Domineering

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Domineering is a two-player abstract strategy board game in which players alternately place dominoes in restricted orientations on a grid, aiming to block the opponent from making a legal move.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf abstract strategy game
deterministic game
perfect information game
hasAlternativeName Crosscram NERFINISHED
Dominoes NERFINISHED
Stop-Gate NERFINISHED
hasBoardRepresentation grid of squares
hasChanceElements none
hasGameEndCondition no legal moves available to current player
hasGoal to block the opponent from making a legal move
hasInformationStructure perfect information
hasMathematicalInterest high
hasMoveRestriction dominoes may not overlap
dominoes must lie entirely within the board
hasMoveType placement of dominoes
hasOrientationRule one player places horizontal dominoes
one player places vertical dominoes
hasOrigin 20th century
hasOutcomeClass depends on board dimensions
hasPieceShape 1×2 rectangle
hasPlayerCount 2
hasRule players cannot pass their turn
hasStrategyType blocking strategy
positional play
hasTurnStructure players move alternately
hasTypicalBoardSize 8x8 grid
various m×n rectangular boards
hasWinningCondition last player to make a legal move wins
isAnalyzedUsing normal play convention
isDeterministic true
isPartOfField combinatorial game theory
isPerfectInformation true
isPlayableOn computer implementations
paper
isRelatedTo Cram NERFINISHED
Go NERFINISHED
Hackenbush NERFINISHED
other partizan games
isTurnBased true
isUsedFor examples in combinatorial game theory literature
studying partizan game values
isZeroSum true
usesBoardType rectangular grid
usesPieces dominoes

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Part Two: Games hasWorkExample Domineering