Mezarpoly blog

A player who never lies loses at Bluff, and one who lies every time doesn't win either. When to lie and when to call BLUFF!, measured over thousands of games.

The property-trading game was invented to criticise monopoly. A short history from Lizzie Magie's 1904 patent to home-made boards and the Anti-Monopoly case.

The leader at round 10 wins only 29% of games; at round 30, 63%. We measured comebacks in 12,000 bot games of a property-trading game, and when not to give up.

Free Parking pool, auctions, even building, mortgages, starting cash: which rule makes games longer, which shorter, and which changes nothing? We measured it.

Two dice roll 7 most often, a double is one in six, three doubles one in 216. How far you move per turn, which squares are risky, and how to roll out of Jail.

When should you play a wild card, when should you use a +2, and which colour should you pick? Results measured over thousands of games of Hortlak.

Why is the first house the worst investment on Mezarpoly, when does a hotel make sense, and which group should you build on first? Worked out step by step.

Trades, building, cash, auctions and Jail: we changed one habit at a time over thousands of Mezarpoly games. Which decisions win, and which don't matter?

Which squares get landed on most in Mezarpoly, and which sets pay off? Squares, colour groups and airports from a simulation of 10,000 bot games.

Sets, houses, airports, trades, auctions, mortgages and Jail: 10 practical tactics based on Mezarpoly's rules and data from 10,000 simulated games.

How likely is a claim in the Bluff card game? Probability tables based on the cards you hold, the certain-lie rule and tips for calling at the right moment.