Paper ID: 2301.03913

Measuring Board Game Distance

Matthew Stephenson, Dennis J. N. J. Soemers, Éric Piette, Cameron Browne

This paper presents a general approach for measuring distances between board games within the Ludii general game system. These distances are calculated using a previously published set of general board game concepts, each of which represents a common game idea or shared property. Our results compare and contrast two different measures of distance, highlighting the subjective nature of such metrics and discussing the different ways that they can be interpreted.

Submitted: Jan 10, 2023