One nice thing about Octi is that handicapping is really easy. Just offer your opponent X prongs; if he/she wins, use X-1, ... and so on. Another approach,...
Although GATCO is no longer distributing Octi, I'm committed to keeping the websites that sell Octi (or Octi-X) on-line in stock. I noticed that funagain.com...
Sorry if this has been asked before-- It is sometimes possible for a pod to jump in a circle, and end on the same square. Suppose there's another pod also on...
I just found the post about the robot tournament. (My summer's was... a bit hectic.) I remember the idea had come up to require programs to be able to play...
Hi, Charles. The Octi-X were written to try to clarify this rule. (I admit, though, that it's pretty subtle.) The rules say that pods stacked together ignore...
Hi. My new game, Jumpin' Java, has now rolled off the assembly lines and into the stores. Pretty exciting, since the game is nicely made and packaged. See ...
Although the deal is not quite done, I believe that Octi has found a new distributor in North America. That is quite a relief! I will post more news as I get...
Dan and I have been exploring a 'standard' opening in 6x7, and it seems -- at least for the moment -- that player 2 can hold a narrow tempo advantage. You...
On move 21, I think player 1 could try 42-44 instead of 32+a. The prongs are now equal at 4 a piece, and the tempo advantage is now in player 1's favour. It is...
That is definitely a line worth exploring. Player 2 will need to add 56d and 56g and 36g in order to capture the pod at 44. Player 1 needs to respond to this...
Perhaps player 2 can improve on the previous move. Playing 46-44, stealing the tempo. The prongs are then 4 to 5, and its player one's turn as well. Jeff ... ...
Sorry if you've stopped by octi on-line but found testme (the resident robot) out of action. It tend to drop from time to time, and Steve (at the Yale...
As soon as things settle down for me (elections and election studies) and Steve (newborn baby), we'll rev up this year's robot tournament. If you're interested...
Those who like the one-base 9x9 game will appreciate this clever combination attack...Don 53 64h-55,64bcefh-62-44 You are playing Octi on a bounded board. ...
I've been having a lot of fun lately playing testme2 in the full 3- base game. I used to think that computers couldn't be competitive in this version, and now...
I live in Italy and noone seems to have Octi-X. Does some of this list want to sell it to me? Please, I think $19.95+45.00 for S&H from FunAgain Games online ...
I want to buy it in Italy but I can't find it. Only Funagain Games and is too costly ($19.95+45.00 for S&H). I'd like to have this fantastic game but at a...
Now that I have (1) turned in my book manuscript (on voter turnout), (2) turned in a mess of other overdue writing commitments, (3) gotten over the initial...
If you check out the game archive on 2/14, you'll see me fumble a sure win (says testme, Jeff's bot) twice on move 16 before finally figuring out a winning...
We're going to migrate octi.net over to a new ISP. Sorry for the inconvenience. You can still find an on-line game at www.octi- online.com. Cheers, Don...
Testme and I recently duked it out over play-be-email. The game went on for a few weeks and was quite interesting. Testme did a nice job of parrying my...
OCTI Challenger: Donald Green OCTI is a simple, yet deep game of strategy designed to give humans an edge over computers. The basic premise of the game is that...
ADVERTISEMENT 4-8 July 2004, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel The ICGA is delighted to announce that this year's Computer Olympiad takes place from July...
Hard to believe that six years have passed since that fateful day back in 1998. I've learned a lot about games, woodworking, retail, packaging, etc., but...
Here's an example of a see-saw battle with testme, in which I spent the midgame getting kicked around...but came back to win after testme dithered and left a...
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