[HN Gopher] Wordle - But for D&D
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       Wordle - But for D&D
        
       Author : bryanrasmussen
       Score  : 54 points
       Date   : 2022-02-17 16:51 UTC (6 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (dndle.app)
 (TXT) w3m dump (dndle.app)
        
       | smugglerFlynn wrote:
       | My strategy so far was spending first 5 tries to go through every
       | number 1-30, and remaining three tries to guess number
       | arrangement. Any better ideas?
        
         | ryanbrunner wrote:
         | I think you could improve this strategy by starting at common
         | stats, and moving outwards from there (i.e. start with 10-14,
         | then 7, 8, 9, 15, and 16, etc.)
        
           | Cycl0ps wrote:
           | To go further, your modifier from stats only increases on
           | even numbers, so most of the time that's what you can expect
           | a stat to be. 8,10,12,14,16,18 for example covers the
           | expected range that every L1 player character is likely to
           | fall in. That also let's you estimate the CR of a monster by
           | seeing if the stats tend toward a negative modifier or a
           | positive one.
           | 
           | To go further, stats have interconnections between them. The
           | physical stats (STR DEX CON) are likely to sit within a few
           | points of each other, same goes for mental stats (INT WIS
           | CHA). The physical section is also likely to be higher
           | because most of the creatures on this list were designed for
           | combat and will have stats reflecting that. The exception is
           | WIS, which is used to determine initiative order in combat
           | and is usually high regardless of creature level.
        
         | spywaregorilla wrote:
         | Assume a monster will have multiple of the same number.
        
       | cuteboy19 wrote:
       | Do we have a list of all wordle clones? I feel a very strong urge
       | to 'gotta catch em all'
        
         | emmanueloga_ wrote:
         | It does feel a lil bit like the "second coming" of Flappy Bird.
         | Makes me wonder what a Flappy Wordle would look like :-p
        
         | fgdelcueto wrote:
         | My favorite at this moment is Worldle, the geographic analogue:
         | https://worldle.teuteuf.fr/
        
         | spzb wrote:
         | Is there a Pokemordle yet?
        
           | cuteboy19 wrote:
           | Behold!: https://squirdle.fireblend.com/
        
         | caitlinface wrote:
         | Sounds like an opportunity for a Dashboardle. Choose from a
         | directory of wordle clones to favorite, and the Dashbordle will
         | cycle you through each of your daily puzzles. No need to visit
         | each of them individually and no forgetting any.
        
         | schoen wrote:
         | Here's a large list:
         | 
         | https://aloneonahill.com/blog/wordle-alternatives/
        
       | nickthegreek wrote:
       | I play d&d twice weekly. Interesting idea, but insanely
       | difficult. I don't see this one being a daily puzzle for me.
        
       | dmonitor wrote:
       | Okay, this is literally just Mastermind. DnD stats are just
       | arbitrary numbers between 1 and 30
        
         | qbasic_forever wrote:
         | I think the intent is to guess monsters. My friend is really
         | into dnd, being a dungeon master, etc. and could easily tell
         | certain monsters from their stats alone.
        
         | franga2000 wrote:
         | I mean yeah, Wordle is basically just Mastermind too, but with
         | a new spin. But while I haven't met a single person in real
         | life that knew Mastermind, everyone and their dog seem to be
         | playing Wordle. Popular games (and all other media) are almost
         | always very closely inspired by older, less popular
         | games/media. Nothing wrong with that.
        
         | josephcsible wrote:
         | In this game and others in the Wordle family, for each square
         | in the guess, you get green, yellow, or black feedback
         | specifically for it. In Mastermind, you'd only get told the
         | total number of greens and the total number of yellows per
         | line, not exactly which squares they came from.
        
           | myrion wrote:
           | Depends on which version of mastermind.
           | 
           | In the one I had as a kid, you'd get which guesses were
           | correct etc, just like here.
        
         | ExtraE wrote:
         | They're usually correlated. It's... unusual to have a monster
         | with a 25 Dex and a 2 Str
        
           | labster wrote:
           | Indeed. For today's, it was useful to know that for critters
           | usually don't dump Wis in the same way as other mental stats,
           | because it represents environmental awareness. You recognize
           | the build type (e.g. animal, caster, monstrous race) and try
           | to fill in from there.
        
       | travisgriggs wrote:
       | Just waiting for the Browser Extension that shows "*dle posts per
       | day that make the top 30 on HN".
       | 
       | That will be the Event Horizon of compsci I have waited these 30+
       | years for.
        
       | mLuby wrote:
       | Feedback: I was hoping the monster list would decrease as you
       | eliminate possibilities.
       | 
       | Monster list should show stats.
       | 
       | Also the screen unexpectedly zooms if I tap the same number a few
       | times.
        
       | fouronnes3 wrote:
       | Has someone made Wordle 2048 yet?
        
       | shakezula wrote:
       | There's another post on the front page today talking about how
       | the author's wordle clone wasn't approved for the App Store.
       | 
       | All I could think the entire time reading it was that the web was
       | the ideal place for their app, and then this manifested itself
       | almost immediately.
       | 
       | So thanks to whoever created this for keeping the web unique,
       | interesting, and aligned with its original principles.
        
       | daltont wrote:
       | Funny, when the Wordle word was KNOLL, I guessed GNOLL first.
       | Would have been a good for this.
        
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