Fair expectimax
Looking five moves ahead
Three attempts add a fifth move for selected columns, at row rises, or with fewer chance samples. None paid off.
rejectedrecordedApproaches
Each page here is one theory of how to choose a column, grouped by the technique it uses; the engines that play the games and the instruments that measure them live under Engines and Diagnostics.
Fair expectimax
Look a few moves ahead, take the best column on your own turns, and average over every sampled disc the game might deal.
Hand-built heuristics and shallow search
Scores visible board traits, adds them together, and plays the highest-valued column.
No approach page matches that search.