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Clobber (Game)
Posted: February 25th, 2021, 6:20 am
by BokaBB
Clobber is abstract strategy game invented in 2001 by combinatorial game theorists Michael J. Albert,J.P Grossman and Richard Nowakovski. Since 2005,it has been one of the events in the Computer Olympiad (borrowed from Wikipedia).
Clobber is a relatively famous game because it is at the Computer Olympiad,but it is little played by humans.
However,it is a delight to me and I decided to share it here.
Rules
I usually don't post rules of games that I haven't made,but since Clobber rules are so simple,I will post them here.
The game is played on a board of any size. At least one side must be even if we want a fair game. The original size was 6×5 as we will play here but at the Computer Olympiad 10×10 size is used and in general the game is more delightful if the board is bigger(After the first game ends I will consider changing the board size but it depends on you,voters!).
The starting position is like this(W are white pieces,B are black and O are empty spaces):
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W B W B W
B W B W B
W B W B W
B W B W B
W B W B W
B W B W B
The goal of the game is to make the opponent have no legal moves.
White moves first. On their turn players must move one of their pieces to any orthogonally adjacent square that has an enemy piece on it and that piece is then removed from the game.
This will be my first move:
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W B O B W
B W W W B
W B W B W
B W B W B
W B W B W
B W B W B
It is a very delightful game, please play it!
Enjoy the game!
Have a good day!
BokaBB
Re: Clobber (Game)
Posted: February 25th, 2021, 6:32 am
by Schiaparelliorbust
BokaBB wrote: February 25th, 2021, 6:20 am
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W B O B W
B W W W B
W B W B W
B W B W B
W B W B W
B W B W B
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W B O B W
B W W B O
W B W B W
B W B W B
W B W B W
B W B W B
Re: Clobber (Game)
Posted: February 25th, 2021, 6:33 am
by BokaBB
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W B O B W
B W W B O
W B W W W
B W B O B
W B W B W
B W B W B
Have a good day!
BokaBB
Re: Clobber (Game)
Posted: February 25th, 2021, 7:04 am
by Schiaparelliorbust
BokaBB wrote: February 25th, 2021, 6:33 am
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W B O B W
B W W B O
W B W W W
B W B O B
W B W B W
B W B W B
Have a good day!
BokaBB
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W B O B W
B W W O O
W B W B W
B W B O B
W B W B W
B W B W B
Re: Clobber (Game)
Posted: February 25th, 2021, 7:28 am
by BokaBB
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W B O B W
B W W O O
W B W W O
B W B O B
W B W B W
B W B W B
Have a good day!
BokaBB
Re: Clobber (Game)
Posted: February 25th, 2021, 7:40 am
by Schiaparelliorbust
BokaBB wrote: February 25th, 2021, 7:28 am
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W B O B W
B W W O O
W B W W O
B W B O B
W B W B W
B W B W B
Have a good day!
BokaBB
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W B O B W
B W W O O
W B B W O
B W O O B
W B W B W
B W B W B
Re: Clobber (Game)
Posted: February 25th, 2021, 7:50 am
by BokaBB
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W B O B W
B W W O O
O W B W O
B W O O B
W B W B W
B W B W B
Have a good day!
BokaBB
Re: Clobber (Game)
Posted: February 25th, 2021, 7:59 am
by Schiaparelliorbust
BokaBB wrote: February 25th, 2021, 7:50 am
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W B O B W
B W W O O
O W B W O
B W O O B
W B W B W
B W B W B
Have a good day!
BokaBB
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W O O B W
B B W O O
O W B W O
B W O O B
W B W B W
B W B W B
Re: Clobber (Game)
Posted: February 25th, 2021, 8:13 am
by BokaBB
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W O O B W
B B W O O
O W W O O
B W O O B
W B W B W
B W B W B
Have a good day!
BokaBB
Re: Clobber (Game)
Posted: February 25th, 2021, 8:17 am
by Schiaparelliorbust
BokaBB wrote: February 25th, 2021, 8:13 am
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W O O B W
B B W O O
O W W O O
B W O O B
W B W B W
B W B W B
Have a good day!
BokaBB
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W O O B W
B B W O O
O W W O O
B B O O B
W O W B W
B W B W B
Re: Clobber (Game)
Posted: February 25th, 2021, 8:32 am
by BokaBB
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W O O B W
B B W O O
O W W O O
B B O O B
O O W B W
W W B W B
Have a good day!
BokaBB
Re: Clobber (Game)
Posted: February 25th, 2021, 8:35 am
by Schiaparelliorbust
BokaBB wrote: February 25th, 2021, 8:32 am
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W O O B W
B B W O O
O W W O O
B B O O B
O O W B W
W W B W B
Have a good day!
BokaBB
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W O O B W
B O B O O
O W W O O
B B O O B
O O W B W
W W B W B
Re: Clobber (Game)
Posted: February 25th, 2021, 8:46 am
by BokaBB
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W O O B W
B O B O O
O W W O O
B B O O B
O O W B W
W O W W B
Have a good day!
BokaBB
Re: Clobber (Game)
Posted: February 25th, 2021, 8:50 am
by Schiaparelliorbust
BokaBB wrote: February 25th, 2021, 8:46 am
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W O O B W
B O B O O
O W W O O
B B O O B
O O W B W
W O W W B
Have a good day!
BokaBB
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W O O B W
B O B O O
O W W O O
B B O O B
O O W O W
W O W B B
Re: Clobber (Game)
Posted: February 25th, 2021, 8:55 am
by BokaBB
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W O O W O
B O B O O
O W W O O
B B O O B
O O W O W
W O W B B
Have a good day!
BokaBB
Re: Clobber (Game)
Posted: February 25th, 2021, 9:32 am
by Schiaparelliorbust
BokaBB wrote: February 25th, 2021, 8:55 am
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W O O W O
B O B O O
O W W O O
B B O O B
O O W O W
W O W B B
Have a good day!
BokaBB
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W O O W O
B O B O O
O W W O O
B B O O B
O O W O W
W O B O B
Re: Clobber (Game)
Posted: February 25th, 2021, 11:18 am
by BokaBB
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W O O W O
B O B O O
O W W O O
B B O O W
O O W O O
W O B O B
Have a good day!
BokaBB
Re: Clobber (Game)
Posted: February 25th, 2021, 1:28 pm
by Schiaparelliorbust
BokaBB wrote: February 25th, 2021, 11:18 am
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W O O W O
B O B O O
O W W O O
B B O O W
O O W O O
W O B O B
Have a good day!
BokaBB
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W O O W O
B O O O O
O W B O O
B B O O W
O O W O O
W O B O B
Re: Clobber (Game)
Posted: February 25th, 2021, 1:37 pm
by BokaBB
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W O O W O
B O O O O
O O W O O
B B O O W
O O W O O
W O B O B
Have a good day!
BokaBB
Re: Clobber (Game)
Posted: February 25th, 2021, 3:26 pm
by Schiaparelliorbust
BokaBB wrote: February 25th, 2021, 1:37 pm
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W O O W O
B O O O O
O O W O O
B B O O W
O O W O O
W O B O B
Have a good day!
BokaBB
I lose. There is are only two things that I can do, and one thing that you can, and then I'm out of moves. I think I figured out what I did wrong here.
Re: Clobber (Game)
Posted: February 25th, 2021, 4:10 pm
by BokaBB
Schiaparelliorbust wrote: February 25th, 2021, 3:26 pm
BokaBB wrote: February 25th, 2021, 1:37 pm
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W O O W O
B O O O O
O O W O O
B B O O W
O O W O O
W O B O B
Have a good day!
BokaBB
I lose. There is are only two things that I can do, and one thing that you can, and then I'm out of moves. I think I figured out what I did wrong here.
WIN!!!!!!!!
That was a good game,yes?
What do you think,what was your error?
Do you want to change the board size for the next game?
I leave to you to play first the next time.
Have a good day!
BokaBB
Re: Clobber (Game)
Posted: February 25th, 2021, 4:17 pm
by Schiaparelliorbust
BokaBB wrote: February 25th, 2021, 4:10 pm
WIN!!!!!!!!
That was a good game,yes?
What do you think,what was your error?
Do you want to change the board size for the next game?
I leave to you to play first the next time.
Have a good day!
BokaBB
Yes, good game. I should have made it so that there were an odd number of total moves left where there is only a place for each movable piece to move to. We can make the board slightly larger next game.
Re: Clobber (Game)
Posted: February 26th, 2021, 3:19 pm
by BokaBB
What table we should use next?At least one side must be even to keep the game fair.
Have a good day!
BokaBB
Re: Clobber (Game)
Posted: February 26th, 2021, 3:33 pm
by Schiaparelliorbust
BokaBB wrote: February 26th, 2021, 3:19 pm
What table we should use next?At least one side must be even to keep the game fair.
Have a good day!
BokaBB
I say 8×8. I start.
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B W B W B W B W
W B W B W B W B
B W B W B W B W
W B W B W B W B
B W B W B W B W
W B W B W B W B
B W B W B W B W
W B W B W B W B
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B W B W B W B W
W B W B W B W B
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W B W B W B W B
Re: Clobber (Game)
Posted: February 26th, 2021, 3:58 pm
by BokaBB
Schiaparelliorbust wrote: February 26th, 2021, 3:33 pm
BokaBB wrote: February 26th, 2021, 3:19 pm
What table we should use next?At least one side must be even to keep the game fair.
Have a good day!
BokaBB
I say 8×8. I start.
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B W B W B W B W
W B W B W B W B
B W B W B W B W
W B W B W B W B
B W B W B W B W
W B W B W B W B
B W B W B W B W
W B W B W B W B
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B W B W B W B W
W B W B W B W B
B W B W B W B O
W B W B W B W W
B W B W B W B W
W B W B W B W B
B W B W B W B W
W B W B W B W B
A little issue:in my application the northwest corner is always white. Is that a problem?
Have a good day!
BokaBB