DISPATCH GAMES

Dispatch is a game, or set of games, where starting with a stone on board, the player orthogonally dispatches a seed to another empty cell and then grows a pattern (usually a mino, like a tetrominoe or a pentominoe). Check the rules here.

Here are two games:

TETROMINOE DISPATCH

       XXX              OOO
  1. c3-h1234        c9-j8h8910
  2. h4-h567,g78     j3-j4567
  3. g8-g9,10,11,f11 c9-b234c4
  4. h5-d4bcd5       c9-de9e1011
  5. g8-cdef8        c9-b789a7
  6. c8-abc6c7       j3-j12kl1
  7. c3-abc1c2       j8-k891011
  8. a1-a2345        resigns

   a b c d e f g h j k l
1  x x x . . . . x o o o
2  x o x . . . . x o . .
3  x o x . . . . x o . .
4  x o o x . . . x o . .  
5  x x x x . . . x o . .
6  x x x . . . . x o . .
7  o o x . . . x x o . .
8  . o x x x x x o o o .
9  . o o o o . x o x o .
10 . . . . o . x o . o .
11 . . . . o x x . . o .
   a b c d e f g h j k l

PENTOMINOE DISPATCH

       XXX              OOO
  1. c3-l12345      m3-m456kl6
  2. l5-jk5j6jk7    c13-l13,lmno12
  3. c3-abcde12     l12-cdef11f12
  4. k7-lmn7n56     c11-bd3bcd4
  5. c3-cde2e34     f11-e5f2345
  6. e2-efg1g23     f5-f6789,f10
  7. b12-b7891011   f4-g4,h1234
  8. c2-a2345       b4-a678b56
  9. l1:m1mn2n34    c11-c10,9876
10. k7-k11121314l1 f10-jklm10m9
11. k11-hj11h8910  f12-gh12h131415
12. e12-efg13g1415 f6-gh5gh6h7
13. h9-jklmn9      o12-no10o98p8
14. h8-jklmn8      l12-l1415m14n1314
15. n4-o4567p7     c13-d13def14f15
16. b12-b1314c1415d15   h4-j4k1234
     draw 30-30 (!)

  a b c d e f g h j k l m n o p
1  . . . . x x x o . o x x . . .
2  x x x x x o x o . o x x x . .
3  x o x o x o x o . o x . x . .
4  x o o o x o o o o o x . x x .
5  x o . . o o o o x x x . x x .
6  o o o . . o o o x . . . x x .
7  o x o . . o . o x x x x x x x
8  o x o . . o . x x x x x x o o
9  . x o . . o . x x x x x x o .
10 . x o . . o . x o o o o o o .
11 . x o o o o . x x x x o . . .
12 x x x x x o o o . x o o o o .
13 . x o o x x x o . x o . o . .
14 . x x o o o x o . x o o o . .
15 . . x x . o x o . . o . . . .
   a b c d e f g h j k l m n o p