Linear Chaos

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The board must be completely full, and it must contain more red �lines� than blue �lines�. A �line� is defined here as a straight row of at least X stones (the Pattern Inventor chooses X). Note that a line can be oriented in any of three directions on the board (labeled A, B, and C in the picture below). The number of lines on the board are calculated by counting lines in each of the three directions independently. This means that a single stone can be a part of three separate lines (one in each direction). Also, lines which are longer than the minimum length X count only as a single long line, not as multiple shorter lines running in the same direction. For example, let�s say that in a particular game, X=4. Let�s say also that there is a line of 8 red stones in a row on the board. This counts as only one 8-stone line, not as two 4-stone lines. An example of a finished game and score calculation is given below:

Figure 1

Let�s say that in this game, X=4. The table below gives the number of red and blue lines in each direction:

In this case, there are more red lines (15) than blue ones (8), so the builder wins.