Cool concept. I definitely could see its similarity to Go—it seems like there's a lot of depth to this game. I seemed to have figured out a winning strategy against the CPU, as I won against all three of the difficulties. I suspect I'd have more difficulty against a sufficiently-experienced human, but there was no one online when I checked.
Very neat and creative game.
I'd start out with laying out od along the top of the screen, and then resist any incursions that the AI was trying to make into my space. It'd waste enough of its mana on futile attempts at breaking through at spaces other than its main concentration point that I'd be able to hold out the entire game.
I'll see if I can find some time to play some multiplayer. I'm sure I'd fare worse against you (especially now that I've given away my winning strategy!).
