Matt's Dungeonquest Stuff

Hisss^{[at BoardGameGeek]} is a game for young children. I like it because it has few choices, which makes it comfortable for children under six, but it does have some choices, so parents don't get horribly bored playing it. This is in contrast to "games" like Candyland or Snakes and Ladders, in which the players have exactly zero agency.

Moreover, it is not obvious even to experienced game players what the right choices are. The two sorts of choices you have are:

• When you can attach a new card to two snakes of different lengths, should you attach to the longer or shorter one? Does this depend on whether you are winning?
• When you may use your card to combine two snake segments, without completing a snake, should you? In what circumstances?

I started writing a Monte Carlo to answer these questions, but have not yet gotten around to finishing it…