How to play Go-mad
The aim of the game is to control as much of the board as possible, you
do this by taking it in turns to place counters on the board, and trying to
surround areas of the board. This is called 'making territory'
To capture your opponents pieces you just need to surround them on
all 4 sides with your own pieces. If several pieces are next to each other
in a group, you need to surround the entire group, and then you capture
the entire lot.
You are not allowed to place a piece in a square where it would
be already totally surrounded unless it enables you to immediately capture
some pieces. This means if your player has a group with a hole in it (known as an
eye) you can't play in that eye, unless doing so surrounds the entire group
and enables you to win it
You can make a totally safe group by just ensuring it has 2 'eyes', and
since your opponent can't play in these gaps due to the above rule they
will never get your counters.
To win the game just construct groups of counters with 2 or more 'eyes'.
Any group with 2 or more 'eyes' counts towards your total score.
Each counter in the group counts as 1 point of territory, and each space
the group totally surrounds also counts as territory
The game finishes when one player controls more than half the board.
Alternatively you don't have to make a move if doing so disadvantages you, and
may skip the move using the 'pass' button. However if the other player then
passes the game will end, and the player with most territory wins the game.
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