Py

Potential Y

   Cameron Browne (c) 2003 

Py is short for "Potential Y". It is similar to the famous connection game Y, except that charged particles are placed on a potential field rather than discrete pieces on a discrete grid.

The Red player places +ve charges and the Blue player places -ve charges. The first player to establish their charge between all three sides of the board above a certain threshold value wins.

There is a penalty for playing in areas of the board of the opposite sign (i.e. Red will be penalised for playing in -ve board areas and vice versa). This is to stop the opponent immediately repeating the player's last move to cancel it out. In addtion, the board is subject to global decay; charges slowly dissipate over time.