Tic-Tac-Toe Variant Game

Discussions revolve around a specific tile-based or board game similar to tic-tac-toe, debating if it's solved, sharing winning strategies and AI approaches, with frequent WarGames quotes claiming 'the only winning move is not to play.' Comparisons to 2048 and other solved games are common.

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make3 Dec 15, 2017 View on HN

no, it's a very small precomputed tree of moves. you can only click on an increasingly small subset of tiles after each move

chancho Apr 3, 2009 View on HN

Interesting game. The only winning move is not to play.

Synaesthesia Jul 20, 2022 View on HN

AFAIK it's not a solved game so we cannot say with certainty.

dylan604 Sep 16, 2021 View on HN

Very strange game. It seems the only winning move is not to play.

a-priori Aug 1, 2010 View on HN

Strange game. The only winning move is not to play.

deletes Jun 18, 2013 View on HN

Important question, can this game be solved, like ordinary tic-tac-toe. Is there a solution that always leads to draw of defeat.

mikeash Mar 16, 2014 View on HN

The logical conclusion to this sequence is somebody making the polar opposite of this entry. Namely, a game called 2. It's a 1x1 grid, and you begin in the winning state.

tantalor Oct 24, 2013 View on HN

Here's a winning strategy,setInterval(function(){Move(a[p1][c1][p2][c2][0] goo.gl/2BYAQI

beobab Nov 3, 2015 View on HN

A strange game: The only winning move is not to play. :)

m0llusk Nov 25, 2021 View on HN

An interesting game, mr_o47. The only winning move is to play.