[Icehouse] 2 player Zendo

[Dale Newfield]

Kory Heath wrote:
> On turn X, as the Student, I will purposely not guess the rule 
> correctly, because if I guess it correctly, I gain no points over the 
> Master, while if I fail to guess correctly, the game ends and I gain a 
> point.

If the game is "first to Z points (after each player has the same number 
of master/student opportunities)", and the Student is ahead, they'd 
rather push the game to completion by each getting 2 points rather than 
gaining only one point and giving the master another turn to possibly 
get many points.  If the student is behind, your analysis is probably 
correct.

> I'm not seeing any obvious way around all of this.

Me either.

> Here's my variation on that theme. Interestingly, this suggestion
> actually works for any number of players, and provides a kind of cap
> to keep games from going on too long.

I like it.

-Dale