4 ms·
Oh! I had a real world version of this game as a kid. I eventually figured out the algorithm for winning, then perfected it to win with the last marble in the c
by ywain 4y ago
Oh! I had a real world version of this game as a kid. I eventually figured out the algorithm for winning, then perfected it to win with the last marble in the center hole. I lost interest after, but this brings up some fond memories. I'll try and reproduce my childhood performance :)
- ShredKazoo 4y agoAre there good heuristics for this game or is it essentially just a matter of brute forcing the game tree?
- mcphage 4y agoNot the OP, but it’s partly a parity problem—if a marble starts in a position with (say) an even row # and odd column #, then no matter how it jumps, it will always have an even row # and odd column #.
- ShredKazoo 4y agoInteresting