Re: Turn Based Games

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Wayne Rasmussen wrote:
> 
> In Scientific American, there was a game where both players secretly pick
> a number { 1,2,3,4,5}.
> You score points equal to what  number you selected unless:
>    1)  The number you picked is one less than the opponent.  In this case
> you get the sum of both numbers.
>    2)  The number you picked is one greated than the opponent.  In this
> case you get zero points.

It isn't hard to find the optimal strategy for this game, so unless people
were going to write programs to try to find systematic poor play in their
opponents it probably isn't a good choice.