Re: magic-toyshop: catharine's dots & boxes strategy [spoilers]


Tue, 21 Nov 1995 21:36:51 -0500

On Tue, 21 Nov 1995 12:02:14 -0600 (CST), Marie Jean-trauth - Free-Net <mjeantra@www.gnofn.org> wrote:
>Look at the syntax she offers when first describing how to play. "PLAY X
>AT 5", or, for short, "PLAY 5". Why would she offer the first, more
>cumbersome syntax if the second will do?

Thanks. I'd found that I could play X's as well as O's, but never
actually tried to _finish_ a 3-in-a-row with X's, having assumed that
Catharine would win. This tends to be my biggest problem with text
adventures... get into one mind-set and can't see the solution through
my own assumptions.

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Carl (ravenpub@southwind.net)
* Old immortals never die, they just... don't.