The more than 2,500 - year - old board game, in which two players use black and white stones to try to capture more
territory than their opponent, is extremely complex, which has made it difficult for computers to master.
The point is to control more
territory than the opponent in order to summon an end boss, and to do so players must defeat enough enemies in a sector to summon aggressors — the area's captains, and then defeat them to win the territory.
Not exact matches
If your team's paint has covered more of the arena's
territory by the end of the match
than your
opponents, you've won!»
There were missions where you're defending a base until a timer runs out, missions where you're capturing and holding
territory to score points faster
than your
opponent, and missions where you don't have a base and must free prisoners hidden across the map to replenish your forces.
Political abuse of science is the discovery that you can hit harder with a big piece of wood
than you can with your bare hands and conquering
territory with your newly invented club, in the very brief interval you have before your
opponents discover that there is a lot of wood around and they can use clubs too.