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[pbmserv-dev] Stymie enhancements
After playing a few games of Stymie, I think it needs some enhancements.
1) Swap rule. I had thought that because the first move is single and the
subsequent ones are double this game wouldn't need a swap rule. Though I
moved first in game 107 and then lost, and Schep moved first in game 106
where I think I have finagled a victory, it looks to me like an octagon
near the center is too good a start. Adding the swap rule would fix this.
2) I find the board a little hard to read. OTOH, the ConHex board looks
really good. Cameron chose the format for displaying ConHex out of
necessity, because you move on the vertices but fill the spaces, but it
works well and looks good. A current Stymie board looks like this:
A B C D E F G H I J K
--- --- --- --- --- ---
/ \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \
11 | | | | | | | 11
\ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ /
10 --- --- --- --- --- --- 10
/ \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \
9 | | | | h | v | | 9
\ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ /
8 --- h --- --- h --- --- v --- 8
/ \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \
7 | | h | v | | H | | 7
\ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ /
6 --- v --- h --- --- --- h --- 6
/ \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \
5 | | v | h | | v | | 5
\ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ /
4 --- --- v --- h --- v --- --- 4
/ \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \
3 | | v | h | | | | 3
\ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ /
2 --- --- --- --- --- --- 2
/ \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \
1 | | | | | | | 1
\ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ /
--- --- --- --- --- ---
A B C D E F G H I J K
I think it would be a lot better if it looked like this
A B C D E F G H I J K
--- --- --- --- --- ---
/ \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \
11 | | | | | | | 11
\ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ /
10 --- --- --- --- --- --- 10
/ \ / \ / \ /---\ /|||\ / \
9 | | | |-----||||||| | 9
\ /-\ / \ /-\---/ \|||/|\ /
8 --------- --------- ---|||--- 8
/ \-/---\ /|||\-/ \ /---\|/ \
7 | |-----||||||| |--H--| | 7
\ /|\---/-\|||/ \ / \---/-\ /
6 ---|||--------- --- ----H---- 6
/ \|/|||\-/---\ / \ /|||\-/ \
5 | |||||||-----| ||||||| | 5
\ / \|||/|\---/-\ /|\|||/ \ /
4 --- ---|||---------|||--- --- 4
/ \ /|||\|/---\-/ \|/ \ / \
3 | |||||||-----| | | | 3
\ / \|||/ \---/ \ / \ / \ /
2 --- --- --- --- --- --- 2
/ \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \
1 | | | | | | | 1
\ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ /
--- --- --- --- --- ---
A B C D E F G H I J K
The Hs indicate the most recent move.
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