1998-03-13 09:32:01 +00:00
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Xquarto is a board game designed for the X windows environment.
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The game is a two-player game, although for the moment, it is only
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possible to play against the computer. The board is composed of
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4x4 squares and 16 pieces. Each piece has four properties: black
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or brown, horizontal or vertical, solid or hollow, round or
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square. This makes up 16 possible combinations and there is
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exactly one piece for each possibility.
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Initially the board is empty. Now the two players try to place
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out pieces in a way that the opponent has to complete a row,
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column or diagonal with a common property (e.g. all black). This
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makes the opponent lose. The players do not choose what piece to
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put but it is rather player 1 who gives a piece to player 2, who
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then has to place this piece somewhere and choose a piece for
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player 1 to put somewhere etc.
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1999-05-16 23:45:57 +00:00
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WWW: http://www.math.lsa.umich.edu/~mattiasj/games/xquarto/
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