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It's not sheltered. Just that this game isn't as popular as games like chess and all.

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You're welcome! It is pretty quick, depending on how much time people take to think. I've never had a game last more than 15 minutes. Hope you enjoyed! Thanks for watching!

Thank you for watching! Yeah, they sell several different versions of the game, including a travel sized one. The version that I have in the video actually has the slots on the sides for your walls (they are actually not part of the 9x9 grid, where those walls sit pre-played). The travel version doesn't have those slots, so it is less confusion for players when they have their walls in front of them.

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Hello! According the the normal base rules, yes, a wall can touch the middle of another one like a T. That being said, you can also place a wall between two wall to make it look like a + or a lower case t. There are some clever things you can do with this game- but we didn't want to overwhelm the viewers. Thank you for watching!

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I haven't seen that, but just having 4 players makes it much more difficult to do the wall thing because each of the 4 players needs to have an existing path to get to the other side.

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I ordered mine yesterday. I also just programmed my own version. I will post the link if you want to download it.

Awesome! I'm glad you enjoyed! My college issues this game as a programming project a few years after I graduated (I had to help my brother). I understanding the difficulties in programming for this game. Thanks for watching!

Thank you kindly for the compliments! Good luck playing it on BGA!

Yeah, official rules do state that. I don't think it makes that big a difference in the grand scheme of things gameplay-wise, but you are correct.

@@krazee_aznnn it’s pretty big actually, only because it kinda forces you to use walls a little sooner since someone will have to jump the other at some point, gaining all that ground . If that makes sense lol.

Oh yeah, I understand the immediate logic but believe it or not, if always starting in the center, I prefer to go second.

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+Nam Ngo what are you doing now, I don't see any new uploads :(

I'm still alive, but life is happening. I still play Netrunner, but I also now actively play Magic and SWCCG. Then I also still play lots of board games as well and attend GenCon and got a new job. I haven't made any new videos because I've been going to friends' weddings, shopping for a house (and bought one!), planning events with my groups of friends (like going to GenCon, or going to my local orchestra's video game music performances like Video Games Live or Distant Origins, or Zelda Symphony of the Goddesses). So life's been busy- and I tell myself that after I move and settle in that I'll make youtube videos again. But who knows!? Life is a mystery.

+Nam Ngo I would like to see a draw my life when you start uploading again, good luck. I got into this channel cause of dominion

Ege Ülgen The pawn's whose turn it is can jump over the other pawn. See video description for - If Two Pawns Encounter Each Other (2:31) Thank you for watching!

nope

The opponent player is incentivized to place walls to stop that. If the opponent player does not place walls, then... technically nothing. But that would indicate a very poor opponent.

I am sure that is what I told you in the video, because honestly, it doesn't matter that much in a 2 player game. However, if you are curious, the rule booklet actually says you need to start in the center of your side (much more important in a 3 or 4 player game, but that also reduces the number of walls each player gets). I'm just hoping it generally picks up as a 2 player VS game, because when you introduce a third player, it's much less about strategy and more about king making (read as "diplomacy").

Awesome. This is a great one. There are others too, but if you get any of the two player abstract games that Gigamic publishes, they are potentially all what you are looking for. Anyway, thanks for watching!

Basically yes. There are ways to exploit the game in which you don't need to classically "sabotage" your opponent by guaranteeing a better/faster way to win for yourself.

If you are not into computer science, game theory, or strongly solved games (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solved_game), then no. I do not believe that the player going first has any advantage. If that answer was satisfactory, you may disregard the rest. But if you are into computer science, game theory, or solved games, read on. Empirical thoughts: I'm not sure if Quoridor has been solved, but it seems to have been proposed to create an agent that could possibly figure it out: project.dke.maastrichtuniversity.nl/games/files/bsc/Mertens_BSc-paper.pdf This is also based on the assumption that you play by standard rules and start in the center of your side (and not the way I prefer to play). But there are most certainly strategies that will confound or mess with an "optimal" strategy. Personal Intuition: I bet that if the first player has an advantage, it probably isn't large enough to justify a claim that "going first always allows you to win". I've had enough wins going second (even against similarly skilled players) that if the advantage exists, it is probably very small (possibly similar to chess; white's win percentage is somewhere between 52-56%, according to Wikipedia). I feel that at the beginner to novice level of playing, there is no difference going first or second. I feel the intermediate level of play, there might be first player's disadvantage. Optimal and expert play is unknown- because there aren't any renown "experts" in Quoridor as far as I know, but in this case if there is an advantage, there might actually be a first player's advantage. Purely speculation though.

Nam Ngo My hunch is that under standard rules the player going second actually has the advantage in quoridor. The player who goes first must put down a wall first because otherwise the player going second would jump over him.

@@MagicByEli hi! I actually use that to my advantage. When I go first, I let the other player jump me, and then I place a wall between them and my home line. Since I have the "first wall of objective" advantage, I can box then in and make them take the path I want.

Oh yeah, you are correct in that- it is in the official rules booklet to start in the center. But I found that it really isn't a big deal where you start in heads-up. Bigger deal when it's 2v2.

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Yes.

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+Santi Anzo GG!

+Nam Ngo please tell me it's from starcraft or dota, but not from league of lesbians

+Santi Anzo Yeah, both Richard and I played Starcraft back in the day.

You can decide via any method you and your opponent would choose to determine who goes first (randomly w/ coin flip, decide by agreement, etc...).

As per rules, you must have a possible path for each pawn to get to its target side.

Holy crap! $2.99 is an amazing deal for this game!

Explain?

Well, he likes to build walls, doesn't he? :))

Oh, LAWL XD

I'm a republican, and I chuckled! (U know I cen meme tuu rite?)

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In the original rule booklet, it oriented the board like this.

You would not believe how sadistic some Vietnamese parents are.

Awesome!

How did it go?