I've written a computer player for a variation of the game of *Star, which can be played online: https://gwylim.net/star . Since this game is quite similar to Hex in terms of tactics, it may be of interest to people on this forum. The game is not exactly the original *Star, but a close variant. My blog post on this covers the differences: https://gwylim.net/posts/2016-12-27-star

Links for the game to be played online: *Star

and to the blog post: https://gwylim.net/posts/2016-12-27-star