02-27-2021, 08:26 PM
Here is another simple Y variant from Mudcrack Y and Poly-Y: Tabu Y. In Tabu Y, play proceeds as in normal Y, except that you may not place your stone adjacent to the stone just placed by your opponent. This simple change creates some significant tactical changes in the game. Games tend to fill up more of the board as well.
The remaining Y variants from the book are more challenging to implement, but I will try to produce Holey Y and Poly-Y since they are closely related and more significant in my view, given their relationship to the later Craige Schensted games Star and *Star.
The remaining Y variants from the book are more challenging to implement, but I will try to produce Holey Y and Poly-Y since they are closely related and more significant in my view, given their relationship to the later Craige Schensted games Star and *Star.