by zizek
I'm certainly sympathetic to moments in games like KOT where it doesn't work out the way you want. Sometimes there's nothing we can do and must just roll with the punches. My comment, though, comes from a position of uncertainty without knowing how many points/health all other players were at. I can assume from the way you talk about this game, no one is on the brink of winning except for you. Given this, I think that your experience in KOT highlights a strategic failure rather than being merely unlucky.You note that you were rerolling all claws; and at one heart, that's a smart move. But I question what you were keeping instead. If I were in the same position, I would have been rerolling anything that wasn't a heart to make sure that even if I would be forced into Tokyo, I would be strong enough to be attacked and get out as soon as possible. It's also strange why other opponents were motivated to leave you alone, if you were so close to victory. Obviously luck will be a part of any dice-rolling game, but instead of just shouting "Luck! You are the worst!" we should probably own up to the fact that there are better and worse ways of managing contingency, and that it was a strategic blunder to not go as defensive as possible that cost you the game.