Life & Death






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Life & Death is based on Conway's Game of Life. At each turn a player may give birth to one of his own pieces and kill an opponent's. Birth is possible on any empty square touching (orthogonally or diagonally) exactly three of her own pieces; Death is possible for any of the opponent's pieces which either lack at least two neighbors of his own or are crowded by more than three pieces of either type. The birth square is entered first, followed by the death square; either or both may be "pass". On the first move of the game the player can take only one of those actions.