[JohnGalt2341]

1 guess per person. No edits. If you guess a 2nd time, your 2nd guess will be ignored. First correct guess Wins 50 Points.

Instead of putting a cap on how many times you can Win, the way I am going to do it is, however many times you have Won already, you have to wait for that many number of guesses before you can make your guess. For instance, if you have Won twice already, for this particular puzzle, you have to wait for at least 2 people to guess before you can make your guess or else you will be DQ'd. I'll list the puzzle Winners and how many times they've Won at the bottom of this post.

Hexversi has the exact same rules as Othello except the board is shaped like a hexagon and there is a dead spot in the middle of the board as seen in the image below. You cannot play through the dead spot, you must play around it. If you do not know how to play Othello, I recommend that you watch the minute and a half video below, and you will know ALL of the rules.

What's the BEST move for Green?(feel free to take a guess)




I've added a 100 Point bonus for the first 10 players that post a screenshot of themselves beating this AI in the link below. Take the screenshot before your last move of the game so the AI doesn't block the image. Three people have beat the AI so far. They are: Housemoney, jackpot269, and Ian. Well done gentlemen!

http://meta-site.net/hexlo/?fbclid=I...xXgSGPufKWHqTE

I'll keep this going until 10 people beat it. You can only win this ONCE. AND, you can't use someone else's screenshot. In other words.... it has to be a unique configuration. This is NOT a strong AI. It's VERY aggressive. Aggressive play is EASY to beat once you know how to deal with it.

Here's some hints as to how games are Won. Games are NOT won by gobbling up as many pieces as you can on every single move. This is a TERRIBLE strategy. Games are won by trying to run your opponent out of options/moves entirely, and forcing them to give you a corner. Whomever has more options/moves at any given time, is ALMOST ALWAYS winning the game, regardless of what the score says.

When it comes to piece count, you'll usually want to think "less is MORE", until you can get a corner. Try to keep your pieces INSIDE of your opponents pieces. This will create MORE options/moves for you.

Once you run your opponent out of options(good ones at least), then you get to dictate the direction of the game, and getting your piece count up high and winning the game after that is easy. Good luck!

Here are the past Puzzle Winners so far:

blankoblanco 3
Ian 3
Optional 2
gauchojake 1
las8 1
Daniel Espinosa 1

[JohnGalt2341]

Any guesses?

[blankoblanco]

All I'll say is this one definitely has a few moves that jump out immediately as being very impactful, I had to double-check that there wasn't something better

And bumping for visibility

[blankoblanco]

If the next person to guess gets it right I will send you an additional 50 points!

[jackpot269]

i8 is where i would go. its not a bad move i don't think but there may be a better one.

it will give me a corner

[JohnGalt2341]

i8 is where i would go. its not a bad move i don't think but there may be a better one.

it will give me a corner

We have a Winner!

Once Green plays i8 as seen below, this will give Green the NE corner at k6. Purple is now left with exactly 3 options, none of which are particularly good ones. If Purple plays g10, Green will get the NW corner at f11 as well. If Purple plays j1, Green can take the Eastern corner. So, Purple has to move NOW, and after Green plays k6, Purple will have to move again. In other words.... Purple is doomed no matter what, as Green can simply start working FROM the corners.


Here's a few moves later. And now as you can see, Green has 3 corners. Purple still has the "lead" here but this is merely an illusion. Green is in complete control of this game and Purple is completely out of moves/options now. I didn't fill in all of the move/options for Green, but now Green can play f1, and then k2, and then a6, a7, and a11, giving Purple crappy moves 1 at time along the way when needed, and Green will win very easily.


And here's what the Final board looked like.

[blankoblanco]

Nicely done, jackpot!

[jackpot269]

Thanks and for points Blanco and John!!!

[Ian]

Nice one, Jackpot!

I was waiting with my answer and I had this one wrong. I still make mistakes reading the board and didn't see that I8 gives green an immediate shot at the top right corner.

Thanks for posting the question and the explanation, Galt.

[jackpot269]

Nice one, Jackpot!

I was waiting with my answer and I had this one wrong. I still make mistakes reading the board and didn't see that I8 gives green an immediate shot at the top right corner.

Thanks for posting the question and the explanation, Galt.

Thanks ! It was what I thought the right move was at first, but I get these puzzle wrong most times so I went all the way around the board again, and it looked like it was the best move!!

Thanks John for these puzzles not because I finally got one right, but they are helping me look at the board a little differently and finding the better move LATE IN THE GAME!!