I feel your pain. I have yet to lose a game to my 9 and 10 year olds but I don't think I ever won on BSW before I stopped playing there. I think part of the problem is that early moves don't give you immediate feedback on whether or not they were a good move. It seems like you're randomly moving stuff around with no obvious benefit. Later in the game you start getting that immediate feedback but it's hard to put together which early moves caused problems later in the game. I can't personally think on such a level.
That being said if you were interested in beating me on BSW I would be happy to be your victim for a few games. Send me a note when the geek comes back (same username as my gmail). -Rick On Feb 2, 1:49 pm, UvulaBob <[email protected]> wrote: > You may know me as the guy who's been whining about DVONN for the last > couple of months. I've played countless games against the Holtz AI > (from holtz.sourceforge.net) and not I'm starting the lovely journey > of getting beat down by the dumbot on Boardspace.net. > > I know that saying "there is no strategy" opens up the "well, why do > you keep losing if there's no strategy?" argument. What I mean is that > there's no way to look at a board within the first 20 moves and figure > out how you're going to make the opponent lose. There's no feedback to > let you know if the move you just made was a good one or not. > Obviously, there are no-nos (don't cut all your stacks off the board), > but in a game like ZERTZ or TZAAR, you at least can tell that you're > one step closer to victory with each good move you make. DVONN Is the > a game where everything seems to be going in your favor until the > other guy makes one move that you had no way of stopping (because > every move up to that point was defined as a "good move") and then all > your stacks get taken over and you lose. None of my friends will play > this game because of the same perception. We're not idiots, yet none > of us can plainly state what a good strategy is for this game. Every > game turns into "put the rings on the board, take the rings off the > board and hope you win." > > I would love for someone who actually knows how to play this game to > play me a few times on Boardspace.net and tell me why I keep losing. > When I try to read the "strategy" articles out there, I feel like the > big dumb American who's getting more and more impatient with the wise > old sensei telling him to be fluid like water, yet firm like the wind > until I just blurt out "Yeah, yeah. When do I get to kick some ASS?!?" --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BGG Down" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/BGG_down?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
