The Ludii AI Competition involves general game playing events focused on developing agents that can play a wide variety of board games. In the 2022 edition, three competition tracks were proposed: Kilothon, General Game Playing, and Learning. All tracks used the Ludii general game system to provide the necessary games and API. This paper reports the motivation, context, and results of the 2022 Ludii AI Competition.
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