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From: bobn@bmcg.UUCP (Bob Nebert)
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Subject: Re: noughts and crosses
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Date: Thu, 21-Nov-85 16:10:09 EST
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Posted: Thu Nov 21 16:10:09 1985
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> In article <1988@bmcg.UUCP> bobn@bmcg.UUCP (Bob Nebert) writes:
> >> i'm looking for a better description for
> >> the game noughts and crosses.  any takers?
> >
> >The game is played the way one plays "GO". The idea is to 
> >get 5 in a row, any angle.
> 
> You know naught of what you speak.
> 
> First, GO is infinitely more complex than "getting 5 pieces in a row".
> The 5 in a row game is Go-moku (or, I think, Pente).
> 
> Second, noughts and crosses is the British name for tic-tac-toe.
> 
> Paul Hoefling

Well Paul this is Bob again. If you take the game that came across the
net entitled "noughts and crosses" and compiled it, and played
tic-tac-toe with it, you would be at it a looooooooooong time|-).

Go is more complex than "getting five in a row" I agree. But since
I didn't post the game I didn't feel like writing a thirty page rule
book for it. Anyway, in the game that was posted- if you can put five
of your markers in a straight line you win. The same bottom line 
as in Go.

Bob Nebert---------------sdcsvax!bmcg!bobn