The player who will move first is userid1. Star is another connection game from the author of Y and Poly-Y . Two players, Black and White, alternately put stones on the board. This discourages the first player from taking too much advantage of his first play.
Stones never move after being placed.
The object is to form stars, which are connected groups of stones that touch at least three of the 33 dark regions around the edge of the board. Each star is worth two points less than the number of dark regions it touches. This scoring system gives Star considerable depth. And you will note that linking your own stars will usually prevent your opponent from linking his, and vice versa, so that careful judgments must be made all over the board. Now that it is implemented, I am seriously considering organizing a Star tournament by email for later in the year, to be held on Karl s server, with prize money that I will donate.