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Admitting last challenge was too easy, here is another one:

Red:

The lieutenant is known, all other pieces are unknown to blue.

Blue still has :
1 Sergeant
1 Miner (known, J5)
1 Miner (unknown)
2 scouts (unknown)



Let me know your thoughts.

Is red winning this or is this a race for survival?

From my modest point of view, the key for Red is to discover the Sergeant. And if the piece at I6 is a miner, and the opponent tries to guess if the flag is in the corner, red can be forced to play defense. Hard to play.

I discussed this position with some players and it considered one of the more tricky ones with deep play possible.

The spy standing where it is now vs 1 field to the left is a big difference in what reds options are as well.

Hopefully we see some more feedback on this game.

Hi,
Red Luit to G4. When bleu miner moves to J4 than move red miner to I3.
Blok with Red luit the unknown I6 bleu piece.
Than blok with bleu spy e5 blue piece and hope its not the Sergeant so he can lotto the Red miner.
But he can also lotto a bomb en cant take the flag.
When its the bleu miner you can blok him with the Red miner.
And so forsing a draw. Becauce the other bleu miner is dead becauce I3 Red mineur and the Red Luit
When bleu E5 its a scout, the Red mineur E2 can run to the flag of Bleu and hope B7 is the other bleu scout. At the same time moves the Red scout 1D so Bleu have to Bleu B7 had to choose with Red piece is the mineur and hope Bleu J10 is to late to defend.
Than Red wins the game when bleu choose the bleu scout to defend.
Both players can win this game when Bleu lotto with Sergeant the Rde mineur E2 then Bleu is win this game.

Regards Ausputzer

(05-10-2021 07:35 PM)Ausputzer Wrote: [ -> ]Hi,
Red Luit to G4. When bleu miner moves to J4 than move red miner to I3.
Blok with Red luit the unknown I6 bleu piece.
Than blok with bleu spy e5 blue piece and hope its not the Sergeant so he can lotto the Red miner.
But he can also lotto a bomb en cant take the flag.
When its the bleu miner you can blok him with the Red miner.
And so forsing a draw. Becauce the other bleu miner is dead becauce I3 Red mineur and the Red Luit
When bleu E5 its a scout, the Red mineur E2 can run to the flag of Bleu and hope B7 is the other bleu scout. At the same time moves the Red scout 1D so Bleu have to Bleu B7 had to choose with Red piece is the mineur and hope Bleu J10 is to late to defend.
Than Red wins the game when bleu choose the bleu scout to defend.
Both players can win this game when Bleu lotto with Sergeant the Rde mineur E2 then Bleu is win this game.

Regards Ausputzer

No response unfortunately.