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HYPERGAME - by Daniel Muñoz - Big iff True

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HYPERGAME

Let’s play a game—not just any game. We’re playing HYPERGAME. Here’s how it works. Player 1 selects a normal game, by which I mean a game that must end in finitely many turns, like Tic-Tac-Toe. Then the two players play that normal game, with Player 2 going first. Whoever wins that “subgame” wins at HYPERGAME. Here are some examples of HYPERGAME: Player 1 picks checkers; Player 2 then plays as black. Player 1 picks chess; Player 2 then plays as white. Player 1 picks Tic-Tac-Toe, aka Noughts and Crosses; Player 2 then plays as X. Note that many games are not normal despite sometimes…

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