BuilderQ: thanks :)

does a player win when he places more than 4 pieces in a row ?

BuilderQ: ah i see ... nice

so its up to player 1 (white) to make sure that he wont create a 4 .... as he can see easily he is being mirrored he can play the game all by himself .. and force his opponent to follow his plans (or stop the mirroring)

white is player 1 .. player 2 is the only one who can use the mirror strategy .. but when doing that until the end he will lose as noone will make 4 .. so player 1 wins

this makes the mirror strategy a losing strategy

BuilderQ: very nice!

(nice layout, simple and to the point without being boring ... well done :))

thanks ... a dutch site as well .. located (physically) very close to where i did the last phase of my study (1 door away from my room, down the hall ;))

are the boards with a height of 7 solved as well ?

the original board was 6 heigh ... the board on here is 8 heigh .. is there a reason to stick to even numbers for the height ?

ah thanks :)

do i have to learn counting ... or is the board i have at home 7 tiles wide ?

*ponder*

not in a 4x4x4 board (cube)

you will run out of the board

try it on paper

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those are the 4 layers .... place on top of each other

no gravity .. its like the five in line game .. you can place your pieces anywhere

i came here to post a suggestion for a variation but found out Sprietzsche already posted abot it in the past

noone ever comment about it though ?

are there any reasons why noone responded about an 4x4x4 board for line 4 ?