Talk:DVONN

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While I added a fair bit of strategy to the article, I'm far from a Dvonn expert. If any strong player stumbles upon this article, they are heartily welcomed to improve it.

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Could anyone provide information about the complexity of Dvonn? (compared to Chess or Go, for example). I am curious as to whether a human can surpass a computer opponent. I don't know if such information could be included in the article, but I only know of Dvonn through Wikipedia, so I thought I'd ask here. ACR01 23:56, 11 August 2005 (UTC)

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Does anyone know how to correclty pronounce "Dvonn"? I purchased it online and everyone who plays is interested in what the game is called.

I added some text to the stategy section regarding my views on playing strategy (I consider myself to be one of the top 10 players in the world, playing online a lot at both LittleGolem and Brettspielwelt). I managed to win the last real-life world championship that was organized in 2004. I will try to think of some better 'general rules', but the thing is that I myself mostly play by feeling.

With respect to computer programs playing Dvonn, there is one well developed program written by a very strong Reversi player (Jan de Graaf). Unfortunately, this program is not openly available. In the endphase it is unbeatable (since it simply calculates all possible moves), however, as a whole it would be about just as good as any of the top 10 players. The only way to beat it is to agressively go for a cut off early in the game and establish an advantage. Two other programs exist, but they are less developed and less strong. With a few more years and some more computing power, computer programs playing Dvonn will be unbeatable I think.

The picture on the Dvonn page is nice, however, it is clearly not of a game in play but just of some stones put on the board to take a picture (it has a hole surrounded by stones, this is not possible). Unfortunately, I don't know how to edit the box in the top right of the screen. (I also would want to put the current publisher of the game there (http://www.smart.be//en/products/puzzles-games/projectgipf) as Don en Co transferred the publishing rights of the game to Smart)

Xandern


 * Corrections made to game infobox. &mdash; Aldaron &bull; T/C 13:59, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

I would like to know what I will need to do to move the game from start to B-class. I think by now it is having the elements it needs to get there. If it needs more, please let me know so I can add what is needed. I also would like to get rid of the "original research" tag if possible. I added a link to a good strategy guideline that I contributed to develop. Is this enough ? I am not aware of any other good strategy guides. Would it be necessary for me to write one and put that online elsewhere to get rid of the tag ? Xandern 09:13, 31 July 2007 (UTC)