Re:The Board Game at the Heart of Viking Culture
by mrec on Thursday June 28, 2018 @12:40PM
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> look for pieces to capture in any given turn
Not as a general rule. If you're playing as the attacker, you don't always want to take defender pieces even if they're "free" - they're more useful boxing their own king in.
Re:The Board Game at the Heart of Viking Culture
by DrHuman on Thursday June 28, 2018 @02:54PM
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Yea, it's not even a good strategy really. Just the only thing that I felt like I could code that would be a step up from just making a random legal move.
Not as a general rule. If you're playing as the attacker, you don't always want to take defender pieces even if they're "free" - they're more useful boxing their own king in.