Alex Cates
Catan Breakdown: Starting Settlement Numbers Decision
Where to settle? Catan players agonize over that decision. In this post, we use simulations to try to answer that question.
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Alex Cates
- Nov 5, 2022
- 7 min
Is activity always good? Or are we just spinning our wheels?
Those that have played Fantasy Football for a long time will know this feeling. You pay attention to the waiver wire every day. You churn...
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Alex Cates
- Oct 8, 2022
- 6 min
Are you smarter than ESPN? 3 year review
So this post got delayed. I had planned to have this post drop going into week 1 but one thing led to another and here we are. This post...
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Alex Cates
- Aug 27, 2022
- 5 min
Auction Draft Strategy: 3 Year Review of Nomination Strategy
This will be part 3 of my 3-year review series. Each Saturday between now and the NFL season I will be releasing a new section. Week 1:...
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Alex Cates
- Aug 20, 2022
- 5 min
Auction Draft Strategy: 3 Year Review of Roster Construction
Here we analyzed 1100 auction drafts over the last 3 years to examine what strategies worked and which didn't
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Alex Cates
- Aug 13, 2022
- 6 min
Snake Draft Strategy: 3 Year Review
In this post, I look at the past 3 years to see how different draft strategies fared across ~1500 competitive leagues.
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Alex Cates
- Aug 6, 2022
- 6 min
Introducing Fantasy League Report: 2022 Edition
I want to take this week to introduce a fantasy football service I have been building. This will kick off a series of posts centered...
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Alex Cates
- Apr 2, 2022
- 5 min
Catan Breakdown: Longest Road and Largest Army
Longest Road and Largest army represent 2 major bonuses in Settlers of Catan. But how valuable are they? Lets find out.
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Alex Cates
- Mar 5, 2022
- 6 min
2021 Draft Strategy Recap: Snake Drafts
With the fantasy season over, I am looking back at what snake draft strategies worked, and which did not for the 2021 Fantasy Football...
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Alex Cates
- Feb 5, 2022
- 6 min
Board Game Breakdown: Catan Part 3: Build Timing
Today, we dive into building in Catan, specifically the impact of build timing on your overall win percentage.
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