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Strange Fendo game

Public forum discussion.

#1 · Flarman

9 May 2023

Fendo, as played here, does not follow the official rules. When a recent game of Fendo ended, there still was a large open area. Also, one of the players had not placed all of his figures on the board.

#2 · Richard Malaschitz

9 May 2023

The rules should be exactly according to the official rules. There is no rule that all the stones have to be laid on the board.

#5 · Rex Moore

10 May 2023

That's interesting. And it makes sense!

But I do not see that end condition in the rules.

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"The game ends as soon as the open area is cleared away by placement of a fence, i.e., only closed regions with single pieces inside exist. Players may still have pieces in their stocks."

In the game I linked, "... only closed regions with single pieces inside exist" does not exist, haha.

#6 · William Fraser

16 May 2023

I've got a question about Fendo that doesn't seem to be covered by the rules:

What if a player has no legal moves?

I'm guessing that they have to pass. Just to give a concrete example, consider a 7-1 corridor with white to move:

R R . W . R R

I'm guessing that the way this plays out is that white passes, then the red must play to separate their stones (on one side or the other) like so:

R:R . W . R R

I was wondering what would happen if neither side could play, but now I've convinced myself that that isn't possible.