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Centipede game, a Common card
In game theory, the centipede game, first introduced by Robert Rosenthal in 1981, is an extensive form game in which two players take turns choosing either to take a slightly larger share of an increasing pot, or to pass the pot to the other player.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 65
- DEF
- 33
- Power
- 98
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 14,000
Power 98 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 40 % of WikiCards cards.
Centipede game quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Centipede game card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Therefore, although at each round a player has an ______ to take the pot, it would be better for them to wait.
Answer
incentive. Therefore, although at each round a player has an incentive to take the pot, it would be better for them to wait. From the Centipede game article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Centipede game. Centipede game 65 · Facial disc 59 · Belize Barrier Reef 55 · Boom 50 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Boom. Boom 29,000 · Honda N-WGN 23,000 · Centipede game 14,000 · Stephen J. Blackwood 8,300 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- The payoffs are arranged so that if one passes the pot to one's opponent and the opponent takes the pot on the next round, one receives slightly less than if one had taken the pot on this round, but after an additional switch the potential payoff will be higher.
- Therefore, although at each round a player has an incentive to take the pot, it would be better for them to wait.
- Although the traditional centipede game had a limit of 100 rounds, any game with this structure but a different number of rounds is also called a centipede game.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Centipede game article was read about 14,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 65 and blocks with 33: each hit it takes is cut by 13 %.
How to get Centipede game
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Centipede game (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Cmglee, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
