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Ricochet Robot solver

Remember when I wrote about my Ricochet Robot solver back in 2002? Maybe not, but today I did get a message from Matthias Krings, telling me he has a working Ricochet Robot that's fast.Ricochet Robot--> He doesn't have Windows binaries,...

Posted by Mikko on June 6, 2006 8:13 AM

Board game club session: Spinergy, In the Shadow of the Emperor

Saturday's board game club session continued: Another game having some buzz about it was Spinergy. We got nine players to play it, which was nice. Spinergy is highly creative party game, where one player spins three words from a device...

Posted by Mikko on April 17, 2005 10:12 AM

Rush Hour

I bought myself a Rush Hour puzzle set and all three extra card sets. It was a total impulse purchase, I just thought it would be interesting to try. I've tried Lunar Lockout, another puzzle from the same company and...

Posted by Mikko on February 14, 2005 2:00 PM

FinDipCon V: Sunday

Sunday came after another badly-slept night. This time I was able to sleep an about hour longer than last night. I went to eat breakfast at McDonalds, as that was the only thing that's open at 9 am Sunday morning....

Posted by Mikko on April 29, 2003 4:31 PM

I Do Rule the Ricochet Robot

After 119 more players, I still rule the Ricochet Robot. See for yourself: Scores for 12.12.2002. This is only the first of many victories to come! (But today I screwed up - I found seven move solution, but only after...

Posted by Mikko on December 13, 2002 10:34 AM

Ruling the Ricochet Robot

It's 9:42 AM in the USA, 190 players have already completed the daily Ricochet Robot puzzle and I'm still number one! I knew I found a good solution (I'd say optimal) and fairly fast, too, but it's still hard to...

Posted by Mikko on December 12, 2002 7:45 PM

Ricochet Robot

I'm addicted. Ricochet Robot is my favourite puzzle game. Unfortunately, it's a bit difficult to find opponents good enough, as it is a game where newbie has little chance against a seasoned veteran. The new brains simply doesn't function fast...

Posted by Mikko on December 4, 2002 10:10 AM

Ricochet Robot solver

As long as I've had Ricochet Robot, I've thought about how neat it would be to have a computer program that would solve those puzzles that seem a bit too hard for the humans to solve. Well, now I have...

Posted by Mikko on November 1, 2002 4:46 PM