M635J520

A series of notes to myself...

Top 50 Boardgames of All Time (25-50)

as of December 2022

Posted on December 1, 2022

Back in 2020 I decided to do a top 25 games as a countdown to Jul over on Instagram. That was a fun experiment. This year I’ve decided to revisit it in a more… scientific manner. [Read More]
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- boardgaming
- twocents
- bestof
- topN
- game
Criss Cross AI – Part 2

Game State, Monte Carlo, and more

Posted on May 29, 2022

Now that the scoring function was in place (see part 1) I could start working on a good old AI, but first some helper functions. [Read More]
Tags:
- Programming
- source code
- Python
- boardgaming
- game
- simulations
- ai
Criss Cross AI – Part 1

Scoring

Posted on May 22, 2022

Some weeks ago, to end an evening of board gaming, I was introduced to the Knizia roll and write called Criss Cross (or Détrak here in France). A fascinating two dimensional dice placement game with very simple rules. As we left my... [Read More]
Tags:
- Programming
- source code
- Python
- boardgaming
- game
- simulations
- ai
The 9 Greatest Boardgames Discovered in 2021

Posted on April 5, 2022

2021 was an… interesting… year boardgamewise. I played 57… things… for the first time according to BG Stats. 12 of them were expansions, so 45 new games, then. [Read More]
Tags:
- twocents
- boardgaming
- bestof
- game
- 2021
Benchmarking Dynamic Programming with Python

Posted on January 9, 2022

In this post I’ll explore and benchmark some simple dynamic programming concepts in Python. [Read More]
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Metaballs Revisited

Posted on November 7, 2021

The new visual identity of my work place (and the re-ignition of an old lava lamp) made me think of the good old metaballs from the Amiga demo-scene of yonder and how it has been a while since I have implemented them... [Read More]
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Crafting an Artificial Opponent for Fjordar

Posted on May 4, 2021

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Tags:
- Programming
- simulations
- boardgaming
- Python
- game
- boardgame design
- solitaire