Glass Bead Challenge

## Description

_Glass Bead Challenge_ is a shareware strategy game for two players, one
player vs the computer, or computer vs computer, it is entirely mouse
controlled.

The game is played on a grid, not of lines but of spots. There are different
grid sizes available ranging from 5×5 to 10×10. Glass beads are the tokens
used in this game, hence its name, and when one is placed on a point it
occupies that spot and, for now at least, owns the surrounding spots which
change colour accordingly. When the next player takes their turn they cannot
play on an occupy, however by playing on a nearby unoccupied spot they stake
an equal claim to the owned spots which then change colour to neutral. This
continues throughout the game with the owned spots switching from one colour
to the other depending on which player occupies the most adjacent spots. The
game ends when there are no more spots or valid moves to be made

In the shareware game the player can only play against the computer in
‘Novice’ mode, the registered version has both an Advanced computer opponent
and an Expert opponent.

Glass Bead Challenge