Hex
Hex is a classic, well studied
and widely admired game. The rules are
trivial. Just connect the opposite sides of the board with a
chain of stones. The amazing and infuriating thing about
hex is that direct strategies to connect do not work, so you are forced
to consider indirect methods, which do not obviously lead anywhere.
A lot more people have heard of Hex than have ever played it, which is
too bad, because it's a really interesting game!
Robots: Alas, the
robot player for Hex is really, really dumb. This is primarily
because hex is a pretty difficult problem for a computer.
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