A normal play convention in a game is the method of determining the winner that is generally regarded as standard. For example: Preventing the other player...

where neither player has any legal options. Therefore, under the normal play convention, the first player automatically loses, and it is a second-player...

Sprague–Grundy theorem, stating that every impartial game under the normal play convention is equivalent to a nimber. The representation of this nimber can...

Sprague–Grundy theorem states that every impartial game under the normal play convention is equivalent to a one-heap game of nim, or to an infinite generalization...

using Sprague–Grundy theory. However, Dots and Boxes lacks the normal play convention of most impartial games (where the last player to move wins), which...

player will always win with correct play (HAKMEM item #74). If the game is instead played with the normal play convention (player who takes the last piece...

the last player to move wins (the normal play convention) or loses (misère play convention). Another winning convention that has also been used is that...

ground by any path "falls" (i.e., gets erased). According to the normal play convention of combinatorial game theory, the first player who is unable to...

Under the normal play convention, a player loses when they have no legal move (that is, when all the pins are gone). The game can also be played using misère...

Sprague–Grundy theorem states that every impartial game under the normal play convention is equivalent to a nimber. The "smallest" nimbers – the simplest...

nimber of a game under the normal play convention. g- or λ0 is the outcome class of a game under the misère play convention. More specifically, to find...

but that at the start of play, every heap is restricted to have either one or two objects in it. In the normal-play convention, players take turns to remove...

number that is at most twice the previous move. According to the normal play convention, the player who takes the last coin wins. The game was first described...

usually the last player to move. This is called the normal play convention. The misère play convention considers the last player to move to lose the game...

National Convention in Milwaukee, focusing on her relationship with her grandfather. In the speech, she characterized him as "just a normal grandpa" and...

bid using conventions, which assign more specific information to certain calls, particularly at the more advanced levels of competitive play. Bill Root...

hand. The convention is also known in Europe as "Toronto". The convention was developed by Canadian Douglas Drury (1914–1967) and his then playing partner...

is in contrast to the "normal play condition" in which a player unable to move loses.) Examples of games that use the misère play condition include Sylver...

A convention influences a set of agreed, stipulated, or generally accepted standards, social norms, or other criteria, often taking the form of a custom...

use of normal two-level responses after a 1NT opening, because the availability of this convention changes the nature of what had been normal 1NT responses...

The Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961 (Single Convention, 1961 Convention, or C61) is an international treaty that controls activities (cultivation...

have an effective means of contacting key personnel during and outside normal working hours and for disseminating important information." Welsh Government...

A United States presidential nominating convention is a political convention held every four years in the United States by most of the political parties...

to Normal, Illinois. Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Bloomington-Normal. Town of Normal Official website The Bloomington-Normal Area Convention and...

pretending to play a role or take on a personality disingenuously. Cosplay grew out of the practice of fan costuming at science fiction conventions, beginning...

Convention on Human Rights (ECHR; formally the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms) is a supranational convention to...

had planned to return to a full in-person convention in 2023 with a new format, including a fan convention component at a separate venue in collaboration...

the danger of not landing in a fit after the "pre balance". The tactics/convention is often referred to as "OBAR BIDS" (acronym for "Opponents Bid And Raise...

National Conventions. However, the 2024 convention is set to be Milwaukee's first time hosting a normal in-person presidential nominating convention, since...

performed in 1917 in the newly built amphitheater for the 13th Annual Convention of the St. Louis Advertising Club. Love Call MP The Student Prince Wildflower...