Apr 7, 2006

Lovely 4 HexGomoku

Gomoku rules on hex board but each player must also drop an enemy stone as
close as possible to his own dropped stone. Wins by making a 4 in-a-row.

Game sample:

  ___oooo________xxxx___
1.  l25 n25     m24 o24
2.  o26 p27     k22 j21
3.  l23 k24     i24 j25
4.  g24 e24     h25 i26
5.  j23 h23     g22 i22
6.  f21 e20     f23 d23
7.  resigns

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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
. . x . . . . . . . . . .  20
 . . o . o . . . . . . . . 21
. . . x o x . . . . . . .  22
 . o x x o o . . . . . . . 23
. . x o x x x o . . . . .  24
 . . . x o o x . . . . . . 25
. . . . o . . o . . . . .  26
 . . . . . . . x . . . . . 27
. . . . . . . . . . . . .  28
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

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This variant, played on a hex board, has less directions to win (6 instead of the 8 on a square board) and that provides a better game, since on the square version it's much easier to win.

On the other hand, playing 5 in-a-row with the Love mutator seems very hard to force a win. The game tends to prolong itself without a final outcome.

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