I Solved Every Board Game — Key Takeaways
You can raise your odds of winning common board games significantly by using simple, data-backed strategies like always taking corners in tic-tac-toe, aiming for the center pattern in Connect Four, and hunting in a checkerboard pattern in Battleship.
Key takeaways
Guess Who: halve the space each question for 96% win rate
Guess Who: halve the space each question for 96% win rate
- Ask binary questions like 'name starts A-M?' then 'A-E?' — eliminates 50% of characters per turn
- Win in 5.5 guesses on avg; best-of-five gives 96% win rate
Connect Four: stack the center + build the 'beak' trap
Connect Four: stack the center + build the 'beak' trap
- Every possible four-in-a-row (except vertical) includes a center-column piece
- Blocking a bird's-beak shape sets up an unstoppable second win in any orientation
Battleship: checkerboard hunting cuts search space by half
Battleship: checkerboard hunting cuts search space by half
- Hunt only one checkerboard color (50 squares) since every 2+ peg ship touches both colors
- After sinking the 2-peg ship, widen to every 3rd square; added heat-map center aiming drops avg to 45 turns
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In this video
- 1mIntro and Guess Who Strategy
- 2mData Collection Across Demographics
- 4mPark Challenge and Rock Paper Scissors
- 7mCoin Flip Trick
- 8mPreparing to Face Mr. Malloy
- 10mConnect Four Strategy
- 12mBattleship Strategy and Heat Map
- 16mTic-Tac-Toe Corner Strategy
- 18mJenga Physics and Parity Strategy
- 22mMonopoly Strategy
- 26mSquirrel Dash and Hungry Hippos Finale
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