MANIC MINELAYERS

Copyright (c) 2000 Frank Truelove

This game is played on an empty 5x10 square board:

DROP - One player drops his minelayer on the left column, the other drops on the right column. MOVE - Each minelayer moves like the chess Knight (jumps two cells in a orthogonal direction, then one more cell in a perpendicular direction landing on an empty cell). The origin cell is occupied by a mine. GOAL - A player who stalemates his opponent, and either have a valid move or was the second player, wins.

An example Red's move. The number sequence shows that Red has a winning endgame. Green cannot jump anymore when he arrives at cell [4]

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