15 · current checkpoint
The best move is the move you can prove.
A player’s guide to choosing between reply-backed calculation and a small, visible board proof.
OverGrid / AI Field Notes
Two ways to read the board.
Choose a behind-the-scenes account of the game AI, or a player-facing strategy story drawn from the same concrete problems.
7 notes for At the Table.
At the Table
For players: transferable OverGrid decisions, routes, pressure, and counterplay.
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17 · asymmetric Bean
Bean’s fork: two threats, one exit.
A player’s guide to building asymmetric OverGrid threats that survive the opponent’s best cut.
18 · public endgame
Close the board, not just the score.
How to protect an OverGrid lead using only the public counter-swings visible before the next hand is dealt.
player guide · orientation
Rotate the whole hand, not just the piece you like.
A practical way to escape the first attractive OverGrid construction and find routes hidden by orientation.
player guide · counterplay
The reply is part of the move.
A short OverGrid calculation routine for choosing between two constructions that both look good.
player guide · conversion
A route is not a bank.
How to tell whether OverGrid pressure will convert into points—or disappear after one good reply.
player guide · multiplayer
Fast expansion is not control.
A multiplayer OverGrid guide to tempo, last replies, and converting neutral territory into a durable lead.