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Sprouts - Comments and DiscussionThis is the comment and discussion page for the article Sprouts - A Two Player Game, published in Directory : Games : Strategy.
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Humphrey Nowlin says:
I see that you can draw a line connecting a dot to itself. Are you allowed to draw a line that connects a dot to itself AND contains another dot inside the loop.
Seems like that might be a good strategy to change the outcome...
Douglas Twitchell says:
Quote Seems like that might be a good strategy to change the outcome...
Absolutely! Once a circle is enclosed in the loop, eventually you end up with a dot inside that loop which has two lines going out of it, but no available dot to connect to.
homeschool mom of 5 says:
The game I played in high school only involved making boxes. Someone laid out a a grid of dots (again, the larger the number, the longer the game) You added one line segment each turn, connecting 2 adjoining dots together. The object of the game was to close in boxes. When you closed in a box, you marked that box with your initial. At the end of the game, the player with the most initialed boxes won!
Douglas Twitchell says:
Hey, you should write up the rules for that to post as an article...once I get the "Article Submission" page up and running again! 
joanofarc says:
Quote The game I played in high school only involved making boxes. Someone laid out a a grid of dots (again, the larger the number, the longer the game) You added one line segment each turn, connecting 2 adjoining dots together. The object of the game was to close in boxes. When you closed in a box, you marked that box with your initial. At the end of the game, the player with the most initialed boxes won!
I used to play that game all the time!
josie says:
In case anyone is interested, here's the origins of the game, as posted at another website
Quote The Game of Sprouts was invented in 1967 by Princeton mathematician John H. Conway and by Michael S. Paterson, when both were at the University of Cambridge in the UK. Here is a quote from Conway:
"The day after sprouts sprouted, it seemed that everyone was playing it, at coffee or tea times, there were little groups of people peering over ridiculous to fantastic sprout positions."
There is also a variation of the game called (rather amusingly) Brussels Sprouts
Also, there are links to articles, etc. there.
Enjoy!
Douglas Twitchell says:
Thanks josie; I never knew where that game came from!
josie says:
glad to be of assistance. 
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