Played Wright Around the USA with one child this evening. I lost twice. Notice the #FloridaSouthern call out at the penultimate space.

I added the upcoming International Computer Games Association (ICGA) conference, Computers and Games 2024 (https://icga.org/?page_id=3907) to the list of #CombinatorialGames events: http://kyleburke.info/CGTMeetings.php

I don't know exactly how relevant this topic is, so please feel free to convince me one way or the other here.

I just finished listening to the latest If Books Could Kill episode, this one about Michael Lewis' book on Sam Bankman-Fried: https://twitter.com/IfBooksPod/status/1786021820941963597

Saying that chess is too simple is a huge red flag for those aware that it's EXPTIME-hard. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0097316581900169) If you can solve Chess scenarios effortlessly, then you can solve all sorts of extremely heavy computational problems that elude us. #CombinatorialGames #ComputationalComplexity

@rottenindenmark

A wacky game of #BattleSheep at our end-of-semester-party.

My summaries of the talks for #Sprouts2024 are up: https://combinatorialgametheory.blogspot.com/2024/04/sprouts-2024-talks.html

Thanks to the presenters who made this year so successful! #UndergraduateResearch #CombinatorialGames

On the last #GameLunch of the year, I got shot first in #SecretHitler.

#Sprouts2024 happened yesterday and it was great! I uploaded the players submitted and added them to the Gorgons page, so you can play against them: http://kyleburke.info/DB/combGames/gorgons.html

#CombinatorialGames
@emptygame

For the Gorgons tournaments at #Sprouts2024 this weekend, we'll use an 8 x 8 board with 3 Gorgons on each team. http://kyleburke.info/DB/combGames/gorgons.html

Come to Sprouts! Listen to undergrads talk about games, etc. It's online (Zoom) and registration is free: http://kyleburke.info/sprouts/sprouts2024/

Students here at #FloridaSouthernCollege who attend #Sprouts2024 get one of these cool notebooks.

(I think they're cool.)

#CombinatorialGames

Won a game of #Gorgons today against my class. You can play Gorgons at http://kyleburke.info/DB/combGames/gorgons.html. #CombinatorialGames

Played Neighboring Nim against my #DataStructures class. (I won!) #CombinatorialGames

#Sprouts2024 has more talks lined up than we've ever had before (11)!
Undergrads: 7 (high is 8, in 2017)
High schoolers: 2 (new high)
Keynote: 1
Me: 1.

Talks listed here: http://kyleburke.info/sprouts/sprouts2024/

I should probably record my talk (CGT Crash Course) and move it online in future years to make more room for contributed talks!

Unfortunately, we still have zero submissions for our Computer Gorgons Tournament. Make a player: http://kyleburke.info/sprouts/sprouts2024/sprouts2024ComputerTournament.php

#CombinatorialGames #UndergraduateResearch