Rooms and fairer tests

Blog post #69

Illustration of a bathroom model and tile game on a desk

AI-generated illustration.

Monday included some work after midnight, so part of this belongs to the tail end of Sunday. Åkerby, my Agricola-inspired game, gained a guide and clearer resource signs. Limiting each family member to one task per day made the choices matter more.

Codex also built a site where we can explore our bathroom and laundry room in 3D. We collected measurements, added reference photos and tried different materials. Some furniture dimensions are still estimates; this is a planning aid, not a construction drawing.

A result worth keeping

The new Azul bot initially looked promising. Then we ran 96 games with equal thinking time for every bot. Its win rate fell to roughly 10–13%, well below the earlier result with extra computation. We kept Aragon as the stronger option and saved the experiment. I also sent Board Game Arena a request for approved access to game data.

— Stefan