Octi Explained

Octi is an abstract strategy game designed by Donald Green^[1] for 2 or 4 players. The game was first published in 1999 by The Great American Trading Company.

The game was originally designed to be played on a 9-by-9 board. A smaller version of the game for kids can be played on a 6-by-7 board.

The game has been noted to be resistant^[2] to the techniques used in computer chess. In the 2001 Computer Octi Tournament,^[3] a computer program was able to beat the game's designer on the 6x7 version of the board, while unable to do so on the full 9x9 version. The game was also one of the categories in the 9th Computer Olympiad in 2004.

Octi is supported by Smart Game Format file format.

External links

• Octi Smart Game Format
• Analysis and Implementation of the Game of Octi by Cedric Roiijakkers
• Octi Rulebook

Notes and References

1. News: McCarthy. Peggy. Professor Sees a Toy, Then Invents Game. 18 July 2014. The New York Times. 11 November 1999.
2. Schaeffer . Jonathan . van den Herik . H.Jaap . Games, computers, and artificial intelligence . Artificial Intelligence . 134 . 1-2 . 2002 . 10.1016/S0004-3702(01)00165-5 . 1–7.
3. Sutton . Charles . COMPUTERS AND OCTI: REPORT FROM THE 2001 TOURNAMENT . ICGA Journal . 25 . 2 . 2002-06-01 . 10.3233/ICG-2002-25209 . 105–112 .