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Forced Capture Hnefatafl

Computational Complexity 2023-06-21 v2 Combinatorics

Abstract

We define a new, partizan, loopy combinatorial game, Forced-Capture Hnefatafl, similar to Hnefatafl, except that players are forced to make capturing moves when available. We show that this game is PSPACE-hard using a reduction from Constraint Logic, making progress towards classifying proper Hnefatafl.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2301.06127,
  title  = {Forced Capture Hnefatafl},
  author = {Kyle Burke and Craig Tennenhouse},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2301.06127},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

12 pages, 9 figures, 4 open problems

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