Ultimate Tic Tac Toe

Re:Ultimate Tic Tac Toe by kernel_sanders on Tuesday June 18, 2013 @08:30AM (#5898730)

My Dad, a physicist, taught me that game as a kid. I have great memories of him producing a pen at any restaurant we might have been at, and he and I passing any waiting time playing sprouts on napkins or paper scraps. I since play it with my kids.

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Re:Ultimate Tic Tac Toe by michaelfeathers on Tuesday June 18, 2013 @08:36AM (#5898745)

Did you ever learn about the variant called 'Brussels Sprouts' and the trick to winning?

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Re:Ultimate Tic Tac Toe by coldpie on Tuesday June 18, 2013 @08:52AM (#5898818)

Please explain :)

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Re:Ultimate Tic Tac Toe by michaelfeathers on Tuesday June 18, 2013 @09:04AM (#5898874)

If I remember correctly, instead of only allowing three edges to emanate from a vertex, you can have four. All other rules are the same. Apparently, in that set up, the the first player either always wins or loses depending upon whether the number of initial vertices is odd.

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Re:Ultimate Tic Tac Toe by Someone on Tuesday June 18, 2013 @12:01PM (#5900051)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprouts_%28game%29#Brussels_Spr...

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