Re: [spoon-discuss] Endgame suggestion

[Daniel Lepage <dpl33@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thursday, December 4, 2003, at 11:33 PM, Rob Speer wrote:

> So, it's come to my attention that the current rules of Political Go
> will lead to a long, drawn-out, pointless endgame.

w00t!

> <snip>
> {{ [[fragment of a proposal]]
> __Live and Dead Dragons__
>
> A dragon is considered "live" or "alive" if it meets this condition: if
> the stones in the dragon were the only stones on the board, they would
> divide the board into at least three disjoint territories. (For most
> dragons, one territory will be the large territory outside all the
> stones.)
>
> A region occupied by any of those territories but the largest is called
> an "eye". Therefore, a live dragon has at least two eyes.

What if there's a tie for largest? I realize this is unlikely, but 
theoretically a situation could arise where a line of stones cuts the 
board exactly in half, thus creating two territories, neither of which 
can be named "the largest".

> A dragon that is not alive is "dead".
>
> __The Endgame__
>
> Once a player has passed and nobody has made a move for an nweek (or
> whatever the condition is in the rule), the Political Go game enters 
> the
> Endgame phase. During this phase, no players may place additional 
> stones
> on the board or modify their alliances.
>
> If a set of (mutually allied) players control a live dragon, and there
> is a dead dragon entirely inside one of its eyes, any of the players
> controlling the live dragon may choose to capture the dead dragon. This
> capture is performed in the same way as a capture during the game - by
> announcing the capture and posting the new state of the board to a
> public Forum. A capture of this sort can be made at any time during the
> Endgame, regardless of who made the most recent move or what Checking
> Period it is.

I see the possibility of some interesting effects, here...

> The endgame lasts for one nweek. After that, the game of Political Go
> ends.
> }}


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