Re: Tic Tac Stein

Pete Casso wrote:
> 
> Tic Tac Toe is trivial, but Tic Tac Stein is perhaps not so trivial!
> 
> +-------+-------+-------+-------+
> |       |       |       |       |  Tic Tac Stein is the same game
> |       |       |       |       |  as Tic Tac Toe, but using the
> |       |       |       |       |  4 x 4 board on the left.
> +-------+-------+-------+-------+
> |       |  .oo  |       |       |  The stones used in this game are:
> |       | (  -) |       |       |
> |       |  " "  |       |       |   .oo        _==_
> +-------+-------+-------+-------+  (  -)  and  ( ">
> |       |       |       |       |   " "
> |       |       |       |       |    |
> |       |       |       |       |    begins first.
> +-------+-------+-------+-------+
> |       |       |       |       |  You win, if you line up 3 stones
> |       |       |       |       |  horizontally, or vertically, or
> |       |       |       |       |  diagonally!
> +-------+-------+-------+-------+
> The 'steins Copyright 1997-1998 Pete Casso. All rights reserved.
> 
>                        .oo                _==_
> In the example below  (  -)  wins, since  ( ">  neglected to block.
>                        " "
> +-------+-------+-------+-------+
> |  .oo  |       |       |       |  Tic Tac Stein is the same game
> | (  -) |       |       |       |  as Tic Tac Toe, but using the
> |  " "  |       |       |       |  4 x 4 board on the left.
> +-------+-------+-------+-------+
> |       |  .oo  |       |       |  The stones used in this game are:
> |       | (  -) |       |       |
> |       |  " "  |       |       |   .oo        _==_
> +-------+-------+-------+-------+  (  -)  and  ( ">
> |       |       |  .oo  |       |   " "
> |       |       | (  -) |       |    |
> |       |       |  " "  |       |    begins first.
> +-------+-------+-------+-------+
> |       |       | _==_  | _==_  |  You win, if you line up 3 stones
> |       |       | ( ">  | ( ">  |  horizontally, or vertically, or
> |       |       |       |       |  diagonally!
> +-------+-------+-------+-------+
> The 'steins Copyright 1997-1998 Pete Casso. All rights reserved.
> 
> If I have more time, I will put this game on my website and you can play
> on-line against a computerized version of Tic Tac Stein!
> 
> (Is there perhaps an on-line version already in existence, albeit without
> using the 'steins as the playing stones?)
> 
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