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

In preparation for #Sprouts2024, I updated my Swiss #Tournament organizer to automatically add a player to act as the BYE if there are an odd number of actual players: http://kyleburke.info/swissTournamentOrganizer.php.

(Someone told me a few months ago that there was a problem with matching players if there was an odd number of players. I don't remember who that was!)

Please let me know if you notice any issues!

In less than a week, we've accepted five more talks for Sprouts, which is happening online on April 20. That puts us up to seven #UndergraduateResearch talks, including two from India! Although we specifically look for undergraduates to present, you don't have to be an undergrad to attend. The conference is very casual and includes both a human and computer tournament. If you're interested in attending, please see the homepage, http://kyleburke.info/sprouts/sprouts2024/index.php, for more information. #Sprouts2024 #CombinatorialGames