{"id":604,"date":"2008-02-20T23:08:00","date_gmt":"2008-02-21T07:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/games\/play\/tac-tix\/"},"modified":"2008-02-20T23:08:00","modified_gmt":"2008-02-21T07:08:00","slug":"tac-tix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/games\/tac-tix\/","title":{"rendered":"TacTix"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TacTix is a two-player game, where the players take turns removing counters from the board. The goal is to force the other player (the computer) to remove the last counter.<\/p>\n<p><APPLET CODE=\"TacTix.class\" codebase=\"\/games\/applets\/tactix\/\" WIDTH=380 HEIGHT=250>    <PARAM NAME=bgColor VALUE=\"FFCC99\">    <PARAM NAME=title VALUE=\"TACTIX\">    <PARAM NAME=newGame VALUE=\"NEW GAME\">    <PARAM NAME=move VALUE=\"MOVE\">    <PARAM NAME=beginner VALUE=\"Beginner\">    <PARAM NAME=intermediate VALUE=\"Intermediate\">    <PARAM NAME=expert VALUE=\"Expert\">    <PARAM NAME=yourMove VALUE=\"Your move..\">    <PARAM NAME=thinking VALUE=\"Thinking..\">    <PARAM NAME=playerWin VALUE=\"You win !\">    <PARAM NAME=tactixWin VALUE=\"Game Over !\">  <\/APPLET><\/p>\n<p>On any turn, you may remove counters from either a single row or a single column. The counters must be on adjacent squares (for example, you could not legally remove only two corner counters). You may remove as few as 1 or as many as 4 counters on your turn.<\/p>\n<p>To make a move, use the mouse to select the counters you want to remove from the board, then press the Move button. Selecting a counter twice will cancel the selection.The computer will make its move automatically after yours. To pass at the beginning of a game and have the computer make the first move, simply press the Move button without selecting any counters. <\/p>\n<p>One more thing: it has been proven that the player who moves second can always win, if he or she plays perfectly. At the Expert level, the TacTix program will indeed play a perfect game. 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