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Build your own MENACE

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@nick: I make it 3, 38, and 153. Plus you'll need 95 boxes for the 8th moves.

There's pdfs of the positions you'll need in this folder if its helpful: https://github.com/mscroggs/MENACE-pdf... - they're in the files called second_boxes*.pdf
Matthew
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I am building a similar machine to play the even moves (X) 2nd,4th,6th. This requires 3,38,151,boxes (I think) am I correct?
nick
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Interesting.
Could try a same kind of thing using playing card deck(s)? A(=1)-2-3 4-5-6 7-8-9 maybe 3 decks with different colours on their backs.
Willem
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this if great!
Djonwaw
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I also read the Martin Gardner article way back when and had two matchbox machines (actually with envelopes instead of matchboxes) play Nim against each other. I don't remember all the details now, except that it got to the point where one would make the first move and the other would immediately resign.
Tim Lewis
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I made a matchbox machine that learns to play 3x3 Nim almost 50 years ago. I still have it. (Based on Martin Gardner's article)
Tony
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