Homeworlds: Mini Doomsday Machine
Puzzling Asked on August 9, 2021
Loosely inspired by Allumwandlung, here’s my first attempt at a Binary Homeworlds problem in the same vein as Simple, Monopoly, Inheritance or Insurance Fraud, and Blastdoor.
Lee (0, g3b2) r1r3g1b1-
Ray (1, r1r3) -y2g3b3
DS1 (y2) b2-r1r3
DS2 (g1) g1g2-
DS3 (g2) y2-
DS4 (b2) r2-g3
The stash contains r2r2 y1y1y1y3y3y3 g2 b1b1b3b3.
Ray’s red homeworld is armed to a frankly ridiculous degree, but all for naught: Lee’s mini-Doomsday-Machine is almost complete and his victory is assured.
Lee to play and mate in 1. (That is, you must find the unique move which Lee can make, such that no matter what Ray replies, Lee will win on the very next turn.)
One Answer
I have not played this game before, so I might be very wrong, but I think the way to win is
And the best way to do that appears to be
Which threatens
Correct answer by Sconibulus on August 9, 2021
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