Gonnect

Gonnect is played on the intersections of a 12x12 square grid and thus there are 13 rows and 13 columns that a stone can be played on. The game commences with the board vacant of counters.

Alternate Names

No. of Players

Two

Equipment

The game is played on the intersections of a 12x12 square grid and thus there are 13 rows and 13 columns that a stone can be played on. Additionally, approximately 75 each of black and white stones are required for play.

History

Gonnect was invented by Joāo Pedro Neto in the year 2000. The idea is to mix the strategy of Go with the tactical richness of Hex, resulting a in a connection game where the notion of area is essential(1).

Objective

Play

The game commences with the board vacant of counters. All of the rules of Go apply with only a couple modifications......

Strategy

Variations

Sources

  1. Neto, Joāo Pedro and Jorge Nuno Silva. Mathematical Games, Abstract Games. Dover Publications, Inc. 2013. ISBN 978-0-486-49990-1