

Firstly, most straightforwardly, the number of cards the player has:

0 - card set estimate will be 0 - no set possible
1 - card set estimate will be 0 - no set possible
2 - card set estimate will be 0 - no set possible
3 - card set estimate will be greater than 0 - set possible
4 - card set estimate will be greater than 0 - set very possible
5 - card set estimate will be greater than 0 - set certain

After that it factors in what kind of game is being played - flat rate or escalating to consider the likely value of the set.

And finally it considers how many territories are held on the board, since a player having more territories will have more chance of obtaining the two army bonus for a particular card when it is traded in.

At least that's how I remember it

If you want more accurate mathematical information check out tahitiwahini's post in the original BOB thread dated 28 April 2007 for detail of the calculation. The original BOB thread : BOB version 1.2 [was CC Greasemonkey script - unofficial].
Note that the original BOB thread is now defunct.

The current BOB thread is here: AJAX BOB.
Please post any future questions relating to BOB to the current thread.

Regards


Cicero

[Top Dog]

alright thanks I didn't know for sure

[Hrvat]

Great program but what does card set estimate mean??? It shows up when you have stats:extended.

I usually ignore it. It seems to be a Way-out in its estimate. Unreliable

[yeti_c]

Great program but what does card set estimate mean??? It shows up when you have stats:extended.

I usually ignore it. It seems to be a Way-out in its estimate. Unreliable

I ignore it too - but it's there and does it's thing and spits out numbers...

Really what you should do - is think if Flat rate - expect a 10 set when they have 3 cards...

If escalating - expect people to have a set at 3 - and what can they do with the current cash in value...

C.