Phutball (short for philosopher's football) is a two-player board game described in Elwyn Berlekamp, John Horton Conway, and Richard Guy's Winning Ways for your Mathematical Plays.
It is a soccer-esque game for 2 players where you attempt to get the ball across your opponent's goal line.
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Helix |
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Deserves careful examination
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lucacerrato |
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megamau |
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It is one of the few games invented for mathematical analysis which is actually fun to play.
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Zargasheth |
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lemar |
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pim |
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Simple rules and intricate positions. A great game
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rozencrantz |
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After enough plays, the game becomes somewhat formulaic. Some interesting ideas here, though.
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unic |
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Clever game. First player seems to have a large advantage.
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Draw5PlayAll |
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More like tug of war than soccer...
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Laurie_Menke |
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Despite the talk of first- or second-player advantages, it hasn't seemed to have borne out that way so far on SDG. I enjoyed playing it.
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molnar |
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I was under the impression this was supposed to be better.
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Cerulean |
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Too much second player advantage.
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jonah |
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Aaron |
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It has not yet been proven to my satisfaction that there is not an insurmountable 1st-player advantage. I want to like the game though. Perhaps there's a workable handicap?
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Elysium |
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This game plain doesn't work.
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nycavri |
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I want to enjoy this far more than I do.
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