Editing Entropy (board game) (section)

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'''''Entropy''''' is an [[Abstract strategy game|abstract strategy]] [[board game]] for two players designed by Eric Solomon in 1977. The game is "based on the eternal conflict in the universe between order and chaos [...] One player is Order, the other Chaos. Order is trying to make patterns vertically and horizontally. Chaos is trying to prevent this."<ref>[http://mozai.com/writing/house_rules/entropy.txt mozai.com]</ref> The game originally employed a 5×5 gameboard, but in 2000 a 7x7 board was introduced to allow deeper strategies.{{sfnp|Rodeffer|2002|p=8}} 

''Entropy'' was awarded a rare 6 out of 6 by ''[[Games & Puzzles|Games & Puzzles Magazine]]'' in 1981.<ref name="times97">''Entropy'', Mind Sports Olympiad supplement, p 8, [[The Times]], 11 August 1997, online version available from studiogiochi MSO archives [http://www.studiogiochi.com/en/p/MSO1997.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120828204502/http://www.studiogiochi.com/en/p/MSO1997.html |date=2012-08-28 }}</ref> [[David Pritchard (chess player)|David Pritchard]] called the game "a modern classic". It is sold commercially under the names ''Hyle'' (a 5×5 board) and ''Hyle7'' (a 7×7 board).<ref name="bgg_hyle">{{bgg|1329|''Hyle''}}</ref>