TacTix Puzzle

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TacTix is a challenging puzzle game that trains concentration and logical reasoning. This is a two-player game, where the players take turns removing counters from the board. To begin, click the Medium link under the picture at left. This opens the game in a pop-up window.

The goal of TacTix is to force the other player (the computer) to remove the last counter.

Note: It has been proven that the player who moves second can always win, if he or she plays perfectly. At the Expert level, the TacTix program will indeed play a perfect game. So if you want to win at the Expert level, you must let the computer move first.

TacTix Instructions

HOW TO PLAY.  To begin, select the "Beginner", "Intermediate", or "Expert" radio button to set the difficulty. On any turn, you can remove counters from either a single row or a single column. The counters must be on adjacent squares (for example, you could not legally remove only two corner counters). You can remove as few as 1 or as many as 4 counters on your turn.

To make a move, use the mouse to select the counters you want to remove from the board, then press the "Move" button. Selecting a counter twice will cancel the selection.

The computer will make its move automatically after yours. To pass at the beginning of a game and have the computer make the first move, simply press the Move button without selecting any counters.

TacTix Copyright © 2002 Robert Kirkland, www.mazeworks.com

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