CROSS

Game by Cameron Browne (2009)

12* moves & group restriction

Y play; the goal is to make a group connecting 3 non-adjacent sides.

The winner is whoever makes a Y;
or if no-one does, the player who first made a cross loses.

Game Sample

  ___xx_______oo___
1:  -- i6   k4 k6
2:  l5 l7   j5 k8
3:  j7 o6   g6 n7
4:  f7 m6   h5 g8
5:  n3 i8   m4 p5
6:  o4 f7   n5 d7
7:  f9 h7   e6 s6
8:  k2 h9   h3 r5
9:  h1 r7   j1 m2
10: t7 i2   l3 p7
11: u6 c8   q6 d9
12: q8 n9   l9 p9
13: m8 q10  o8 p11
14: r9 e8   o10 a6
15: resign

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:      . x o . . . 1
:     . . x x o . . 2
:    . . o . o x . . 3
:   . . . . o o x . . 4
:  . . x o o x o o o . 5
: O . o o x o x x o o x 6
:  . o x x x x o o x x 7
:   x x o x o x o x . 8
:    o x x . o x o x 9
:     . . . . . O x 10
:      . . . . . o 11
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