Elimination Hextremity

This variation of the game cuts down hinting between players and makes the game last longer. When somebody gets 4 in a straight line (the provisional "winner"), the players work backwards to see who could have prevented the situation arising by being more vigilant (but not back as far as the "winner"). If someone is identified as having made a mistake, the moves are undone and then redone in the order that they should have been played, to prevent the game ending. The player who made the mistake is then eliminated and play continues. In some situations, no one is really at fault and the provisional winner becomes the actual winner.

Copyright (C) Mark Forsyth 2003