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Auhor Hip is a game invented by the mathematician Martin Gardner. Setup The game is played on a NxN square. The board starts empty Move Each player place stone on any unoccupied square. |  |
The goal is to avoid completing any square by marking all 4 corners with stone on the same color. The square may be any size and tipped at any angle. On 6x6 board there is 105 such squares. The n x n board has n * n * (n * n - 1) / 12 squares. The first player to complete a square is the loser. Variants Classic Hip is solved game - the second player is winner. To win 2nd player need play the reflection of the 1st player's moves.
There are different ways io avoid this problem. -
Double-Move Hip This variant was designed by Mark Thompson In Double-Move Hip ach move consists of placing two stones onto the board, except the first player's first move. In this way neither player has a clear advantage. -
Odd sized boards Play on odd sized boards, with a center cell where the 2nd player cannot continue to use the mirror strategy.
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