Kyle Burke mathstodon.xyz/@CGTKyle

Computer Science Professor, Combinatorial Gamester, Magic: The Gathering addict, and Voting System enthusiast. He/they, him/them, his/theirs.

[Kyle Burke mathstodon.xyz/@CGTKyle @CGTKyle]

@theoremoftheday @benbenbrubaker @QuantaMagazine At one point I was pretty good at this game, but now I can barely beat the simple AI players I have up there. My Atropos skills have atrophied.

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@neeldhara @GraphsAndGames @LongFormMath Wow, thank you for this comment! :)

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@FelixSargent @Etherjack I was taught zeroeth, oneth, twoeth, threeeth, etc, to differentiate from first, second, third, etc.

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@SBMTGDev I run Sorrow's Path in an Oathbreaker deck.

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@world_of_games That website has links to the other texts, which are both more advanced and more well-known.

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Learning about partizan games today via #Konane. (Groups are finding then confirming positions for some values.)

[Kyle Burke mathstodon.xyz/@CGTKyle @CGTKyle]

@world_of_games These are partizan game notations for combinatorial games. The general form is: { Left options | Right options }. 0 is the game with no options at all, so 0 = { | }.

We wrote a whole book about combinatorial games: https://t.co/HaADZWTWAN. We were not the first, of course.

[Kyle Burke mathstodon.xyz/@CGTKyle @CGTKyle]

I've set myself up on Mastodon. My plan is to keep doomscrolling here, but mostly post over there.

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#CombinatorialGames

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It's no joke: #Sprouts2023 will be on Saturday, April 1! https://t.co/wbgmhRzuTq

This year's game is: Flag Coloring (https://t.co/nIae5f4h1I), which Craig and I proved is PSPACE-complete! Please submit a computer player to the tournament: https://t.co/uXaT4Of5Ul

[Kyle Burke mathstodon.xyz/@CGTKyle @CGTKyle]

@ModeratelyMtg No non-basic lands.

[Kyle Burke mathstodon.xyz/@CGTKyle @CGTKyle]

Winter solstice day. It got dark so much later than I got used to over the past decade in New England.

I definitely don't mind that.

[Kyle Burke mathstodon.xyz/@CGTKyle @CGTKyle]

@irmington I should have asked if we could switch to that :-P

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The most boring #Xactika hand I think I've ever had.

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Trying out #Brandubh, a #Hnefatafl variant.

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@Case_Merrick @raygeas I 100% enjoyed it!

I chopped that boulder in two!

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I just lost a game, but most importantly, it's a game the younger kid made! #AwesomeKids

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Today's parenting includes some afternoon #Blokus.

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This took off. https://t.co/o2ZnfsVaYY

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This happened to me once. I wanted the middle seat, but I gave it up to be nice to the couple.

[Zack Bornstein @ZackBornstein]

losing my mind, just offered the aisle seat to the guy sitting between me and my gf on a flight, and he said he’d rather stay in the middle seat between us