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Search - How to Win at Pentago: The Complete Visual Guide for Advancing from Beginner to Master in the Five-in-a-Row Board Game That's Sweeping the World

How to Win at Pentago The Complete Visual Guide for Advancing from Beginner to Master in the FiveinaRow Board Game That's Sweeping the World
Author: Barry J. Stiefel

How to Win at Pentago will help everyone from beginner to expert quickly start winning more Pentago games. Detailing fourteen attacks, strategies and their defenses, crammed with useful advice and packed with hundreds of board images this book goes where no book has gone before: really understanding what?s going on behind the scenes in a Pentago... more » game. Master explainer Barry J. Stiefel (?Stee-ful? or ?Shtee-ful?) has organized the material into eleven lessons that follow logically from total beginner to experienced tournament player. If you?re one of the millions who've become hooked on this award winning five-in-a-row with a twist board game out of Sweden, How to Win at Pentago is a must read! TABLE OF CONTENTS: Lesson 1: The Rules of Pentago Lesson 2: Specialized Pentago Vocabulary (Used Extensively Throughout This Book) Lesson 3: The Standard Pentago Game Notation (Used Extensively Throughout This Book) Lesson 4: Beginner Attacks and Strategies 4.1. The Five-in-a-Row Attack 4.2. The Five-in-a-Row-With-a-Twist Attack 4.3. The Central-Focus Strategy 4.4. The Four-in-the-Middle-of-Six Attack 4.5. Lesson Summary 4.6. Test Your Skills With This Lesson Quiz 4.7. Answers to Lesson Quiz 4.8. Completed Beginner Games With Detailed Analysis Lesson 5: Intermediate Attacks and Strategies 5.1. The Diagonal Three-in-a-Row-on-a-Single-Quad Attack 5.2. The Center Three-in-a-Row-on-a-Single-Quad Attack 5.3. The Edge Three-In-A-Row-On-A-Single-Quad Attack 5.4. The Cluster-Your-Marbles-Early Strategy 5.5. The Four Centers Attack 5.6. The Minor Diagonal Attack 5.7. Lesson Summary 5.8. Test Your Skills With This Lesson Quiz 5.9. Answers to Lesson Quiz 5.10. A Completed Intermediate Game with Detailed Analysis Lesson 6: Advanced Attacks and Strategies 6.1. The Reducing Freedom of Movement Strategy 6.2. The One-Two-Punch-Combination Attack 6.3. The Inside-Flying-Elbow Strategy 6.4. The Outside-Flying-Elbow-Strategy 6.5. Lesson Summary 6.6. Test Your Skills With This Lesson Quiz 6.7. Answers to Lesson Quiz 6.8. A Completed Advanced Game with Detailed Analysis Lesson 7: Game Strategy and Best Practices 7.1. A Step-by-Step Strategy for Making a Move 7.2. Six Search Shortcuts to Help You Quickly Evaluate the Board 7.3. Strategies for First-Movers 7.4. Strategies for Second-Movers 7.5. Pentago Best Practices Lesson 8: The Standard Pentago Openings Lesson 9: Expert Analysis - More on WinThreats and Their Defenses Lesson 10: Expert Analysis - More on Forks and Their Defenses Lesson 11: How to Keep Improving Your Skills as a Pentago Player Appendix A: How to Pronounce ?Pentago? Appendix B: How to Organize a Pentago Match between Two Players Appendix C: How to Organize a Pentago Competition Ladder Appendix D: How to Organize a Pentago Tournament Appendix E: How to Handicap Games Between Players of Different Skill Levels

ISBN-13: 9780985097912
ISBN-10: 0985097914
Publication Date: 6/5/2014
Pages: 294
Edition: 1
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Publisher: Information Engine Press
Book Type: Paperback
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