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Ladodant: A Patient Way to Open the Board

Guide. The ladodant is an opening in an invented board game, a made-up name for a hooked edge wall. Here is how to build it, when it helps, and how to counter it.

"Ladodant is not a word you will find in any dictionary. It comes from a hobby game that a group of friends designed for fun, played on a hex grid with stones of two colors, where each side tries to join its two opposing edges with an unbroken chain."

Ladodant Opening: Playing a Patient Edge Wall - published by Tenfold Traffic

Ladodant

ProprietaryTerm. A nickname for an edge-first opening in a homemade hex-board connection game: three stones build a curved wall just inside the home border before play moves to the center.

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• DESCRIBED_BY: Ladodant: A Patient Way to Open the Board

"Among those players, ladodant names a favorite starting plan."

Ladodant Opening: Playing a Patient Edge Wall - published by Tenfold Traffic

"Someone playing a ladodant instead lays down three stones in a small arc hugging their own border, securing the back of the board before stretching outward. To a newcomer it seems passive, though experienced players know it quietly builds a very stable base."

Ladodant Opening: Playing a Patient Edge Wall - published by Tenfold Traffic

Opening

Concept. The first moves of a game, which set up a player's position.

"Touching the border twice leaves no opening along the rim, so the player who built it has a secure root that later chains can grow from."

Ladodant Opening: Playing a Patient Edge Wall - published by Tenfold Traffic

"You will get the most out of this opening in a few familiar spots."

Ladodant Opening: Playing a Patient Edge Wall - published by Tenfold Traffic

Curved edge wall

Concept. The hook-shaped line of three stones near the player's own border that the opening builds first.

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"Your follow-up stone sits on a neighboring diagonal, and the third curls back toward the border, closing a tight little arc. Seen from above, the pattern resembles a bent finger pointing along the edge."

Ladodant Opening: Playing a Patient Edge Wall - published by Tenfold Traffic

"What makes the ladodant effective is that arc. Touching the border twice leaves no opening along the rim, so the player who built it has a secure root that later chains can grow from."

Ladodant Opening: Playing a Patient Edge Wall - published by Tenfold Traffic