Wyps - a word game based on Y
Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2020 11:19 pm
refer to https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/43096/wyps
Its a word game, whose winning conditions are like the Game of Y - that is, connecting
three sides of a triangular board. The interesting thing about this is that the winning
condition has basically no relationship to the tactical game play, which requires forming
words.
Human players seem to concentrate on the word play aspect; it's relatively easy to make
threats to win by playing long words, but It seems likely to me that more attention to
the "Y" strategy is appropriate. I'm just beginning to work on an AI to play, so we'll see.
Its a word game, whose winning conditions are like the Game of Y - that is, connecting
three sides of a triangular board. The interesting thing about this is that the winning
condition has basically no relationship to the tactical game play, which requires forming
words.
Human players seem to concentrate on the word play aspect; it's relatively easy to make
threats to win by playing long words, but It seems likely to me that more attention to
the "Y" strategy is appropriate. I'm just beginning to work on an AI to play, so we'll see.