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Dan Troyka (Dtroyka)
| | Posted on Monday, March 12, 2001 - 2:56 am: | |
If you like connection games such as Hex you should check out Jeff Roy's implementation of the Shannon Switching Game, which is tucked away in an update to his Hex zrf and can easily be missed. The game is called Snakes (by Jeff) and has been marketed since the 60s as Bridgit and Connections. It is, at first glance, as fascinating a game as Hex. The problem is that it was solved right about the time it came out. Perhaps with some tinkering the game can be rescued from oblivion. It has been suggested that switching to a two-move per turn format (one move at the opening) might work. Anyway, I recommend taking a look at the game. It is also an exquisite piece of coding.
For anyone familiar with Claude Shannon, he passed away a week or so ago. No mention of this game in his obituary. |
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