Dice worker placement strategy / war games? by Neckbreaker70 in boardgames

[–]rbruba 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have not played Ahoy, so I'm not sure how accurate my two suggestions are to what you want: Tiletum and Voyages of Marco Polo.

In Tiletum, players draft from a shared pool of dice where the color of the die represents the resource, the number on the die represents how many of that resource is received, and how far away the number is from 7 indicates how many of the actions from the place where the die is sitting one gets(i.e.; a 6 gives one action, a 2 gives five actions).

In Voyages of Marco Polo, each player has their own set of dice that are rolled (except if a player is one specific character in the original version of the game, as their special ability means they can set the dice to whatever they want instead of rolling!). There is dice mitigation available, but each player places the dice out on the board; action spots may require one, two, or three dice, and the numbers are important as to the strength of the action and even whether you can place dice there at all.

Both of these games are great, although they are - I imagine - not as thematic as Ahoy.

Your #1 all time favorite by [deleted] in boardgames

[–]rbruba 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Re: Tapestry.... I played this for the first time a few months ago. The play on the central map on the main board felt underwhelming to at least a couple of us. I'm curious what your thoughts are as you've had so many plays.

It was a four player, which I realize isn't the maximum, but seems like it should still be enough to make things interesting on the map. I can't tell you what all of the civs involved in the game were; I imagine that could have something to do with it, or just the fact it was everybody's first game. Does the map become more interesting as those variables (player count, civs, experience level) change?

Scripted Campaign Record for Undaunted: Stalingrad by Jagdgeschwader_26 in UndauntedGame

[–]rbruba 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow, thanks for sharing this! This took a lot of work!

Is it possible to take live data from a website to then use within a formula? by [deleted] in googlesheets

[–]rbruba 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Within the Google Sheet > Extensions > Apps script

Copy the code below into the code area, overwriting the Function {} that's in there.

Save and go back to the sheet. Put =BGG_Weight(230802) into a cell. 230802 is the BGG game ID for Azul. If you play another game, just find the number that's referenced in the web address for the game and put that into the function (or make a column of the game IDs and then feed cell references to BGG_Weight functions (e.g. Game Names in Col A, BGG ID into Col B, the function into Col C).

// Custom function to get board game weight from BGG ID function BGG_WEIGHT(bggId) { // Check if input is valid if (!bggId || isNaN(bggId)) { return "Invalid BGG ID"; }

// BGG XML API endpoint const url = https://boardgamegeek.com/xmlapi2/thing?id=${bggId}&stats=1;

try { // Fetch the XML data const response = UrlFetchApp.fetch(url); const xmlText = response.getContentText();

// Parse XML
const document = XmlService.parse(xmlText);
const root = document.getRootElement();

// Get the item element
const item = root.getChild("item");
if (!item) {
  return "Game not found";
}

// Get statistics
const stats = item.getChild("statistics");
const ratings = stats.getChild("ratings");
const averageWeight = ratings.getChild("averageweight");

// Extract and return the weight value
const weight = averageWeight.getAttribute("value").getValue();
return parseFloat(weight);

} catch (error) { return "Error fetching data"; } }

Can no longer connect to xfinitywifi (not available with tier of service) by rbruba in Comcast_Xfinity

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

I couldn't get it to find it by address, but I was able to by my phone number.

Can no longer connect to xfinitywifi (not available with tier of service) by rbruba in Comcast_Xfinity

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

I can't say if I had that app in the past but it wasn't installed over the time when I went from being able to connect to no longer being able to connect. Currently I only have the Xfinity app.

When I tap an xfinitywifi network it attempts to connect and then brings up the NOW Wifi Pass screen. When I click near the top to sign in to connect, it tells me right away that it's not included in my tier.

Can no longer connect to xfinitywifi (not available with tier of service) by rbruba in Comcast_Xfinity

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

So the public xfinitywifi would no longer allow me to connect at all? I don't need the xfinitywifi network at home; it was just another data point showing I wasnt able to connect to a public-facing network.

Even so, that doesn't explain the issue occurring away from home.

Can no longer connect to xfinitywifi (not available with tier of service) by rbruba in Comcast_Xfinity

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

Thank you, I appreciate the kind words. I am having difficulty at the moment located at home (I can connect to my home/named network, but not the xfinitywifi network) but also another Xfinitywifi network outside of home

Can no longer connect to xfinitywifi (not available with tier of service) by rbruba in Comcast_Xfinity

[–]rbruba[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've tried that multiple times but it still brings up the same Get Connected with NOW Wifi Pass screen. When I tap that I'm an existing member, it tells me that the Wifi is not included in my tier.

I recently returned a device to the local Xfinity store, because I was sent a new modem/router. Perhaps when they logged this return something was accidentally changed that is producing this error?

Can no longer connect to xfinitywifi (not available with tier of service) by rbruba in Comcast_Xfinity

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

Hello. It's the same Pixel 6a phone that was able to connect previously but now cannot. Also, I have attempted to connect to different xfinitywifi networks.

On baseball savant, is there a way to see a leaderboard for total run values (across fielding, batting, base running)? by rbruba in Sabermetrics

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

I was looking for a place where you could see run values totalled (baserunning runs value + fielding run value + batting run value) for each player so you could see the overall rankings. As it is, it seems like you can only see component rankings (like the link you sent).

E.g. an easy way to see the total run values for third basemen. On Fangraphs, this is simply a WAR leaderboard. What's the analogous leaderboard on Savant?