Isolation

In Isolation you attempt to encircle one of the computer’s men, isolating him from all of his cohorts. A man is isolated when you have placed one of your men above, below, to the left, to the right and in the four locations diagonally adjacent to the victim. Therefore, a man located in a corner of the playing area requires only three men to be cut off; a man on any other edge position will require five men to be isolated and for any man located away from the edges you will need eight of your men to surround him. The computer may or may not place a new man on the board on its turn.