A link is two touching squares one apart
A 1 beside a 2, or a 3 beside a 4. It pays one point, and the point goes to whoever owns the higher number. Your 1s can never win a link, so they are tools rather than scorers.
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Advanced
Choose a number, then a square.
Strength
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Rules
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Scoring
- +1Touching, one apart
- +2Both tiles yours
- +2Full 1, 2, 3, 4 run
The higher tile scores. A run pays whoever holds the 4.
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Opponent
Choose a number, then a square.
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Where these come from
Solved to the last square. One winning move each, and never the greedy one.
Two players, sixteen squares, three ways to play: Bullet, Blitz, Rapid
Build a run of 1, 2, 3, 4 before they do
You hold two 1s, two 2s, two 3s and two 4s. So does your opponent. Take turns dropping one tile until the board is full, then count.
Own both ends and it pays double
Two points instead of one. Quietly extending your own chain is almost never a wasted turn, and it is the safest way to build a lead.
A full run is a rung
Four squares linked into 1, 2, 3, 4 pays two more to whoever lands the 4, whoever placed the rest. Runs bend freely, and nearly all of them do.
The board belongs to both of you
Every tile counts toward every pattern no matter who placed it. Building toward a rung in the open hands your opponent the square that finishes it.
Three things that take longer to work out
Measured by reading positions to the end, not by opinion.
Spend your 1s. Keep your 4s.
A 4 earns more than any other tile because nothing outranks it, and that is exactly why spending one is expensive. Given a square you have decided to take, playing your 4 there rather than your 1 costs about half a point. The best tile in your hand is the worst one to spend.
Watch what you hand over.
A 3 dropped into open space is a landing pad for two enemy 4s, and nothing is ever removed from the board. The question each turn is not only what you collect, but what you leave sitting there.
Being behind means less than it looks.
The score only shows points already paid. With half the squares empty most of the game is unplayed, and a single tile can swing nine points. A one point deficit is close to even.
Ranks
Ratings move only in rated games against other people.
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Ratings
Ranked games only. A new title every 200.
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Rated
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- Goals today
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Match history
Saved games against players. Computer and local games stay in your practice stats.
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