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I'm usually really bad at these sorts of games (Go, Viking Chess, etc.). But I find I win a good portion of medium…",{"id":60,"by":61,"text":62},"27526390","donmatito","Addictive, fun, quick, yet interesting and subtle if you're into strategy games. I think you have a potential winner on your hands. Some polish and tweak may be needed based on…",{"value":64,"source":65,"evidence":66},"Adding a digital element to a board game inspired by Go and Hearthstone","maker",[67],{"id":68,"by":11,"text":69},"27522690","Wow our ideas were really similar. I read your blog post - even how we came up with the idea was similar! I too played a lot of Hearthstone, and thought of adding a new digital…",[71],{"value":72,"source":53,"evidence":73},"JavaScript",[74],{"id":75,"by":11,"text":76},"27525648","Thanks! 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Tiles with a dark border can no longer be selected. The rules are simple but it takes…",{"value":176,"source":84,"evidence":177},"Larger board sizes and map variety",[178,182],{"id":179,"by":180,"text":181},"27522481","dddw","This is fun. a bigger field maybe even more!",{"id":183,"by":184,"text":185},"27525533","fendy3002","A good concept, though I think the game name need to be more unique. Additional idea, make some variety of maps for fun.",{"value":187,"source":84,"evidence":188},"Replay system or live score display",[189,193],{"id":190,"by":191,"text":192},"27525319","ALittleLight","29 (me on gree) - 21 (hard AI). Took me many tries! I think I'm starting to understand though. 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Gave me that old school Hexxagōn vibe",{"value":220,"source":84,"evidence":221},"Go",[222,223],{"id":112,"by":113,"text":114},{"id":224,"by":225,"text":226},"27521951","sundaypancakes","Wild, I made something extremely similar a couple years ago (also inspired by Go) called Quagen (https:\u002F\u002Fquagen.io). I like your use of hex and the UX better than mine. Nice job!",{"value":228,"source":84,"evidence":229},"Quagen",[230],{"id":224,"by":225,"text":226},{"value":232,"source":84,"evidence":233},"Virus game (7th Guest)",[234],{"id":235,"by":236,"text":237},"27526377","animal531","I would classify this as a variant of the Virus game (where you change all neighbouring enemy colours into your own). If I remember right the first version I played of that would…",{"comments":31,"answered":38,"key":239},[240,243,246],{"id":241,"text":242},"27524508","Thanks for the feedback :) I appreciate it! 1. I can try experimenting with the border thickness. 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