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Coil by Nick Bentley - thorsilver - 02-26-2021
Here is an implementation of Coil by Nick Bentley, an intriguing game about forming loops.
Initially the board is empty except for the six corner cells, upon which black stones are placed. Then the players partake in a 'chicken ballot', in which they take it in turns to place 1-3 black stones each turn until one decides to pass; that player then becomes Black, and the other becomes White. After that, players take it in turns to place one stone of their colour on the board on any empty hex. If Black forms a continuous loop composed of their pieces, they win; if the board fills up with no loop of Black pieces being formed, White wins.
In this implementation, during the initial chicken ballot phase, you may add 1-3 stones by clicking on available spaces, or skip the rest of your placements by choosing the Next Player action. To take Black you may Pass at the start of your turn. Once one player has taken Black, players will alternate playing one stone of their colour per turn, until Black forms a loop and wins, or the board fills up without a loop being formed and White wins.
Find out more about the game here, and download the rules here.
RE: Coil by Nick Bentley - thorsilver - 02-26-2021
Sorry, small correction -- the default board should be size 7, not 6.
Updated file is attached.
RE: Coil by Nick Bentley - Eric Piette - 02-26-2021
Hi,
Thanks for that submission. I am going to add it to our dev version, it will be in the next release if we got the permission from the author.
Regards,
Eric Piette
RE: Coil by Nick Bentley - thorsilver - 02-26-2021
(02-26-2021, 08:49 AM)Eric Piette Wrote: Hi,
Thanks for that submission. I am going to add it to our dev version, it will be in the next release if we got the permission from the author.
Regards,
Eric Piette
Thanks Eric, that's great!
I sent the .lud and a note to Nick Bentley via BoardGameGeek, and mentioned that you may want to add Coil to a release in the future. He replied "Cool! I'm all for it." So I think he'll be happy to see it in the next release.