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[pbmserv-dev] WarpAndWeft End of game
In WarpAndWeft Board 126 (below), I have lost. There is no way for me to
complete a vertical line, and if my opponent does not forfeit and
occasionally takes a thread, he will inevitably complete the horizontal
line. Yet the program does not detect victory.
The ruke as written says "The first player to connect their two sides of
the board with a continuous chain of Threads and Patches is the winner.
Alternatively, the first player who has no valid play is the loser."
The second line is quite preposterous; you can always issue a
threads/patches command. The first line looks correct, yet is
unnecessarily strict. You can't move in your opponent's threads. There's
no need to actually fill in your threads. If you complete a line of
patches (as Vitalik has done below) that should end it.
On the same topic, in Patch Primary mode there's no reason to ever make a
thread. This causes the game to reduce to just the patches, which may make
the game equivalent to Gale or some other game.
Summary of WarpAndWeft Board 126
It is barticus's turn.
Vert Horz
barticus vitalik
25 E11 26 Patches
27 C13 28 B10
29 Patches 30 D10
31 N6 32 N10
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O
+---+ +---+ +---+ +---+
| | | | | | | |
| +-----------| +-----------| +-----------| +-----------+
15 | | | | | | | | | 15
| |---+-------+ |---+-------+ |---+-------+ |---+-------+
14 | | | v | | | | v | | | | | | | | | 14
+-------+---| +-------+---| +-------+---| +-------+---| |
13 | | v | | v | | | | | 13
+---+-------+ |---+-------+ |---+-------+ |---+-------+ |
12 | | | v | | v | v | v | | | | | | | | | 12
| +-------+---| +-------+---| +-------+---| +-------+---+
11 | | h h h | v | | | | | | 11
| |---+-------+ |---+-------+ |---+-------+ |---+-------+
10 | | h | | h | v | | v | | | | | | | H | | 10
+-------+---| +-------+---| +-------+---| +-------+---| |
9 | | | h h h | v | | | h h h | | 9
+---+-------+ |---+-------+ |---+-------+ |---+-------+ |
8 | | | | v | v | h | v | h | | h | | h | v | v | | 8
| +-------+---| +-------+---| +-------+---| +-------+---+
7 | | h h h | v | h h h | | h h h | v | | 7
| |---+-------+ |---+-------+ |---+-------+ |---+-------+
6 | | | | | v | v | | | | | v | | v | v | | 6
+-------+---| +-------+---| +-------+---| +-------+---| |
5 | | | | | | v | | | 5
+---+-------+ |---+-------+ |---+-------+ |---+-------+ |
4 | | | | | v | | | | | | v | | | | | 4
| +-------+---| +-------+---| +-------+---| +-------+---+
3 | | | v | | | | | | 3
| |---+-------+ |---+-------+ |---+-------+ |---+-------+
2 | | | | | v | | | | | | | | | | | 2
+-------+---| +-------+---| +-------+---| +-------+---| |
1 | | | | | | | | | 1
+-----------+ |-----------+ |-----------+ |-----------+ |
| | | | | | | |
+---+ +---+ +---+ +---+
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O
barticus is currently playing Patches.
vitalik is currently playing Patches.
This game is Thread-Primary.
Rules at: http://www.gamerz.net/pbmserv/warpandweft.html
Subscribers: skouboe
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vitalik writes:
>I would resign, but I want to see when the program detects wins.
interesting of it too. think what after n10 - the program no
detect win.
>Move N10 and you win, but I want to see if that ends the game.
Warp and Weft Specifics Game. Need to Play One more!!
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