So, in the Point class, you'd have a function that sorta looks like: 
package Point;
# Stuff here...
sub isNextTo {
    my $self = shift;
    my $newPoint = shift;

    return $self->{PARENT}->Point_isNextTo($self, $newPoint);
}
# Stuff here...

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I suppose that would make sense, as a Point should not know all about the intricacies of Board layout. For example, I can think of several games (Risk comes to mind) where two Points would be next to one another, but there is no algorithmic way of determining that. So, I suppose the Board should determine next-to-ness.

*frowns* Does that mean that the Board should be able to dip into the Point's inner workings and get its X and Y coordinates? How would this work without using an accessor function?

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