Re: [piecepack] Mathrix

["M. Hale-Evans" <marty@...>]

> One of the first games I have tried from the competition is Mathrix
> (with an 'h'), by Clark Rodeffer, in which you try to clear the 4x6
> board of coins (leaving only one coin) by forming mathematical
> equations with their values.

Ron, I think you misread the rules the same way I did.  When you form an 
equation, you only remove *one* of the coins contained in the equation, not 
all of them; this makes the game harder, and it also creates a strategic 
choice, since which coin you remove will affect what you can form with 
what's left on the board.  I found the game perplexingly simple too, until 
I actually tried to play it properly. :->  I haven't gotten to play all the 
contest games yet, but this is my favorite so far (but I'm highly fond of 
puzzle-type solitaires).


Marty

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