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Where can I find out all the Game states? I want to program MENACE for my computing coursework but for that I will need the Game states or matchboxes. Any help will be much appreciated.
Finlay
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@Finlay: You can find them at https://github.com/mscroggs/MENACE-pdf.... The files boxes0.pdf to boxes3.pdf are the boxes for a MENACE that plays first.
Matthew
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@Matthew: Thank you for such a quick response. Just to let you know that that link did not work after .../tree/master/output, but I managed to search around for the right files :). In these files MENACE plays the Nought right? and the user plays the Cross?
(anonymous)
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@(anonymous): Yes, those boxes are for O being MENACE and MENACE playing first
Matthew
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