Does this game have a name?

post by Mis-Understandings (robert-k) · 2025-04-12T01:52:47.584Z · LW · GW · 1 comment

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There is a game where one player wants to predict the action of the other, and the other player wants them to fail (as a fixed sum game)

 

It has payoffs 

1,-1| -1,1

-1,1|1,-1

Or equivalent.

I believe that it has a nash equilibrium of choosing randomly. 

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answer by andrew sauer · 2025-04-12T04:10:46.727Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

This is equivalent to the game Westley played with Vizzini. You know, if Westley didn't cheat. I like to call it "Sicilian Chess" for that reason, though that's just me.

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comment by robo · 2025-04-12T15:37:05.268Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

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