Squirm

Players fight to create the longest snake-like group. A snake is a group in which no stone has more than two friendly neighbours.

Inventor: Bryce Wilcox

See World of Abstract Games: Squirm.

Larger hex boards (size-4, size-5, size-6).

Score the sum of 2 raised to each snake’s length, plus 0.5 komi for player 1 (tromp).

Score the sum of squared snake lengths, plus 0.5 komi for player 1 (neto).

• Current engine version: 20260417 (2026-04-17). On Abstract Play since 2026-04-22.

• Default scoring follows the original longest-snake comparison.

• https://jpneto.github.io/world_abstract_games/squirm.htm