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<item><title>Should you lie in Bluff? What 21,000 games say</title><link>https://mezarcafe.com/en/blog/should-you-lie-in-bluff</link><guid>https://mezarcafe.com/en/blog/should-you-lie-in-bluff</guid><pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2026 09:00:00 +0300</pubDate><description>A player who never lies loses at Bluff, and one who lies every time doesn&#x27;t win either. When to lie and when to call BLUFF!, measured over thousands of games.</description></item>
<item><title>A short history of property-trading games: from the 1904 patent</title><link>https://mezarcafe.com/en/blog/history-of-property-games</link><guid>https://mezarcafe.com/en/blog/history-of-property-games</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2026 09:00:00 +0300</pubDate><description>The property-trading game was invented to criticise monopoly. A short history from Lizzie Magie&#x27;s 1904 patent to home-made boards and the Anti-Monopoly case.</description></item>
<item><title>Can you come back from behind? When the order is settled</title><link>https://mezarcafe.com/en/blog/can-you-come-back</link><guid>https://mezarcafe.com/en/blog/can-you-come-back</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2026 09:00:00 +0300</pubDate><description>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.</description></item>
<item><title>How do house rules change the game? 90,000 simulated games</title><link>https://mezarcafe.com/en/blog/house-rules-tested</link><guid>https://mezarcafe.com/en/blog/house-rules-tested</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2026 09:00:00 +0300</pubDate><description>Free Parking pool, auctions, even building, mortgages, starting cash: which rule makes games longer, which shorter, and which changes nothing? We measured it.</description></item>
<item><title>The maths of two dice: which total, which square, when Jail</title><link>https://mezarcafe.com/en/blog/dice-maths</link><guid>https://mezarcafe.com/en/blog/dice-maths</guid><pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0300</pubDate><description>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.</description></item>
<item><title>Hortlak strategy: what 78,000 simulated games show</title><link>https://mezarcafe.com/en/blog/hortlak-strategy</link><guid>https://mezarcafe.com/en/blog/hortlak-strategy</guid><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0300</pubDate><description>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.</description></item>
<item><title>Houses or hotels? How fast each building pays for itself</title><link>https://mezarcafe.com/en/blog/houses-or-hotels</link><guid>https://mezarcafe.com/en/blog/houses-or-hotels</guid><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0300</pubDate><description>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.</description></item>
<item><title>Which play style wins a property game? A 126,000-game test</title><link>https://mezarcafe.com/en/blog/which-play-style-wins</link><guid>https://mezarcafe.com/en/blog/which-play-style-wins</guid><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0300</pubDate><description>Trades, building, cash, auctions and Jail: we changed one habit at a time over thousands of Mezarpoly games. Which decisions win, and which don&#x27;t matter?</description></item>
<item><title>The most landed-on squares: what 10,000 simulated games show</title><link>https://mezarcafe.com/en/blog/most-landed-on-squares</link><guid>https://mezarcafe.com/en/blog/most-landed-on-squares</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0300</pubDate><description>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.</description></item>
<item><title>How to win an online property-trading game: 10 tactics</title><link>https://mezarcafe.com/en/blog/how-to-win-property-trading-game</link><guid>https://mezarcafe.com/en/blog/how-to-win-property-trading-game</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0300</pubDate><description>Sets, houses, airports, trades, auctions, mortgages and Jail: 10 practical tactics based on Mezarpoly&#x27;s rules and data from 10,000 simulated games.</description></item>
<item><title>When to call BLUFF! A card-counting probability guide</title><link>https://mezarcafe.com/en/blog/when-to-call-bluff</link><guid>https://mezarcafe.com/en/blog/when-to-call-bluff</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0300</pubDate><description>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.</description></item>
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