Dice randomization is abysmal. Absolutely awful.
They say the dice are randomized properly, but I don't believe it. I'd say a majority of the time I'm 3rd or 4th in total resources gained by the end of the game. I've tried everything. I've gone with only 6s and 8s. I've tried loading up on 5s and 9s. I've done games where I cover as many numbers as I can. Somehow, one way or another, it seems like the game sees what I do and then just gives whatever numbers I'm not covering. Look at this dice distribution from my latest game. Truly unbelievable. Unsurprisingly, my main numbers were 4, 6, 9, and 11. 2 11s? Fine. A rarer combination. I get it. Only 6 6s? Yah... right. Of course the guy that had wheat on 5 won the game. I mean... how could you not? It seemed like that guy got at least one resource with every dice roll. I'm convinced that if I got fair dice.. not even advantageous dice.. just fair dice with comparable resources a majority of the time, I'd be in Diamond. Mechanically the game is fun, but seeing people with lower game sense repeatedly win because they just keep being gifted resources is quite frustrating. And I'm sure there's going to be someone commenting here with some nonsense about how this distribution still mimics a bell curve and that it's all in my head and bias and blah blah blah. You can say that. I just don't believe I can be at a disadvantage that frequently.