Editing Sprouts (game) (section)

===Importance in real games===
Real games seem to turn into a battle over whether the number of moves will be ''k'' or ''k''&nbsp;+&thinsp;1 with other possibilities being quite unlikely.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mathforum.org/kb/message.jspa?messageID=1091005&tstart=0 |title=Math Forum Discussions |publisher=Mathforum.org |access-date=2012-09-26 |archive-date=2012-03-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120316135329/http://mathforum.org/kb/message.jspa?messageID=1091005&tstart=0 |url-status=dead }}</ref> One player tries to create enclosed regions containing survivors (thus reducing the total number of moves that will be played) and the other tries to create pharisees (thus increasing the number of moves that will be played).