Friday, 10 of November of 2006
Timbiriche, the game of the cuadraditos, for Palm
Certainly to more than one east game it brings memories of his time of schoolboy, losing the time to him with the companion playing the classic “game of the cuadraditos”, dot and boxes for English or the Timbiriche as it is called to him in Mexico. For that they do not know it, it consists simply of taking a grid sheet (because if it is not necessary to draw a grid by hand and is heavier, although everything depends on the boring thing that is the class), and to delimit squaring. Next each player is marking by order lines within squared saying, of length the side of a cuadradito of the grid. When a player marks the last one of the four sides of one of them, stuffed cuadradito saying with its color and marks another line. The player who fills up more with his color, wins. A version exists online to as much prove it in grid of 3×3 as of 4×4.
Example of a game to the Timbiriche
At the outset he is very simple but, according to they are marked all the lines, is difficult to find one free one that, when the marking it, it does not leave a movement to the following player who allows him to close one… or many, since another one of thanks of the game is that, according to we approached at the end of the game, the cuadraditos when closing itself can leave to the one of alongside ready also completing itself, which brings about the feared plays in chain which they can give the direct victory to one of the players.
But we know the strategy the game:
- The nascent ones more or less realise their movements of random way until almost all the lines are noticeable, letting the cuadraditos in chain, ready to fill up in a single play of the opponent. On the other hand, when the other player leaves list them to fill up a series of squares, they strive in doing it, without thinking about that later they will have to mark a line, perhaps leaving served more cuadraditos the other player, and losing the game.
- An expert player, in forecast of this situation, will mark all the squares available to fill up of a pull, except the two last ones. Thus he forces the other player to fill up these two squares, and soon to mark the line that in principle touched to the first player, changing therefore the course of the game. A game between experts, the game becomes a battle by the control, in which each tries to force to the other to fill up the first long chain.
Bad and good initial situation and plays
From the point of view of of the theory of combinacionales games, the Timbiriche is very near being a completely impartial game, and many positions can be analyzed using the Sprague-Grundy theory. For the interested ones in the mathematics that there are behind this game, analyses like realised by David Wilson, Elwyn Berlekamp and Ilan Vardy exist.
If we want to return to our young years playing a game with a friend or against the Palm, or simply to waste the time in the work we did just as it in the school, but with “a more professional” equipment, we have the version of Timbiriche to PalmOS, that in addition is free and gratuitous. Their main characteristics are:
- One to four players.
- Two levels of difficulty to play against the machine.
- In Spanish, English Portuguese and.
- Compatible with monochrome screens, in grays and to color.
- He requires like minimum of version 3.5 of the operating system Palm.
Playing the Timbiriche in the Palm
For the short whiles in which our Palm is loading the battery, also we can play online or in our PC.
Like curiosity, to comment that this game is not limited squaring, also can be played in even hexagonal triangles and. The dual game also exists, with currencies and chains, where part of which all the currencies (vertices) are united with chains (wild) and the players must be retiring one to one the chains. When a currency is without connected chains, it gathers it to the player. Desire that one that has more currencies at the end of the game. A new version has even been invented combining it with the chess. And perhaps the way geek to play this game (and many others more by the way) is by email in this servant.
By: Analysis
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Hello Marks,
only comentarte that as much the connection “of 4×4 ″ and “Timbiriche for PalmOS” aim at this same page.
A greeting.
Here it is the correct bond: Timbiriche.
Greetings!
Thank you very much I correct, it right now.
Oh! Excellent, really this that way remembers my age to me of the school… by the Pleistocene, but equal I was schoolboy…
Very good, and that good memories of institute
As ZapanX says, what memories of the scholastic age… Of those mortally boring classes, in which the companion alongside supports with you and plays timbiriche with you in a complete notebook leaf… of small picture
Greetings!
Ah, certain, the Timbiriche have I it from my Tungsten E2, that is, poquitito more of a year, and mention that one can form the grid, of 6 xs 6, to 9 xs 10
What Barbarian! , What so simple and so addictive game! It I have returned to enjoy after years from not deciding at least to me that it existed. by the way, the configuration of 3×3 of plane I cannot be won to the Palm. Greetings.
Fabulous agreed me of my years of puberto in the school.
Dear Marcos,
Your Web is truly addictive, congratulations. you deal with true affection and professionalism any subject related to Palm, mark that we want many, less unfortunately its present directive.
Thanks to offer so many solutions and ideas to us on Palm, and continue offering this “drug” (in the good sense of the word) that it is your Web and work.
Greetings,
JCM
I see that I have touched a sensible fiber with this game, I also I keep a good memory from this game
@JCM: thank you very much by your words, my objective is that it follows interesándoos which story