Re: [pbmserv] Five in a row.... with a twist

[juman <juman@chello.se>]

Ah maybe I didn't write that clearly enough...

The user takes turns moving and each move consists of placing a piece
and then turning one part of the board 90 degrees. 

/juman

On Fri, Dec 17, 2004 at 09:57:38AM -0500, David J Bush wrote:
> | A Swedish publisher is just launching a new game called Pentago
> | (http://www.pentago.se/) the page is still only in Swedish. The game is
> | a simple five in a row but with a little diffrent concept as the board
> | moves...
> |
> | Now to why I am actually writing all this is to see if anybody can see
> | if this game have the same disadvantage as a standard game of five in a
> | row? In five in a row the first player has quite an advantage compared
> | to the second player. It is evem proven that with a perfect game the
> | first player can always win but what do you think about this version?
> 
> Like you said, only in Swedish. When I click on the English flag I get
> "under construction." So how can I answer your question? I don't know
> what the opening protocol is. I see the java moving board display, but
> that leaves lots of unanswered questions. Even with the rotating
> quadrants, it looks like such a simple game compared to Gomoku or
> Renju, that a computer program could probably completely solve it.
> So, perhaps game balance is not the main issue; it doesn't seem very
> interesting in the first place.
> 
> David Bush (chmeee)
> 
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