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Re: G40 and G41

From everything I've seen about this game, it feels like the intent is to avoid making boulders a limited resource. They make sure there are always enough boulders on the field for each robot to have one. They make sure each robot can only have one boulder at a time. They make sure, with rules like this, that alliances can't move boulders around to starve the other alliance.

Now, compare this with other years, like Breakaway. Part of the strategy design with breakaway was to push the soccer balls to one side of the field, giving you more scoring opportunities and starving the other alliance of scoring opportunities. That part of the strategy discussion is almost non-existent this year.
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