hex go slightly modified

[phillip1882]

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so the idea is this, instead of taking an intersection, you take a line.
this gives each individual line 4 liberties, though connecting lines only adds 2 liberties instead of 3.
above i have shown some basic living shapes. good, bad?

[HermanHiddema]

You living shapes on the edge are not alive

[phillip1882]

they aren't unconditionally alive,
but it would be impossible to kill them; barring some weird ko threat battle.

[billywoods]

The one on the right is unconditionally alive. The one in the lower left would need the red player to tenuki four nakade moves.

[HermanHiddema]

The one on the right is unconditionally alive.

Nope.

[HermanHiddema]

This is equivalent to playing on a trihexagonal tiling

[billywoods]

The one on the right is unconditionally alive.

Nope.

Ah, no, you're right. Oops!

[jts]

The one in the lower left would need the red player to tenuki four nakade moves.

I'm not quite sure what you mean by this. If I understand how the topology of the variant board is supposed to work, Red has a five-point eye-space against the edge, which makes this shape equivalent to five on the second line on a normal board.

[Mef]

The one in the lower left would need the red player to tenuki four nakade moves.

I'm not quite sure what you mean by this. If I understand how the topology of the variant board is supposed to work, Red has a five-point eye-space against the edge, which makes this shape equivalent to five on the second line on a normal board.

Hmm, this is tricky, because none of the edge shapes in the example actually close off the edge!