The ASTEROID Puzzle and Games

Jeremiah Farrell; Karen Farrell

The ASTEROID Puzzle and Games

Jeremiah Farrell
, Karen Farrell

Butler University

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Abstract

Each of our two-person games is a word version variation from the tic-tac-toe or noughts and crosses family. It is well known that classic tic-tac-toe is a draw when expertly played. It is also clear that not all of its plays are equal- a strong move for the first player is to initially take the powerul center square. ASTEROID and ASTEROID II, on the other hand, are both completely symmetric (in the sense that all letters are used equally) and each have rather suble forced wins for either the first or second player.

Original language	American English
Journal	Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS
Volume	2
State	Published - Jan 1 2008

Keywords

ASTEROID
asteroid puzzle and game
linguistics
mathematics
puzzles
recreational linguistics

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Linguistics
Other Linguistics

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