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Studies in XF Lerpy #3
With the standard version of this opening (with orange having an X, N, Y cross in the middle of the board) the tendency is for orange to be protective of the holes in his defence. This game shows that… more →
Duo to the Death
Board game popularity
shadowsongdesigns wrote 2 days ago: I know I’ve posted about the growing popularity of board games and game nights before, espec … more →
Studies in XF Lerpy #3
nand wrote 4 days ago: With the standard version of this opening (with orange having an X, N, Y cross in the middle of the … more →
Studies in XF Lerpy #2
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nand wrote 4 days ago: Here’s a line I’ve played a lot as violet. It doesn’t have a happy end for orange. … more →
Studies in XF Lerpy #1
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nand wrote 2 weeks ago: This is one a lot of people have been asking me about. It’s a very befuddling opening for begi … more →
Studies in backstepped F #4
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nand wrote 3 weeks ago: I’ve been trying to be thorough with this opening, as I wish to leave no avenue unexplored. So … more →
Studies in backstepped F #3
nand wrote 1 month ago: In my previous post I’d started to explore what happens if orange plays X-up then circles bene … more →
Studies in backstepped F #2
nand wrote 1 month ago: This is the opening I’m currently exploring a lot, as I find it very slippery. My basic feelin … more →
Achilles heels #3
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nand wrote 1 month ago: One of the most popular openings is the XF kiss. People often call it the “TT” (Tetris-T … more →
Studies in turned F #1
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nand wrote 1 month ago: Anton (Gerenuk) requested that I post something on the turned-F opener. I haven’t got a handy … more →
Studies in XF Yasu #1
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nand wrote 1 month ago: This is another XF opening (again, named after a player who developed it) that’s effective but … more →
Studies in XF Rubik #1
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nand wrote 1 month ago: This is one of the most boring, because most effective, of openings: violet can usually win, though … more →
Quasi-mirrors
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nand wrote 1 month ago: There are several openings which are worthless because of symmetry rules: orange can simply mirror e … more →
Achilles heels #1
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nand wrote 1 month ago: The holed FY opener comes in two forms, depending on whether the Y is place running down or across. … more →
Studies in backstepped F #1
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nand wrote 1 month ago: The "delayed" F opening, with a double-block The usual idea with this opening is for viole … more →
Prospectus/prolusion
nand wrote 1 month ago: This is a place for me to discuss strategy in Blokus Duo (and other forms of Blokus, too, if I ever … more →
An imposed measure of creativity
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vikkkk wrote 2 months ago: I woke up feeling terrible. The nasal congestion that has been tormenting me for the past few days f … more →
♫ I... am a ma-an of constant sor-row... ♫
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artsyesque wrote 4 months ago: This one is for all you lovers of “O Brother, Where Art Thou?”… And you rabid Ban … more →
Game Night for Families
gamegorilla wrote 4 months ago: I know, I know, this always comes off as a degrading terminology to me too. Let me do some explainin … more →
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