If you are capable display incapabilty.
When committed, feign inactivity.
When your objective is nearby, make it appear distant, when distant, make it appear nearby.
Display your profits to bring them in.
Create disorder to take from them.
If they are substantial, prepare for them.
If they are strong, avoid them.
If they are argry, perturb them.
Be differential to allow them arrogance.
If they are rested, make them tired.
If they are united, drive them apart.
Attack where they aren't prepared.
Go forth where they do not expected.
Do all these things and you shall win but such can't be discussed in advance.

These are the games of strategy, those games that successful commanders play.

Will you play with me? We can play many things for it is not the outcome that matters but how you play that I am interested in...


passage adapted from Sun Tzu's "The Art of War"

so General the game of Tic Tac Toe

this could be interesting

very well General

your move

why thank you general. i see that the legendary skill in battle of the ghost legions is only out weighed by their curtsey...

a simple game then before we move onto more complex things... such as the subtleties of field manoeuvres.

3 * 3 grid - top left corner

I apologize more my delay general

I was held up interigating enemy spies.

anyway back to the game

3*3 grid - top centre