Hare-Brained Rusty Rabbit

Core identity: Opportunistic and tactical, but a bit inconsistent.

Personality sketch
Hare-Brained can spot immediate tactical chances and pounce on them, yet does not always follow through with discipline. When the ideas line up it looks clever; when they do not, it looks distractible and impulsive.

What this page is for
Use this as a plain-language companion while tweaking hare_brained.js.

Working notes

Hare-Brained is a good rabbit to push toward more tiles than are strictly wise.
He improved when given stronger tile preference, but still can cash in too early.
He should feel less efficient than top rabbits, but more exciting than a timid one.

Main tuning knobs

Tile appetite	High
Token appetite	Delayed a bit
Good experiments	More local expansion off his own branches
Danger sign	If he becomes as efficient as Warren, he stops feeling hare-brained

Starter recipe

Use stronger tile filtering early and medium token penalties. Reward connected growth and future socket creation.

Questions to ask after a tournament

Did this rabbit actually feel like its name?
Did it win by the method I intended, or by accident?
Did it create board growth, punish board growth, or cash in on someone else’s board?
Did this rabbit become too similar to another one?

Safe edit checklist

Change only one main idea at a time.
Keep a backup before changing heavy filters.
Prefer score nudges before hard move filters.
Run a small tournament instead of trusting one match.

Current hare_brained.js

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