Glass Bead Game
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About
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Strategy
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The House
An Example
The most important strategical concept in the Glass Bead Game is a house.
A house is a cup with enough beads to go all around the board and enter the opponent's pits
a second time. For reasons yet to be explained, a house is always build in the rightmost cup.
It's north's turn. He has made some minor captures, but south has a house.
If north moves pit e south will move pit D, dropping the thirteenth bead in the house and
after north d, south C and north e, south will be able to sow a house of 14, the maximum
that can be sowed effectively. Let's assume north doesn't like this scenario and moves pit d.
South now moves C and north must empty his last pit. He moves 2 e00521.
Press PLAY to see it happen.
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