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'''Definitions:'''
For tips on how to play meadow, see <b>[[Tips_meadow]]</b>


== Game play ==


Group: a group is an entire group of connected stones on the board of the same color. A single stone (unconnected to others of the same color) is also a group.
# Each player owns 2 stone colours. To start, Player 1 places one stone of either of their colours on any empty space.
 
# From then on, starting with Player 2, the players take turns. On your turn, you must place 1 or 2 stones on any empty spaces.
Overgrown: a group is overgrown when it has more than 5 stones in it.
#* If you place 2 stones, they must be different colours.
 
Smothered: a group is smothered when there are no empty spaces adjacent to any of its stones.
 
 
'''Gameplay'''
 
# Each player owns 2 stone colors. To start, Player 1 places one stone of either of her colors on any empty space.
# From then on, starting with Player 2, the players take turns. On your turn, you must place 1 or 2 stones on any empty spaces. If you place 2 stones, they must be different colors.
# After you place your stone(s), capture all smothered enemy groups, and then capture all overgrown enemy groups.
# After you place your stone(s), capture all smothered enemy groups, and then capture all overgrown enemy groups.
# The first player to have captured X enemy stones wins.
# The first player to have captured X enemy stones wins.


== Definitions ==


'''Strategy Tips'''
==== Group ====
 
Because your opponent can only place 2 stones on each turn, she can’t smother any group touching at least 3 empty spaces. So try to make sure your most important groups always touch least three empty spaces.


The board consists of concentric rings of hexagons. The the second-outermost ring seems important, because groups on that ring are hard to capture without losing a lot of stones.
* A group is an entire group of connected stones on the board of the same colour.
* A single stone (unconnected to others of the same colour) is also a group.


When you make a size-5 group, it can no longer evolve, which reduces your flexibility. Don’t make a size-5 group unless what you gain from it is more valuable than the lost flexibility.
==== Overgrown ====


If your opponent has two size-5 groups of different colors that both touch the same empty space, she can’t place a stone there without overgrowing and losing one of her groups. So, if one of your groups touches that same empty space, your opponent can’t smother it without overgrowing and losing a group.
* A group is overgrown when it has more than 5 stones in it.


Likewise, if you have more than one size-5 group, and they’re different colors, try to prevent those groups from touching the same empty spaces.
==== Smothered ====


If your opponent is making big groups aggressively, try playing "slow" by placing only one stone per turn. Your opponent may eventually overgrow to much, making it easy for you to storm back.
* A group is smothered when there are no empty spaces adjacent to any of its stones.

Latest revision as of 18:19, 20 January 2022

For tips on how to play meadow, see Tips_meadow

Game play

  1. Each player owns 2 stone colours. To start, Player 1 places one stone of either of their colours on any empty space.
  2. From then on, starting with Player 2, the players take turns. On your turn, you must place 1 or 2 stones on any empty spaces.
    • If you place 2 stones, they must be different colours.
  3. After you place your stone(s), capture all smothered enemy groups, and then capture all overgrown enemy groups.
  4. The first player to have captured X enemy stones wins.

Definitions

Group

  • A group is an entire group of connected stones on the board of the same colour.
  • A single stone (unconnected to others of the same colour) is also a group.

Overgrown

  • A group is overgrown when it has more than 5 stones in it.

Smothered

  • A group is smothered when there are no empty spaces adjacent to any of its stones.
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