Grab bag

Dennis E. Shasha

Grab bag

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Abstract

Grab Bag, a two-person game developed by Dr. Ecco, is discussed. The game is simple to play but difficult to win. In the game the players are given an empty seed collection 'aseed' and the grab bag. Certain moves are carried out and seeds are grabbed out. It is always possible to grab a number if there are any ungrabbed ones left and the player is obligated to grab on every move.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	12
Number of pages	1
Journal	Dr. Dobb's Journal
Volume	30
Issue number	3
State	Published - Mar 2005

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Software
Computer Networks and Communications

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