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

["David J Bush" <twixt@cstone.net>]

| 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)