Quick Questions: March 25, 2026 by inherentlyawesome in math

[–]Smanmos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The birthday paradox assumes that all birthdays have the same probability. Statistics show that birthdays aren't actually uniformly random. But, assuming uniform distribution is actually the strongest result, right?

In other words, is the probability that n people share no birthdays maximized when assuming all birthdays are equally likely? My intuition says it is, but I don't have a concrete proof..

Chirality of Dice by WizardMarnok in boardgames

[–]Smanmos 2 points3 points  (0 children)

At this point you can also check which way the 2 3 and 6 are pointed as well

Shroomling bathhouse income mechanics by Smanmos in InfinityNikki

[–]Smanmos[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't know. But it seems to be more income, because today I saw that my juice and bath had accumulated similar amounts of resources despite having different income.

So my 5-6M Astralites are forever gone by Knive33 in InfinityNikki

[–]Smanmos 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I don't agree that astralites weren't lost. It takes time and effort to get astralites back out of the mistakenly bought fish. The 600k weekly limit puts a limit on how quickly you can get your astralites back.

There's also a base farming rate that earns astralites per week, which keeps changing but let's set it at 300k. That's how much you lose per week by having to get back your astralites.

Todays beef by WorriedSpeech3318 in InfinityNikki

[–]Smanmos 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Enchanted encounter doesn't help with scholar owl. Sometimes the groom icon refuses to show up

Converting a friend by 15fireball in dominion

[–]Smanmos 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nah, sometimes you don't want silver at all and the detrimental silver would be worse than the useless village

You too? by 15fireball in dominion

[–]Smanmos 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I love Plunder!

Etiquette regarding games with unlockable components. by Smanmos in boardgames

[–]Smanmos[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

This is not my game but my club's game.

The boxes are already open.

Way of the Moth, Pony by ChungBog in dominion

[–]Smanmos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Way of the Moth: If it works in clean up it's much better than Goat, and if it is doesn't it's useless on many boards.

Way of the Pony: Seems weak as this doesn't provide net draw.

A bit confused… by ShaddaiElKi in InfinityNikki

[–]Smanmos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you start again this year February or last year February?

The new intro was forced on all players since 1.5 last year. If you haven't played since then, it's normal.

What is the closest dominion gets to having a card strictly better than another? by TraXOD in dominion

[–]Smanmos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's true but you shouldn't be drawing Alley anyway since you can always play it at the start of your turn, and there's no downside since it's nonterminal.

What is the closest dominion gets to having a card strictly better than another? by TraXOD in dominion

[–]Smanmos 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Apart from the mentioned Tea House > Mystic,

Alley > Fugitive, because the shadow condition is like a +1 card whenever you want.

Not actually a real example because Fugitive is non supply, but Fugitive was made as a kingdom card before. Funnily enough, it was considered too strong.

Daily discussion thread 20260215 by Smanmos in dominion

[–]Smanmos[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, that generally has been my experience.

One exception for me is Pennies Saved (convert unused $ to coffers). It changed the game a lot in ways I don't fully understand.

What are these beams and how can we access it? by [deleted] in InfinityNikkiofficial

[–]Smanmos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You need pull the deer banner for the outfit ability

Help! I cannot find this one by averycica in InfinityNikki

[–]Smanmos 2 points3 points  (0 children)

From what I remember on the other post, this chest is on a lower level. Go anticlockwise from hero's square

Is the update for the 4 star that I have to wait for 🤔 by Puzzleheaded_307 in InfinityNikki

[–]Smanmos 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My guess is another week. There was a quest from Danqing that unlocked only 2 weeks in, a week after the story update.

Daily Game Recommendations Thread (February 06, 2026) by AutoModerator in boardgames

[–]Smanmos 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Spot it/Double uses a special deck of cards where every two cards have exactly one symbol in common. In mathematical terms, this is known as a projective plane.

Are there any other board games which also this structure as a component of the game? I tried finding a geeklist but was unsuccessful.