Full Report for Noughts and Crosses by Traditional

Full Report for Noughts and Crosses by Traditional

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Generated at 05/08/2021, 11:40 from 1000 logged games.

Rules

Representative game (in the sense of being of mean length). Wherever you see the 'representative game' referred to in later sections, this is it!

Place a piece of your colour each turn. First player to make a line of three wins.

Miscellaneous

General comments:

Play: Combinatorial

Family: Line games

Mechanism(s): Line

BGG Stats

BGG EntryNoughts and Crosses
BGG Rating2.6833
#Voters3356
SD1.97472
BGG Weight1.164
#Voters378
Year-1300

BGG Ratings and Comments

UserRatingComment
Xiangyuwei10沒想到BGG上真的有記錄圈圈叉叉遊戲，在我心中這就是一個人人可玩又歷久不衰的經典遊戲！！好多好多遊戲的變化都起源於它，在跟學生玩時，簡單的紙筆就可以完成，甚至還可以因應教學主題改編，將國字、數字連線等等。
agent_t_bib3Boring!
bravucon1This is less a game than many that are classified as being [url=http://bgg.cc/boardgame/23953/outside-the-scope-of-bgg]outside the scope of BGG[/url]
wejejeei10
bryanldoughty2I had a small collection of wooden board peg games that included Tic-Tac-Toe amongst others. Most of the other games are either too insignificant to be on BGG or are consider "Outside the Scope of". I donated the collection to a local café with a small games shelf.
Gymanitarian10All you need is a napkin and a crayon from Denny's. Everyone starts here. And who won't take the oppertunity to ruthlessly crush their 4 year old niece at tic tac toe.
alanykl1.....Is it a boradgame?
Atto3Useful for children to learn about the concept of a solved game. Otherwise not so much.
EonTai10
Tirnanog Industries10C'mon.
Agataka5It was one of the best ways to pass time during boring lessons in primary school :)
migsorbie10BEST GAME EVAH
HaydenMiles9.9
Bobobob59810paper & pencil/pen edition. duh. How can this game be so lowly rated? This game has saved the world. Ever see the 1980s American movie War Games?
Blorbo6This game gets a least a 5 for portability and accessibility.
bobby_515010Comment removed at admins request.
assa8An excellent game for small kids. If you do not think of it as an adult-oriented game - it is well worth the expense. It introduces kids to the world of strategy games. Of course they will very quickly overgrow it, but that is the goal.
asta4A pencil and paper diversion. Solved. For some reason it works really well as a scoring mechanism in ESOL classes.
BunkerBill10
erin7410
aquarian4Hard to give a grade but my shot glass version looks nice on the dinner table!
drunkenKOALA10I play this game perfectly. What's not to like?
beakermyers10
ALGO2"The only way to win is not to play" Exactly right.
mdcowboy1510An absolute classic that will last forever.
moosimusmaximus10Timeless classic.
leowinegar10Haha Tic-Tac-Toe awesome.
alextvalencic4Classic Game
alethic2Broken even if you play with the expansion cell (adding one to the lower right).
Jvsquare10Never played it, but I've heard it's good.
Oscar41510
Revys10
hieubk241210
Drakey10
Vox_Dargard10
BlackLeadAlchemist1The only way to lose if you make the first move is to make a mistake. The only way to win if you don't make the first move is if the other player makes a mistake. All in all, I'd hesitate to call this a Board Game.
Blackpope1Not a game IMO
Marysinka9.5
bennys9610
AlealogistN/AEdition made by an artist in my little hometown. Cows and milk bottles on a grass field. In a cow-like bag.
LFITQ10poor poor Tic tac toe. This rating reflects my sympathy for this ages old game.
AlexFS4Who logs Tic-Tac-Toe plays? Me apparently :D This is obviously an artifact, as I already played it before. This game sits rock bottom in the rankings, and is only mentioned by gamers to explain the notion of "solved game". My rating is meant as a kid's game, effective to explain a couple of simple notions.
ArqMage2Not much of a game, but a good teaching tool about game fundamentals. It even taught the Joshua AI a thing or two. I own a wood and marble set that I made in junior high.
Watson10
Blackwind1Clearly broken as any player that understand the game will always make it a tie.
Asmoridin3Probably the simplest game to get an opponent, and the materials to play. Heck, I've played on the back of the couch, just using the outline of where we rubbed with our fingers to play. Sand and dirt work well for it too! As for the game, there's not really enough to it, and if you can think a little ahead (as in, one turn), you'll win against people that don't, or tie against people that do. I can't imagine how you'd lose this game, and if you can't lose, that means equal opponents won't win. What's the point of that?
Oninohugo10The anti-Kickstarter game : free, simple, fast, eprived of unbalanced factions, lucky rolls or draws and overpriced markers you won't paint, takes 1 minute to set up, play and tear down. [b]Best game of 1300 B.C.[/b]
bohemian3Um.
Alexfrog7Teaches kids to look ahead 2 moves, preparing them for games like Chess. So much better than stuff like Candyland! :)
arhtu1A game you can't win...
bacusgod2What game?
Basto1.5Pointless waste of time. Skilled play always ends in a draw. However, it is still better than pointless wastes of time without the potential for skilled play, ie. Candyland.
AelfN/AUnplayable without a copy of the player aids.
sock puppet9I've only played this a few times at a friends house, but each game was a revelation - the apparent simplicity hiding unparalleled strategic and tactical depth. I just wish I could get hold of a copy. GM me if you know where to get it. Rated a 9 - one point for each of the moves you can make.
amwiles1Please read my husband's session report on our [url=http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/136345]PBEM[/url] game!
Xenos0510Bro...what do you expect...
Azzarc3Easy game when bored and have a pen and paper.
BlueTorch2Very basic solved game; only value is in using it for educational purposes.
benjaminehlers11Yep, "Tic-Tac-Toe" is in the bgg database, but not "A Deck of Cards"... Funny! Maybe I'm not searching for the right version? Incidentally, I marked as "Not-Owned" because I do not own a piece of paper nor a pencil... HOWEVER, even though I rate the gameplay as a 1, I do appreciate the system in the strict context of learning beginner software programming and algorithms, as a great exercise in learning the principles of defining and coding the logical decision tree.
binraix9
da pyrate9I've lost count of how often I have played this one. For what it is, it is a fine game and one that I expect that I shall play again before I depart this planet.
HMTKSteve10Gots to be a 10! Isn't this the game they used to kill the computer in the movie "Wargames" ???
broggi2It's quick and can be played practically anywhere. Too bad it's not fun.
zacho10
apecage1When's that rules translation from the original Latin going to show up on the Geek so we can play it? (Update) After a plea directly from the game itself (Christmas, '10), I've adjusted my rating. (Update) Bwahahaha!!
talude10
biskittc1Pointless. The game will ALWAYS end in a tie unless a player makes a mistake.
echephron10
Big B1Barely a game
pear10
Seefus200010Ok, look... the game is solved, sure. But it's A) free, and B) has decision making. It's far and away better than Chutes and Ladders and doesn't deserve to be the lowest game on the list. Great beginner abstract for kids.
Tictactoelover10GOAT ?
BaSL1>10 plays
Kubek9
m1a2r3t4i5n610
johnnykat3410This is the only game I have consistently played for 30 years. I know it is solved, but it is fun as an ice breaker or flirtation tool.
bocachankla1Es un juego imposible de ganar.
talismanisland10
Peterweb10Clássico, não tem quem não conheça e tenha jogado durante uma aula. hahaha Existe uma estratégia para jamais perder. Ou você vence, ou se o outro também souber, vocês empatam.
Michellevh110
bazik1232it was some fun for me as a ~6 yo as a puzzle to learn to never lose. now it is an amusement for 10 minutes to try to figure out how to program that strategy in smallest amount of if's possible :-)
BGEBDNN/AD6
littleboard10A complex and sensational creation from the artistic minds of geniuses.
bayspielN/A16.01.02.06
BlueFox5710
adamscott4The only way I'd play this would be to introduce a young child to abstract games. For that purpose, it's not so bad.
s8806050210
Nanich10
Eirikr10
TheDhat10
Bombadillo3Back in my school days, Tic Tac Toe was the boring companion to Battleship: a quick pen and paper game to be played with friends during the lessons. Those games ended often as a draw: indeed the starting player gets a decisive advantage on the other player, who has little to no chances of victory; thus he can only try to hamper his opponent and prevent him from harvesting the expected success. I don’t like Tic Tac Toe and perhaps I never liked it: my rating isn’t lower just because I still have fond memories of those smuggled plays in the classroom.
aetwitch1.5Forged by the dark lord himself.
boardmathias3It is almost to simple to be called a game.
Nows710
yapma10Still played after 2000 years? Serves as the introduction to strategic thinking for most children? Free and playable anywhere? Has to be a 10.
brucewig1When an 8 year old can figure out how to get at least a draw every game, you don't even have a game.
Genghis Khandybar10Better than candyland lol this should be ranked higher
BassplantN/Akids
TwiznessAsUsual10
banyan2This one is good for five year-olds.
BoSsRoSs3I played this game three times in a row with a rooster at the state fair that rooster was pretty clever still wish i knew how they trained him. I'm sure this was all the rage back when the wheel was invented.
aautio1Not a game. Waste of paper is what it is.
bcnevan1I'll allow this solved activity to lower my average of rated games.
DIenciutroy2410Amazing Game to play with friends. I will always be a classic.
amodman1It's a coming of age that at some point in time, every kid should realize that Tic-Tac-Toe is totally and completely broken. There is honestly no reason to play it unless you want to do the exact same thing over and over again.
atomzero1Most games of Tic-Tac-Toe past the age of 5 end in a draw. This game is beyond poor.
alepsycho1Good game to teach for a 4 years old children, there are exactly 3 different situations you must prevent for not loosing, so this game sux a lot after you "master" this 3 simple situations. The only reason I don't give a 0 Rating is that this game can be played in 15 seconds using a paper and a pencil.
blanor2How is this a board game?
balijan21A Twilight Struggle ellenpontja, a Bgg utolsó helyezettje. Megérdemelten! Egy parti max 9 lépés, max 30 masodperc, ha mindkét fél jól játszik, minden parti ugyanúgy zajlik le. Nem értem, hogy képes ebből valaki többszázat játszani!! Arra jó, hogy ha valaki kíváncsi rá, hány játéknak van helyezése a bgg-n, elég ha rákeres a tic-tac-toe-ra. Mentségére szolgál, hogy többezer éves, bár pl. a Senet mai szemmel se katasztrófa, pedig az 6000 éves.
EYE of NiGHT10TTT, I feel your anger. I feel your pain. You've done your time, paid your dues. You deserve our support. I give 10 out of sheer respect. R-E-S-P-E-C-T.
Bien3Great young kid's abstract. Once you understand the fundamentals you can always end the game in a stalemate.
Blott1When 100% of the games can end in a tie, the game is broken. It passes some time, but I'd rather chat without a game than play this thing. Teaches little kids to look ahead a little bit though.
quozl9.99I love playing this game with adults since almost all of them have forgotten the strategy and it's fun to beat people who think that Tic Tac Toe always ends in a tie. I also love to play this with children to teach them some basic strategy but once they always tie me, it's time to move on to another game.
bippi1Hey, one more game to add to my collection. Onto hangman....
AFragnoliTroy209Tic-Tac-Toe is an easy accessible game that is fun for all ages. It's great for fun competition for friends.
Ascrilas1Well...
Hoss Cartwright10Kickstarter! Essen!
Spitemaster10
boredboard22 players too easy.
Karpacz0710
BastardCafeN/A1 Not_ready_yet
andrewraeN/AYou know a game just isn't meant to be when 'the only winning move is not to play.' How about a nice game of chess?
zander22610I always beat my friends so therefore, its fun.
Paisen2010
Agent Minivann2Do I even need a reason?
Betote1I like that this game exists, because I can use it to show how abstract games are very easily solved when they haven't got enough variables.
autumnweave2Unless playing with children under 10 avoid. Best played with permanent markers...while drunk...on each others bodies. The best thing going for this is the fact that it has been around since roman times and will probably outlast me, unless they make me king. Then we'll see some changes.
BigMike851Is this really considered a board game that is over 700 years old?
mag74b10This game deserves it.
WaciQ10Wow!!! This game is a blast!!!
KingJackalope10If you can play this game with a child, introducing them to the concept of 'games', and you don't smile watching them trying to out smart you, I have to worry about the human race. This isn't chess. It isn't even checkers. How this game is a 2.6 is shameful. Its Tic-Tac-Toe and you are expecting a deep thought provoking experience. What is unfortunate you play this with a child and if you can step back and look at the joy in a child who wins for the first time and say this is a 2.6 game makes me wonder if you actually can see joy in someone else.
BoB3K2XOX XXO OXO OXO OOX XOX OOX OOX XXO XXO XXO OOX OXO XXO XOX XOX OOX OXO
AnonymooseN/AEaster Bunny Tic-Tac-Toe
svalima10
BFLAMES10If you don't like a good game of tic tac toe you aren't living right and you are probably lying. Absolute classic. Everything else is derivative
johnjohn61m10
BoardGamer200810
aaarg_ink5150206 Unlike most of y'all, why not?
fantum10Timeless classic. I happen to be a Grandmaster.
1000rpm3Worth playing as a kid to learn the basic strategies and 'tricks' to the game - a good foundation for tactical thinking in more complex games.
bluestarfish4Fond memories... ;-)
jajax10
biii10home made (travel/magnetic)
FunMeeple10
malitsu10Very strategical game with minimum rules and elements. The variation possibilities are endless. With an equally smart person one game may last as long as there's paper left. Concentration dictates the winner, not luck. (Actually the low ratings made me wonder if this is the same game at all. I've always thought jätkänshakki and ristinolla mean different things.)
akinfantryman1Boring and broken....news, huh? Only good for quickly illustrating simple strategy and how moves affect subsequent gameplay, because everyone knows the rules. Waste of time otherwise.
joel4nier10Overlooked, early Reiner Knizia design, a little weak on theme, but very fun. I always play the "X"s. Get the deluxe edition!
Baartoszz17-year old can solve it
alphaee10
Badger on the move4A pastime, not a game. But one I can be talked into playing. Very quick, fairly pointless.
basilmichael3Fun way to waste time... if I have a pen and paper with a group though I would play Eat Poop You Cat instead.
Bondservant3.1Nowadays I play this for the purpose of seeing if there's anyone who hasn't got this figured out.
Anemelos1The game is solved.
beatrix1If both players know how to play it will always be draw.
emaise10An elemental game; the very definition of combinatorial abstract strategy games. A classic game and a key part of gaming history. Every child learns to play this game, and in doing so discovers certain fundamental lessons which carry through to the rest of their game-playing life. Adults should leap at the chance to play this with any child who asks for it - not for the gameplay (of course), but for the joy of sharing in the child's ongoing discovery.
DHolte10It's disgusting how many people, because of their hatred of the publisher, have given this classic a low rating. It's either that or the components that can only be found at midnight, in ancient graveyards.
zzzxxxyyy10
Aarontu2.5Extremely annoying game, though I would play it with a bored kid sitting next to me. Once you figure out how to at least end every game in a draw, it becomes a bit pointless.
AnalogGamer10Classic. What can you say about a game graffiti scratchings of which have been found on ancient tombs made by their builders on break?
bilboq2Too easy to be a serious game ...
Tistu10Say thanks to Dec´2010 appeal.
ralfharing10
Bozzutoman1This is more of a logic development tool for kids.
Robert Carden10This game has to be considered good. It's been around so long. Probably since the cavemen. And maybe bingo too.
markrollings10Rating based on play with the coloured pen expansion
Scamander_192010
Algernon883.5Well, no. It's nice as a kids-game but a game that, when both people know it, will always end in a draw is just not very good.
Crackerjack10Best memories as a kid... learning the "secrets" of this game was awesome.
lamkka10Hey people. Appreciate history please.
SecondClassRa10
RedPanda10
Ashley Riot1Utter waste of time
Blacksad2[b]Nota[/b] Abstracto muy simple. Irrelevante
Janusian10
altivolus2Good for the youngins. Bad for real people.
serolero10
scottcoody10
mikehendi10
Born-of-Ashes3I'm giving it an extra star for the ultimate version where you play a tic-tac-toe game to win each cell. Otherwise this is one of the most easily solved games. Loses its charm after age 5.
BGDigger4Got this nice little wooden set for Christmas. I wouldn't count tic tac toe as a boardgame when we play on the kids menu, but when we use this set, it almost qualifies.
bggmatje1DIY
adebisi1Broken / Solved. There is an opening move allowing the starting player to win 7/8 of the possible games while 1/8 of the games end in a draw. If both players have solved the puzzle or any other opening is played, 8/8 of the games end in a draw. Note: When played on an unlimited grid and trying to get a row of five, the game actually becomes more interesting. However, the rating is strictly based on the listed entry in BGG database.
BrightonFoxDave1No-one should ever win. Pointless.
bazyn1"Games" that can be solved by a human mind are in my opinion broken. And I give a 1 to all games I consider to be broken. But it does not mean I have any bad feelings towards this one. It is a great tool to introduce kids to games, to teach them logical thinking and it is a nice puzzle.
ObamaCare110
Barad_the_dwarf5Never really been a fan of this game.
The Eraser10
WhiteKrow10
TimAK8710Tic-Tac-Toe is an immersive game of X's and O's. You take the role of X, working on your family farm when the neighbor, O, comes over and start stealing your crops. Act quickly to clone yourself and join hands with yourselfs to create a straight line. But watch out, because O is trying to do the same thing! First player to create a link of 3 clones wins, while the loser dies!
AfarOca1JUGADORES: 2 TIEMPO: 1 PARTIDAS GANADAS/PERDIDAS Jose 3/0 Navir 0/2 Oca 0/1
authentic1.25Once you know how to play, it stops being a game.
Pubbles10
jasiek19410
FiveStars10excellent and much underrated by apes
Bownage1ridiculous

Kolomogorov Complexity Analysis

Size (bytes)11550
Reference Size10293
Ratio1.12

Ai Ai calculates the size of the implementation, and compares it to the Ai Ai implementation of the simplest possible game (which just fills the board). Note that this estimate may include some graphics and heuristics code as well as the game logic. See the wikipedia entry for more details.

Playout Complexity Estimate

Playouts per second552547.24 (1.81µs/playout)
Reference Size477144.77 (2.10µs/playout)
Ratio (low is good)0.86

Tavener complexity: the heat generated by playing every possible instance of a game with a perfectly efficient programme. Since this is not possible to calculate, Ai Ai calculates the number of random playouts per second and compares it to the fastest non-trivial Ai Ai game (Connect 4). This ratio gives a practical indication of how complex the game is. Combine this with the computational state space, and you can get an idea of how strong the default (MCTS-based) AI will be.

State Space Complexity

% new positions/bucket

State Space Complexity5478 
State Space Complexity (log 10)3.74 
Confidence100.000: totally unreliable, 100: perfect
Samples1628269 

State space complexity (where present) is an estimate of the number of distinct game tree reachable through actual play. Over a series of random games, Ai Ai checks each position to see if it is new, or a repeat of a previous position and keeps a total for each game. As the number of games increase, the quantity of new positions seen per game decreases. These games are then partitioned into a number of buckets, and if certain conditions are met, Ai Ai treats the number in each bucket as the start of a strictly decreasing geometric sequence and sums it to estimate the total state space. The accuracy is calculated as 1-[end bucket count]/[starting bucklet count]

Playout/Search Speed

LabelIts/sSDNodes/sSDGame lengthSD
Random playout5,083,75592,27038,769,947704,12881
search.UCT3,765,766875,12790

Random: 10 second warmup for the hotspot compiler. 100 trials of 1000ms each.

Other: 100 playouts, means calculated over the first 5 moves only to avoid distortion due to speedup at end of game.

Mirroring Strategies

Rotation (Half turn) lost each game as expected.
Reflection (X axis) lost each game as expected.
Reflection (Y axis) lost each game as expected.
Copy last move lost each game as expected.

Mirroring strategies attempt to copy the previous move. On first move, they will attempt to play in the centre. If neither of these are possible, they will pick a random move. Each entry represents a different form of copying; direct copy, reflection in either the X or Y axis, half-turn rotation.

Win % By Player (Bias)

1: White win %86.30±2.27Includes draws = 50%
2: Black win %13.70±1.99Includes draws = 50%
Draw %17.00Percentage of games where all players draw.
Decisive %83.00Percentage of games with a single winner.
Samples1000Quantity of logged games played

Note: that win/loss statistics may vary depending on thinking time (horizon effect, etc.), bad heuristics, bugs, and other factors, so should be taken with a pinch of salt. (Given perfect play, any game of pure skill will always end in the same result.)

Note: Ai Ai differentiates between states where all players draw or win or lose; this is mostly to support cooperative games.

UCT Skill Chains

MatchAIStrong WinsDrawsStrong Losses#GamesStrong Scorep1 Win%Draw%p2 Win%Game Length
0Random         
1UCT (its=2)5701212459360.6429 <= 0.6736 <= 0.702953.8512.9333.237.36
5UCT (its=6)5731162499380.6420 <= 0.6727 <= 0.702052.7712.3734.866.93
9UCT (its=24)5771071568400.7202 <= 0.7506 <= 0.778758.4512.7428.816.50
10UCT (its=67)4254111639990.6008 <= 0.6311 <= 0.660549.0541.149.817.25
12UCT (its=491)294673199860.6090 <= 0.6395 <= 0.668831.1468.260.618.05
18
UCT (its=198238)
14
986
0
1000
0.4760 <= 0.5070 <= 0.5379
1.40
98.60
0.00
8.97
19
UCT (its=198238)
0
1000
0
1000
0.4691 <= 0.5000 <= 0.5309
0.00
100.00
0.00
9.00

Search for levels ended. Close to theoretical value: draw.

Level of Play: Strong beats Weak 60% of the time (lower bound with 95% confidence).

Draw%, p1 win% and game length may give some indication of trends as AI strength increases.

1st Player Win Ratios by Playing Strength

This chart shows the win(green)/draw(black)/loss(red) percentages, as UCT play strength increases. Note that for most games, the top playing strength show here will be distinctly below human standard.

Complexity

Game length6.46 
Branching factor6.27 
Complexity10^4.80Based on game length and branching factor
Samples1000Quantity of logged games played

Move Classification

Board Size9Quantity of distinct board cells
Distinct actions9Quantity of distinct moves (e.g. "e4") regardless of position in game tree
Good moves5A good move is selected by the AI more than the average
Bad moves4A bad move is selected by the AI less than the average
Response distance%72.52%Distance from move to response / maximum board distance; a low value suggests a game is tactical rather than strategic.
Samples1000Quantity of logged games played

Board Coverage

A mean of 71.78% of board locations were used per game.

Colour and size show the frequency of visits.

Game Length

Game length frequencies.

Mean6.46
Mode[5]
Median7.0

Change in Material Per Turn

Mean change in material/round0.88Complete round of play (all players)

This chart is based on a single representative* playout, and gives a feel for the change in material over the course of a game. (* Representative in the sense that it is close to the mean length.)

Actions/turn

Table: branching factor per turn, based on a single representative* game. (* Representative in the sense that it is close to the mean game length.)

Action Types per Turn

This chart is based on a single representative* game, and gives a feel for the types of moves available throughout that game. (* Representative in the sense that it is close to the mean game length.)

Red: removal, Black: move, Blue: Add, Grey: pass, Purple: swap sides, Brown: other.

Trajectory

This chart shows the best move value with respect to the active player; the orange line represents the value of doing nothing (null move).

The lead changed on 0% of the game turns. Ai Ai found 2 critical turns (turns with only one good option).

Position Heatmap

This chart shows the relative temperature of all moves each turn. Colour range: black (worst), red, orange(even), yellow, white(best).

Good/Effective moves

MeasureAll playersPlayer 1Player 2
Mean % of effective moves56.3356.9055.56
Mean no. of effective moves3.433.753.00
Effective game space10^2.7610^1.5610^1.20
Mean % of good moves18.2331.900.00
Mean no. of good moves0.861.500.00
Good move game space10^0.6010^0.6010^0.00

These figures were calculated over a single game.

An effective move is one with score 0.1 of the best move (including the best move). -1 (loss) <= score <= 1 (win)

A good move has a score > 0. Note that when there are no good moves, an multiplier of 1 is used for the game space calculation.

Quality Measures

MeasureValueDescription
Hot turns71.43%A hot turn is one where making a move is better than doing nothing.
Momentum0.00%% of turns where a player improved their score.
Correction0.00%% of turns where the score headed back towards equality.
Depth0.00%Difference in evaluation between a short and long search.
Drama0.00%How much the winner was behind before their final victory.
Foulup Factor0.00%Moves that looked better than the best move after a short search.
Surprising turns0.00%Turns that looked bad after a short search, but good after a long one.
Last lead change-14.29%Distance through game when the lead changed for the last time.
Decisiveness100.00%Distance from the result being known to the end of the game.

These figures were calculated over a single representative* game, and based on the measures of quality described in "Automatic Generation and Evaluation of Recombination Games" (Cameron Browne, 2007). (* Representative, in the sense that it is close to the mean game length.)

Opening Heatmap

Colour shows the success ratio of this play over the first 10moves; black < red < yellow < white.

Size shows the frequency this move is played.

Positions Reachable at Depth (Includes Transpositions)

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Note: most games do not take board rotation and reflection into consideration.
Multi-part turns could be treated as the same or different depth depending on the implementation.
Counts to depth N include all moves reachable at lower depths.
Zobrist hashes are not available for this game, so transpositions are included in the counts.

Shortest Game(s)

            

1440 solutions found at depth 5.

Puzzles

PuzzleSolution

White to win in 5 moves

White to win in 5 moves

White to win in 5 moves

White to win in 5 moves

White to win in 5 moves

White to win in 3 moves

White to win in 3 moves

White to win in 3 moves

White to win in 3 moves

White to win in 3 moves

White to win in 3 moves

White to win in 3 moves

Weak puzzle selection criteria are in place; the first move may not be unique.