There are two primary aspects to the strategy of DVONN. One is "melee", the mobility race. It involves mainly the neutralizing and blocking of the opponent's young (low and mobi [..]

There are two primary aspects to the strategy of DVONN. One is "melee", the mobility race. It involves mainly the neutralizing and blocking of the opponent's young (low and mobi [..]

There are two primary aspects to the strategy of DVONN. One is "melee", the mobility race. It involves mainly the neutralizing and blocking of the opponent's young (low and mobi [..]

The other aspect to DVONN strategy is settlement. As play progresses and mobility is lost as young stacks either age or get neutralized, the settlement aspect gains growing importance since there are [..]

The "payoff" of a settlement refers to the relative count of the number of pieces in the forseen end-of-game position. For example, if white stacks contain 12 pieces and black stacks [..]

A synonym for "mobility". The movement options open to your stacks, and the usefulness of those moves, especially towards neutralizing your opponent's melee strength. (Yes, this [..]

A synonym for "mobility". The movement options open to your stacks, and the usefulness of those moves, especially towards neutralizing your opponent's melee strength. (Yes, this [..]

A stack with at least one adjacent space vacant.

A stack with at least one adjacent space vacant.

A stack surrounded on all six sides. Such a stack cannot move until unleashed.