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It really is that simple...
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This is true. If anyone can think of a more optimal strategy, I'd like to hear it.
Breaking your opponent's rows will ALWAYS reduce their score maximally, and increasing your longest will ALWAYS increase your score maximally.
There are other considerations, like "can we get to the back of the rack to score quickly enough?", but those aren't going to be helped by a palmpilot, they're going to be helped by getting a feel for your alliance and your opponents, and telling if going around will be worth it. If you choose not to go around, then the strategy becomes "Break your opponent's longest row on your side, and extend your longest rows on your side".