Clobber
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Clobber is an abstract strategy game invented in Halifax (Canada) in 2001 by combinatorial game theorists Michael H. Albert, J.P. Grossman and Richard Nowakowski. It has subsequently been studied by Elwyn Berlekamp and Erik Demaine among others.
The first competitive Clobber tournament was held at Dagstuhl, Germany, in February 2002. Since 2005 it has been one of the events in the Computer Olympiad. In 2008, it was implemented on the igGameCenter, where it can be be played online against human opponents from all over the world.
Rules
At the beginning a board of any size is occupied by black and white pieces in a checkered manner.
Players take turns to move one of their own pieces onto an orthogonally adjacent opposing piece, removing it from the game.
The winner is the player who makes the last move (i.e. whose opponent cannot move). No draws are possible.
External links
- Getting Clobbered article at Mathematical Association of America site
- Clobber at BoardGameGeek
- Clobber on igGameCenter
- Clobber Research
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