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  1. Chub1080May 24, 2011 at 1:53 PM

    The board reminded me of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yut although it's obvious that isn't what they're playing.

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  2. Daniel SolisMay 25, 2011 at 9:59 AM

    The comments on the youtube video say it's a flight game, where you're trying not to get your piece cornered.

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  3. Chub1080May 25, 2011 at 4:17 PM

    I kinda figured something like that, but I couldn't follow the pieces - 3 of them look quite similar. Do you think the game is asymetrical and one player controls 3 out of 4 pieces, or is it just me failing at identifying the diferences between the stones?

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  4. Chub1080May 25, 2011 at 4:23 PM

    Scratch that - watching the video again makes me think maybe it's about cornering the white stone on *your* turn. There doesn't seem to be any specific piece ownership...

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  5. Daniel SolisMay 25, 2011 at 4:38 PM

    I think you're right. I really wish I knew what the game was called.

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  6. Brett GilbertMay 25, 2011 at 5:25 PM

    I think the game is this: http://mathworld.wolfram.com/PongHauKi.html

    It's clear from the video that the older player is playing only the two slightly lighter stones, the younger player the slightly darker ones, and that the side with the gap is the bottom one (I think the man actually calls it the 'hole' at one point? As if this is a symbol of the fact that this line is not traversible by either player?)

    Given the simplicity of the game I would think a win requires an obvious mistake by the opponent, since it looked very easy to cycle between states from which no immediate win was possible.

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  7. Daniel SolisMay 25, 2011 at 6:17 PM

    Ah! So the resemblance to tic tac toe wasn't just my imagination.

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