SADV Challenge Games

I'm now playing 15 games using all of the SADV rules from the Strat-O-Matic rules booklet, to compare statistics against games played using all of my BASIC+ and SADV+ rules. You will find the link on the Projects page.

After the SADV games have been completed, I will then start on 15 games using just the Advanced game rules. Though those games will come a little slower than the SADV games, as the 2024 season will have arrived by then and I will be beginning other projects at that time.

I've already completed two games using all of the SADV rules and had forgotten just how horribly rule 14.6 AUTOMATIC THREE-POINT SHOTS has aged since its inception. While rule 14.7 ADDITIONAL THREE-POINT SHOTS ALLOWED just throws gasoline on the dumpster fire that is rule 14.6 is. I'm going to soldier on though and try not to lose my mind while playing games using those two rules. 😣

BASIC+ vs. SADV+ Challenge Completed

Finally! After 30 games over the course of 96 days, the BASIC+ vs. SADV+ Challenge has wrapped up. You can view the results here: BASIC+ vs. SADV+

I thought that the statistics came out pretty close to actual, for the most part. Three-point attempts or the BASIC+ games would have been closer to actual, as I realized after five games in that I needed to make an adjustment to F(2) results from three-point attempt rolls.

While the BASIC+ vs. SADV+ games have been completed; I'm going to expand upon that project by playing 15 games using the stock Strat-O-Matic SADV game rules. The only way to know if my home-brewed rules are any good is to compare them to games played with the SADV rules as written.

I'll be starting those games next week. Once those 15 games have been completed and the stats compiled, I'll post my thoughts on BASIC+ vs. SADV+ vs. SADV, though I imagine you will be able to draw your own conclusions as to the worth of one over the other for solitaire game play.