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Rolit® (Othello® for four!)

PostPosted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 10:17 pm
by mathgrant
Gamers Galore Video games, board games, card games--anything of the sort goes here.

I'm going to go out on a limb and discuss a board game. Specifically, would anyone be willing to play a board game via the forum? (It doesn't seem to be a silly enough game to belong in Goof Off to me, but please move this thread there and decrement my post count if it does.) If you're familiar with Othello®, then Rolit® should be easy to learn. However, the explanation below does not assume that you're not familiar, so don't be frightened.

The board starts like this:
[font="Courier New"]. . . . . . . . 1
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. . . [color="Red"]R[/color] [color="Yellow"]Y[/color] . . . 4
. . . [color="Blue"]B[/color] [color="Green"]G[/color] . . . 5
. . . . . . . . 6
. . . . . . . . 7
. . . . . . . . 8
A B C D E F G H[/font]

The four central holes in the grid contain balls, each of which has a red, a yellow, a green, and a blue side. At the start, each ball has a different color facing up, but over the course of the game, this can change multiple times.

After all players have selected their colors, a random player will be selected to go first, and then play will continue clockwise (in the order Red, Yellow, Green, Blue). On your turn, you simply place one ball of your color on the grid. If possible, you must make a capturing move by placing your ball such that at least one horizontal, vertical, or diagonal string of enemy balls (uninterrupted by empty spaces or your balls) is flanked on one side by the ball you placed and on the other side by one of your balls which is already on the board. All such enemy balls in all such strings are then converted to your color. For example, from the starting position, Red can play D6 (capturing Blue), F4 (capturing Yellow), or F6 (capturing Green). Here is what the board appears like after F4:

[font="Courier New"]. . . . . . . . 1
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. . . [color="Red"]R[/color] [color="Red"]R[/color] [color="Red"]R[/color] . . 4
. . . [color="Blue"]B[/color] [color="Green"]G[/color] . . . 5
. . . . . . . . 6
. . . . . . . . 7
. . . . . . . . 8
A B C D E F G H[/font]

If you can't make a capturing move, you may play anywhere on the board that is horizontally, vertically, or diagonally adjacent to another ball. (This differs from Othello®, in which a player who can't make a capturing move must pass.) In the above position, Yellow has 14 moves available to him; he can't capture because he doesn't have any balls on the board with which to flank enemy balls. For the purposes of this example, assume Yellow plays C5:

[font="Courier New"]. . . . . . . . 1
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. . . [color="Red"]R[/color] [color="Red"]R[/color] [color="Red"]R[/color] . . 4
. . [color="Yellow"]Y[/color] [color="Blue"]B[/color] [color="Green"]G[/color] . . . 5
. . . . . . . . 6
. . . . . . . . 7
. . . . . . . . 8
A B C D E F G H[/font]

It is Green's turn next. Green has four capturing moves available: C3, E3, and G3 each capture a single Red ball, while B2 captures Yellow and Blue. Green can choose any of these four moves; you must always make a capturing move if one is available, but you are never under obligation to make the capturing move which takes the most pieces.

When the board is full, whoever has the most pieces showing wins!

I'm /in, but I'll let the other players choose their colors first.

PostPosted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 1:32 pm
by Tenchi
Hm... interesting. Looks like something I'd have to experience firsthand to develop strategies for, but I think I'll give it a go. I'll take blue, if that's all right.

PostPosted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 5:57 pm
by MomentOfInertia
Interesting, I'm game.

Aww. I wanted blue, I'll take [color="Red"]Red[/color] instead.

PostPosted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 8:03 pm
by shooraijin
Thinking about this one. We'd prefer post count to reflect "board contribution" rather than game moves. For now, continue here.

PostPosted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 8:09 pm
by MomentOfInertia
You could consider it an RP with extremely short posts if you like.
XD

PostPosted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 8:15 pm
by mathgrant
shooraijin (post: 1489802) wrote:Thinking about this one. We'd prefer post count to reflect "board contribution" rather than game moves. For now, continue here.


Yeah, you make a valid point for moving this to a board like Goof Off where post count isn't incremented. Wherever you deem this thread to belong, I humbly accept your decision, and am very thankful that it was deemed appropriate to keep to begin with. Not all threads posted on CAA have the honor of not being locked. :)

PostPosted: Sun Jul 10, 2011 5:43 pm
by mathgrant
If we don't get a fourth player within, say, 48 hours, I'll randomly choose Yellow or Green for myself and start a three-player game. (The initial board position is the same no matter how many people are playing, so one of the balls will start off a neutral color that nobody's using.) I personally would prefer a four-player game, but I want this thread to get moving and not to die. :)

PostPosted: Tue Jul 12, 2011 6:54 pm
by Masquerade1412
Allrightythen!!
I will play as [color="DarkGreen"]Green[/color]!

PostPosted: Tue Jul 12, 2011 7:17 pm
by mathgrant
MomentOfInertia [[color="Red"]Red[/color]] has been randomly selected to go first. I [[color="Yellow"]Yellow[/color]] will go next, then Masquerade1412 [[color="Green"]Green[/color]], and then Tenchi [[color="Blue"]Blue[/color]].

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. . . [color="Red"]R[/color] [color="Yellow"]Y[/color] . . . 4
. . . [color="Blue"]B[/color] [color="Green"]G[/color] . . . 5
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A B C D E F G H[/font]

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MomentOfInertia[Red] mathgrant[Yellow] Masquerade1412[Green] Tenchi[Blue]
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 13, 2011 8:42 am
by MomentOfInertia
I'll just steal your format and ... F6.

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MomentOfInertia[Red] mathgrant[Yellow] Masquerade1412[Green] Tenchi[Blue]
F6                   --                --                    --
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 13, 2011 9:00 am
by mathgrant
I play E6, thereby re-capturing the Green piece that was just captured. It's like having one person kill you and another person stand on your grave. Or something.

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. . . R Y . . . 4
. . . B Y . . . 5
. . . . Y R . . 6
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A B C D E F G H


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MomentOfInertia[Red] mathgrant[Yellow] Masquerade1412[Green] Tenchi[Blue]
F6                   E6                --                    --
--                   --                --                    --

PostPosted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 6:49 pm
by Masquerade1412
I have NO idea what to post this.....but C3!!

PostPosted: Mon Jul 25, 2011 11:58 am
by Tenchi
Whoops, sorry about how long it took to realize there was another post here. :sweat:

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. . . R Y . . . 4
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A B C D E F G H

PostPosted: Mon Jul 25, 2011 5:22 pm
by MomentOfInertia
F4
There, now I've one of everyone's. XD

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. . . R R R . . 4
. . . B B R . . 5
. . . . Y R . . 6
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A B C D E F G H


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MomentOfInertia[Red] mathgrant[Yellow] Masquerade1412[Green] Tenchi[Blue]
F6                   E6                C3                   F5
F4                   --                --                    --
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 25, 2011 8:48 pm
by mathgrant
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. . . R R R Y . 4
. . . B B Y . . 5
. . . . Y R . . 6
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A B C D E F G H


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MomentOfInertia[Red] mathgrant[Yellow] Masquerade1412[Green] Tenchi[Blue]
F6                   E6                C3                    F5
F4                   G4                --                    --
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[/QUOTE]

PostPosted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 10:48 am
by Masquerade1412
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. . G . . . . . 3
. . . G R R Y . 4
. . . B G Y . . 5
. . . . Y G . . 6
. . . . . . [color="Green"]G[/color] . 7
. . . . . . . . 8
A B C D E F G H


Moves thus far:
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MomentOfInertia[Red] mathgrant[Yellow] Masquerade1412[Green] Tenchi[Blue]
F6                   E6                C3                    F5
F4                   G4                G7                    --
--                   --                --                    --
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Let's hope that this is a legal move....

PostPosted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 1:06 pm
by Tenchi
Hm...

Edit: Is it illegal to place without capturing if you are able to capture?

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. . . G R R Y . 4
. . . B B B B . 5
. . . . Y G . . 6
. . . . . . [color="Green"]G[/color] . 7
. . . . . . . . 8
A B C D E F G H


Moves thus far:
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MomentOfInertia[Red] mathgrant[Yellow] Masquerade1412[Green] Tenchi[Blue]
F6                   E6                C3                    F5
F4                   G4                G7                    G5
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 1:14 pm
by MomentOfInertia
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. . . G R R Y . 4
. . . B B R B . 5
. . . . Y R . . 6
. . . . . R G . 7
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A B C D E F G H


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MomentOfInertia[color=Red][Red][/color] mathgrant[color=Yellow][Yellow][/color] Masquerade1412[color=Green][Green][/color] Tenchi[color=Blue][Blue][/color]
F6                   E6                C3                    F5
F4                   G4                G7                    G5
F7                   --                --                    --
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 7:08 pm
by mathgrant
To answer Tenchi's question, you must always make a capturing move if able. It is illegal to make a non-capturing move if you can make a capturing move.

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. . . G Y R Y . 4
. . . B Y R B . 5
. . . . Y R . . 6
. . . . . R G . 7
. . . . . . . . 8
A B C D E F G H


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MomentOfInertia[color=Red][Red][/color] mathgrant[color=Yellow][Yellow][/color] Masquerade1412[color=Green][Green][/color] Tenchi[color=Blue][Blue][/color]
F6                   E6                C3                    F5
F4                   G4                G7                    G5
F7                   E3                --                    --
--                   --                --                    --
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[/QUOTE]

PostPosted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 7:12 pm
by Masquerade1412
I am either really good...or really bad....

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. . G . Y . . . 3
. . . G G G G [color="Green"]G[/color] 4
. . . B Y R B . 5
. . . . Y R . . 6
. . . . . R G . 7
. . . . . . . . 8
A B C D E F G H


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MomentOfInertia[color=Red][Red][/color] mathgrant[color=Yellow][Yellow][/color] Masquerade1412[color=Green][Green][/color] Tenchi[color=Blue][Blue][/color]
F6                   E6                C3                    F5
F4                   G4                G7                    G5
F7                   E3                H4                    --
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 8:20 pm
by Tenchi
Hm... yeah, you guys did exactly what I didn't want you to do during that last turn. :P Let's try... this?

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. . G . Y . . . 3
. . . G G G G [color="Green"]G[/color] 4
. . . B Y R B . 5
. . . . B R . . 6
. . . . . B G . 7
. . . . . . B . 8
A B C D E F G H


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MomentOfInertia[color=Red][Red][/color] mathgrant[color=Yellow][Yellow][/color] Masquerade1412[color=Green][Green][/color] Tenchi[color=Blue][Blue][/color]
F6                   E6                C3                    F5
F4                   G4                G7                    G5
F7                   E3                H4                    G8
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 8:29 pm
by MomentOfInertia
Nice. I'll take the corner, and extend the grid.


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. . . G G G G G 4
. . . B Y R B . 5
. . . . B R . . 6
. . . . . B R . 7
. . . . . . B R 8
A B C D E F G H


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MomentOfInertia[color=Red][Red][/color] mathgrant[color=Yellow][Yellow][/color] Masquerade1412[color=Green][Green][/color] Tenchi[color=Blue][Blue][/color]
F6                   E6                C3                    F5
F4                   G4                G7                    G5
F7                   E3                H4                    G8
H8                   --                --                    --
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 10:04 pm
by mathgrant
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. . G . Y . . . 3
. . . G G G G G 4
. . . B Y Y Y Y 5
. . . . B R . . 6
. . . . . B R . 7
. . . . . . B R 8
A B C D E F G H


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MomentOfInertia[color=Red][Red][/color] mathgrant[color=Yellow][Yellow][/color] Masquerade1412[color=Green][Green][/color] Tenchi[color=Blue][Blue][/color]
F6                   E6                C3                    F5
F4                   G4                G7                    G5
F7                   E3                H4                    G8
H8                   H5                --                    --
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 5:42 am
by Masquerade1412
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. . G . Y . . . 3
. . . G G G G G 4
. . . B Y G Y Y 5
. . . . B G . . 6
. . . . . G R . 7
. . . . . [color="Green"]G[/color] B R 8
A B C D E F G H


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MomentOfInertia[color=Red][Red][/color] mathgrant[color=Yellow][Yellow][/color] Masquerade1412[color=Green][Green][/color] Tenchi[color=Blue][Blue][/color]
F6                   E6                C3                    F5
F4                   G4                G7                    G5
F7                   E3                H4                    G8
H8                   H5                F8                    --
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 11:27 am
by Tenchi
Hm... Sorry, Masquerade, but I don't like where you're going with this. :P

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. . G . Y . . B 3
. . . G G G B G 4
. . . B Y B Y Y 5
. . . . B G . . 6
. . . . . G R . 7
. . . . . [color="Green"]G[/color] B R 8
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MomentOfInertia[color=Red][Red][/color] mathgrant[color=Yellow][Yellow][/color] Masquerade1412[color=Green][Green][/color] Tenchi[color=Blue][Blue][/color]
F6                   E6                C3                    F5
F4                   G4                G7                    G5
F7                   E3                H4                    G8
H8                   H5                F8                    H3
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 30, 2011 11:05 am
by MomentOfInertia
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. . G . Y . . B 3
. . . G G G B G 4
. . . B Y B Y Y 5
. . . . B G . . 6
. . . . . G R . 7
. . . . R R R R 8
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MomentOfInertia[color=Red][Red][/color] mathgrant[color=Yellow][Yellow][/color] Masquerade1412[color=Green][Green][/color] Tenchi[color=Blue][Blue][/color]
F6                   E6                C3                    F5
F4                   G4                G7                    G5
F7                   E3                H4                    G8
H8                   H5                F8                    H3
E8                  --                --                    --
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 30, 2011 11:40 am
by mathgrant
Tenchi (post: 1493718) wrote:Hm... Sorry, Masquerade, but I don't like where you're going with this. :P


Oh, man, Masquerade, what a dis. I'm going to play at F3 to capture Tenchi's piece and nobody else's. You should play at H2 for the same reason.

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. . G . Y Y . B 3
. . . G G G Y G 4
. . . B Y B Y Y 5
. . . . B G . . 6
. . . . . G R . 7
. . . . R R R R 8
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MomentOfInertia[color=Red][Red][/color] mathgrant[color=Yellow][Yellow][/color] Masquerade1412[color=Green][Green][/color] Tenchi[color=Blue][Blue][/color]
F6                   E6                C3                    F5
F4                   G4                G7                    G5
F7                   E3                H4                    G8
H8                   H5                F8                    H3
E8                   F3                --                    --
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 30, 2011 7:09 pm
by Masquerade1412
Well, I'm flattered...but....I think I'll take one of yours as well! E7.

. . . . . . . . 1
. . . . . . . . 2
. . G . Y Y . B 3
. . . G G G Y G 4
. . . B G B Y Y 5
. . . . G G . . 6
. . . . [color="Green"]G[/color] G R . 7
. . . . R R R R 8
A B C D E F G H


Moves thus far:
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MomentOfInertia[color=Red][Red][/color] mathgrant[color=Yellow][Yellow][/color] Masquerade1412[color=Green][Green][/color] Tenchi[color=Blue][Blue][/color]
F6                   E6                C3                    F5
F4                   G4                G7                    G5
F7                   E3                H4                    G8
H8                   H5                F8                    H3
E8                   F3                E7                    --
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 01, 2011 12:25 pm
by Tenchi
*smacks forehead* Me and my big mouth...

. . . . . . . . 1
. . . . . . . . 2
. . G . Y Y . B 3
. . . G G G Y B 4
. . . B G B Y B 5
. . . . G G . B 6
. . . . [color="Green"]G[/color] G R . 7
. . . . R R R R 8
A B C D E F G H


Moves thus far:
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MomentOfInertia[color=Red][Red][/color] mathgrant[color=Yellow][Yellow][/color] Masquerade1412[color=Green][Green][/color] Tenchi[color=Blue][Blue][/color]
F6                   E6                C3                    F5
F4                   G4                G7                    G5
F7                   E3                H4                    G8
H8                   H5                F8                    H3
E8                   F3                E7                    H6
--                   --                --                    --
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 01, 2011 1:37 pm
by MomentOfInertia
B2

. . . . . . . . 1
. R . . . . . . 2
. . R . Y Y . B 3
. . . R G G Y B 4
. . . B R B Y B 5
. . . . G R . B 6
. . . . G G R . 7
. . . . R R R R 8
A B C D E F G H


Moves thus far:
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MomentOfInertia[color=Red][Red][/color] mathgrant[color=Yellow][Yellow][/color] Masquerade1412[color=Green][Green][/color] Tenchi[color=Blue][Blue][/color]
F6                   E6                C3                    F5
F4                   G4                G7                    G5
F7                   E3                H4                    G8
H8                   H5                F8                    H3
E8                   F3                E7                    H6
B2                   --                --                    --
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