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Re: [pbmserv-dev] Stymie enhancements
On Sat, Mar 06, 2004 at 06:08:56PM -0500, Randall Bart wrote:
> 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
How about...?
> 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
Which leads to
> 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
Or something....
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