if this happens again, you better hit printscreen ASAP cuz now it's hard to comment on

I would have to make a video of it, as still picture wouldn't do either (:

Yeah, I was hoping a developer could check the code for it or anything.

congrats, you successfully brought me out of my self-inflicted -post.

either you are wrong or there is a bug. if you indeed fail in your attack, then the stack should refill to 8.

HOWEVER, if you WIN the attack, the stack should only refill to 7. this is a common miscount, even among people who have played for thousands of games (i once witnessed MadHat_Sam do it without realizing the consequences.) anyways, if you WIN, then you need EIGHT dice to refill, 7 for the terr you attacked from, and 1 to the terr you successfully attacked. however, you won't have 8 dice to restack, but only 7, because you didnt add territory to your main base, you only added to an island.

so a bit of advanced arcane strat to all you young dicers out there: if you ever see a potential island-based-cut on your enemy, make sure that you have +8 dice to refill, not the standard +7. really, its a common miscount.

and alex, youre a moron.

Say what monte?

Thanks Monte, very compelling analysis.

I wish I had thought of that myself right away, as my memory might be clouded on hindsight. Maybe I in fact did win the 8v8 but due to the 'wrong' restacking felt like I lost it?? (:

I'll try to recreate such a situation.

Thanks again. Cheers

This is what monte said, diceTD:
When you attack from your base (say you have a base of 5, an island, and +2, as in the case of the original post), and lose, you only need +7 to refill that one territory. When you win a roll, you need +7 for the previous territory and +1 for the new territory. But because you just won and your base is now 6, you get 6+2 so you have the 8 you need.
However, if you attack from the island and win, your base is still only 5, so you only have 7 dice with which to fill your stacks.

From another perspective:

if you win, your 8stack splits up into a 1 on the old land + a 7 on the new land --> you need 8 dice to make 2 8stacks

if you lose, your 8 becomes a 1stack so you only need 7 to restack the 1 to an 8

All credits to the one and only amazing monte-oracle for spotting the potential reason, I hadn't thought of it

Ok, we might as well come clean... You see Peter, I told you Monte would take the bait and come out of his - post mode