N-IN-A-LINE GAMES

Here I have saved a number of comments regarding board games the point of which is to assemble tokens in straight lines. I am not responsible for much of this, just find it interesting. In particular, I must confess I cannot vouch for the accuracy of the statements made by others on this page.

• Status on general games of this type from the rec.puzzles FAQ.
• More questions and answers (including 3D, hex boards, etc.)
• Some information about analysis of games of the n-in-a-row type (and a little more in a sequel); this includes
• Tic-Tac-Toe (noughts and crosses), and
• Qubic (4x4x4 tictactoe); another reference.
• What's known about four-in-a-row games on square boards?
• connect4 -- pointer to Connect-4 analysis More
• Comments on Score 4
• How about Gomoku and other five-in-a row games? More.
• The 3-dimensional four-in-a-row game.
• From the rec.puzzles FAQ: "In random tic-tac-toe, what is the probability that the first mover wins?"
• misere tic-tac-toe
• More on Connect 4
• Connect 5
• 5 in a row

You can even play Tic-tac-toe online.

Web Site about connection games

• My home page is just a short introduction to the pages I maintain
• The parent page to this one is devoted to the analysis of other mathematical games (and the mathematical analysis of other games!).
• I keep a large set of pages which provide a thematic introduction to the subject areas of modern mathematics, complete with answers to thousands of more or less common questions.

This page is

	http://www.math.niu.edu/~rusin/uses-math/games/index.html