Talk:Trax (game)

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GringoInChile 12:47, 25 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Tantrix[edit]

I removed the See also Tantrix. Tantrix and Trax are totally different games and the tantrix page doesn't mention trax at all. TraxPlayer

I've restored it, with an explanation of why it's there. Percy Snoodle 12:33, 10 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm. Tantrix has _not_ similar tiles. I really think the "see also" should be removed TraxPlayer

I'm not sure what your criteria are for similarity; AFAICT, in the latest editions, the only differences are that Tantrix's tiles are hexagonal while Trax's are square, and they use a different set of colours for the lines. They're more alike than they are different. Percy Snoodle 12:02, 25 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

In that case, a reciprocal See also link should be added to the Tantrix article linking it to this one. GringoInChile 12:48, 25 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

In Tantrix, all the tiles are different; in Trax, they're all identical. And hence Trax is a pure strategy game, while Tantrix adds a chance element. However, I do agree that there are enough similarities to justify the see-also links (which now exist). Joule36e5 (talk) 00:04, 31 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Bailey—Siegenthaler 1994[edit]

This is a more annotated, sequential version of the game from http://www.traxgame.com/community_ontrax.php?article=43

1 | Bailey (White) @0+


	@
0		0
	@

2 | Siegenthaler (Black) @1\


	@	A	B
0				0
1				1
2				2
	@	A	B

3 | Bailey (White) B2\


	@	A	B	C
0					0
1					1
2					2
	@	A	B	C

Note: no forced move in A2 because the two adjacent tiles have paths of different colors.

4 | Siegenthaler (Black) A2+


	@	A	B	C
0					0
1					1
2					2
3					3
	@	A	B	C

5 | Bailey (White) B0/


	@	A	B	C
0					0
1					1
2					2
3					3
	@	A	B	C

Forced moves:

A0/

White has set a trap:

C2/ → A0\ → any → D1/ → any → win
C2\ → A4/ → any → D4\ → any → win
C1/ → D1+ → any → D5\ → any → A5/ → any → win

The only safe defence is C3\ .

6 | Siegenthaler (Black) C3\


	@	A	B	C
0					0
1					1
2					2
3					3
4					4
	@	A	B	C

Forced moves:

C2\
C1\

7 | Bailey (White) D3+


	@	A	B	C	D
0						0
1						1
2						2
3						3
4						4
	@	A	B	C	D

Forced moves:

D2\
D1\

White has set up an attack on the top edge:

D0/ → any → A1\ → any → win

8 | Siegenthaler (Black) A4+


	@	A	B	C	D	E
0							0
1							1
2							2
3							3
4							4
	@	A	B	C	D	E

Forced moves:

B4/
C4/

Black's counter-attack to defuse the edge threat

9 | Bailey (White) @2+


	@	A	B	C	D	E
0							0
1							1
2							2
3							3
4							4
5							5
	@	A	B	C	D	E

Forced moves:

@3\

White kills the Black counter-attack and sets up two more attacks:

F1/ → any → D7+ → (E6\) → (F6\) → any → win

10 | Siegenthaler (Black) C0/


	@	A	B	C	D	E	F
0								0
1								1
2								2
3								3
4								4
5								5
	@	A	B	C	D	E	F

Forced moves:

B0/
D0\
E0\

11 | Bailey (White) F2+


	@	A	B	C	D	E	F
0								0
1								1
2								2
3								3
4								4
5								5
6								6
	@	A	B	C	D	E	F

Forced moves:

F1\
F3/

12 | Siegenthaler (Black) G2\


	@	A	B	C	D	E	F	G
0									0
1									1
2									2
3									3
4									4
5									5
6									6
	@	A	B	C	D	E	F	G

Forced moves:

G3/

13 | Bailey (White) C0+


	@	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H
0										0
1										1
2										2
3										3
4										4
5										5
6										6
	@	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H

Forced moves:

B0/

14 | Siegenthaler (Black) D7\


	@	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H
0										0
1										1
2										2
3										3
4										4
5										5
6										6
7										7
	@	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H

Forced moves:

C7\

15 | Bailey (White) E7\


	@	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H
0										0
1										1
2										2
3										3
4										4
5										5
6										6
7										7
8										8
	@	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H

Forced moves:

E6+

16 | Siegenthaler (Black) E1+


	@	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H
0										0
1										1
2										2
3										3
4										4
5										5
6										6
7										7
8										8
	@	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H

Forced moves:

D1/
F1\

17 | Bailey (White) F7\


	@	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H
0										0
1										1
2										2
3										3
4										4
5										5
6										6
7										7
8										8
	@	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H

Forced moves:

F6\
F5+
G5/
G6/
G7/

18 | Siegenthaler (Black) F8\


	@	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H
0										0
1										1
2										2
3										3
4										4
5										5
6										6
7										7
8										8
	@	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H

Forced moves:

G8/
E8\
D8\
C8\

19 | Bailey (White) E0/


	@	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H
0										0
1										1
2										2
3										3
4										4
5										5
6										6
7										7
8										8
9										9
	@	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H

Forced moves:

F0\

20 | Siegenthaler (Black) E0/


	@	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H
0										0
1										1
2										2
3										3
4										4
5										5
6										6
7										7
8										8
9										9
10										10
	@	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H

Forced moves:

F0\

21 | Bailey (White) H5+


	@	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H
0										0
1										1
2										2
3										3
4										4
5										5
6										6
7										7
8										8
9										9
10										10
11										11
	@	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H

22 | Siegenthaler (Black) G2+


	@	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I
0											0
1											1
2											2
3											3
4											4
5											5
6											6
7											7
8											8
9											9
10											10
11											11
	@	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I

Forced moves:

G1\
G3/
G4/

23 | Bailey (White) F0/


	@	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I
0											0
1											1
2											2
3											3
4											4
5											5
6											6
7											7
8											8
9											9
10											10
11											11
	@	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I

24 | Siegenthaler (Black) G1+


	@	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I
0											0
1											1
2											2
3											3
4											4
5											5
6											6
7											7
8											8
9											9
10											10
11											11
12											12
	@	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I

25 | Bailey (White) I6\


	@	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I
0											0
1											1
2											2
3											3
4											4
5											5
6											6
7											7
8											8
9											9
10											10
11											11
12											12
	@	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I

26 | Siegenthaler (Black) H3\


	@	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J
0												0
1												1
2												2
3												3
4												4
5												5
6												6
7												7
8												8
9												9
10												10
11												11
12												12
	@	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J

Forced moves:

H4/
H5/
I5\
I4\

27 | Bailey (White) H7+


	@	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J
0												0
1												1
2												2
3												3
4												4
5												5
6												6
7												7
8												8
9												9
10												10
11												11
12												12
	@	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J

Forced moves:

I7/
H8/
H9/
H10/
H11/

28 | Siegenthaler (Black) J7+


	@	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J
0												0
1												1
2												2
3												3
4												4
5												5
6												6
7												7
8												8
9												9
10												10
11												11
12												12
	@	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J

29 | Bailey (White) C12/


	@	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K
0													0
1													1
2													2
3													3
4													4
5													5
6													6
7													7
8													8
9													9
10													10
11													11
12													12
	@	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K

Forced moves:

D12/
E12/
F12/

30 | Siegenthaler (Black) B10+


	@	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K
0													0
1													1
2													2
3													3
4													4
5													5
6													6
7													7
8													8
9													9
10													10
11													11
12													12
13													13
	@	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K

Forced moves:

B11\

31 | Bailey (White) H12\


	@	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K
0													0
1													1
2													2
3													3
4													4
5													5
6													6
7													7
8													8
9													9
10													10
11													11
12													12
13													13
	@	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K

Forced moves:

G12\

32 | Siegenthaler (Black) Resign

Cheers, Mliu92 (talk) 17:53, 18 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Line win condition is likely wrong[edit]

Unless I'm mistaken, and according to the given citation, a line is a contiguous path that extends across at least eight rows, *and* connects opposite and outermost edges of the current network of tiles (which, as I currently interpret it, means from empty row to opposite empty row). The given example extends for eight rows, however does not connect opposite edges of the network of tiles. I will likely be adding this soon if nobody objects to it. Maxio68 (talk) 04:13, 10 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]