Warp wrote:
> Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
>> So each of two people throw out zero to five fingers, 
>> you add them and take the result mod 6, to get another 0 to 5.
> 
>   Adding random numbers doesn't give an even distribution.

Darren is indeed correct here (as you might guess I'd claim, since I 
suggest the same game).  The optimal strategy in this game is for both 
players to play randomly, and thus it gives a number from 0-5 with all 
the properties that you find desirable in RPS.

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