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by Fishbreath
Tue May 24, 2016 7:52 pm
Forum: Other
Topic: A human representative against the machines
Replies: 12
Views: 20949

Re: A human representative against the machines

Unfortunately, it's a little late for a change now—I'm not a huge fan of the Fetlar rules myself, but along with Copenhagen, they're a widely-accepted tournament standard, and relatively simple to implement. Beyond that, Fetlar and other 11x11 games more accurately capture the mathematical complexit...
by Fishbreath
Tue May 24, 2016 4:18 pm
Forum: Other
Topic: A human representative against the machines
Replies: 12
Views: 20949

A human representative against the machines

As some of you may know, I'm running a tournament for computer tafl players . It's traditional, in tournaments like this, for the winning computer to face off against a strong human player, and now that I have five confirmed participants, I figured I would put the word out and see if anyone is inter...
by Fishbreath
Fri Apr 29, 2016 4:02 pm
Forum: Rules
Topic: 15x15 tafl
Replies: 14
Views: 38963

Re: 15x15 tafl

This is a very interesting layout! I hope to add it to OpenTafl soon.
by Fishbreath
Mon Apr 25, 2016 6:05 pm
Forum: Member introductions
Topic: Member introductions
Replies: 27
Views: 74319

Re: Member introductions

I'm Jay Slater, a software engineer by day and author by night, from Pennsylvania in the US. In looking at my email history, I found that I discovered the tafl games a few years earlier than I thought—I played for the first time in 2006. I believe it was in the context of a Viking-flavored writing p...