Mixed strategy
Also called Randomising.
Choosing between options with set probabilities, so the other side cannot predict and exploit you.
In rock-paper-scissors, the unexploitable strategy is each throw a third of the time. Against a predictable opponent you can do better, but only by becoming predictable yourself.
Try it yourself
In rock-paper-scissors, you often follow rock with paper. You have just thrown rock. What does a watchful opponent throw next?
3 questions, a minute or two. Nothing to finish first.
Want more? Practise Be unpredictable.
Play it out: the Rock-paper-scissors lab, about five minutes against bots.
Learn and practise it
- Skill: Be unpredictable