A..1 Conservation of Randomness

The outcome of a game of often depends largely on chance, as manifested by die rolls. For this reason (among others), the principle of Conservation of Randomness was introduced. By this principle, every die roll cast in the course of a game of must be moved by some piece. Some situations where Conservation of Randomness has been applied include the following:

• On casting dice to determine which player will initially begin the game, the initiating player does not re-roll the dice for his or her initial move, but rather moves the rolls as cast.

• When a Solipsistic Path is attempted and fails (case ), the contender does not re-roll the dice for his or move, but rather moves the rolls as cast for the attempted solipsistic path.

• For the Eternal Version, if a player achieves three connections during post-resolution movement with a die roll left unmoved, this roll must be moved by the player who first achieved resolution in his or her initial turn of the following cycle.