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Ask HN: Are there board games like Go, Hex etc but a bit simpler?
Looking to make board game playing computer programs. Go, Hex etc are way too complex for my skill level, are there others that are simpler than Go but not too simple?
Also, are there any good books on programming such games? Games that are purely logical/computational and do not involve any graphics?
- barry0079 8y agoWhat about Othello?
- Random_Person 8y agoMancala
- ArtWomb 8y agoSee John Conway's classic on Combinatorial Game Theory Winning Ways For Your Mathematical Plays https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winning_Ways_for_your_Mathematical_Plays https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winning_Ways_for_your_Mathemat... As far as programming agents to play board games you can check out this Python implementation of Monte Carlo Tree Search http://mcts.ai/code/python.html http://mcts.ai/code/python.html
- iends 8y agoChess? Checkers?
- jbottoms 8y agoGo is sometimes played on a reduced size board, like 9 X 9. You can play a game in 45 minutes or less, but YMMV.
- minkzilla 8y agoI would highly recommend playing 9x9 Go! It is a lot shorter and generally played at a faster pace (lower time controls). It still retains a good balance of strategy and tactics.
- Ginguin 8y agoTak is relatively new but is pretty fun to play for an abstract game.
- Jtsummers 8y agoThere are actually a number of abstract games that can be played on a go board with go pieces. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Games_played_with_Go_equipment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Games_played_with_Go_equipment
- S4M 8y agoConnect 4 should be really easy to implement.
- billconan 8y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gomoku https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gomoku gomoku is simpler
- tropo 8y agotic-tac-toe
- matt_the_bass 8y agoBlackjack. You could even use a command line text interface.