I just played a game of Dipole with someone, if you can call it a game. He removed all 12 of his checkers from the board on his first turn. That was a new...
Sometimes people adopt goals that are not the one you'd expect. One of the most common non-standard goals is to make the biggest crater on impact, instead of...
Sometimes people adopt goals that are not the one you'd expect. One of the most common non-standard goals is to make the biggest crater on impact, instead of...
... Unless there is a "metagame" tournament structure, that directions to what end players are meant to go, you are going to get a wide range of unexpected...
... from it. ... You know, initially I suspected that was the case. I feared that a few individuals were f'ing with me by pretending to be unbelievably ...
"Just a follow up. Ralf's games got deleted from the IAGO Master List of Abstract Strategy Games. I figure that he wants no part with IAGO, so I happened to...
Another possible explanation is click fraud. The "players" you're citing are actually bots, whose sole purpose is to privide a plausible click trail through...
... That would be a plausible explanation except I chat with them. Like I might say "Looks like you're not getting it," after several games with random play....
A lot of people play games for a social connection rather than to study and enjoy the game itself. It's not stupidity per se, just getting a different kind of...
... The smaller sites are primarily game sites where socializing happens to take place, and the larger sites are primarily social sites where games happen to...
... way." ... I would of mentioned it here, but didn't want to incite flamewar again. Ralf told all his underscorelings (those part of his stacking UNDERSCORE...
Hey Mark, I want to add something about Dipole. When I had first read the rules, a few things didn't click with me. I didn't play, just read the rules, and...
If Connect 4 is "solved" anyone have any ideas how the idea of a drop X in a row game could review the basics of Connect 4, and make it playable again? I know...
... I agree. ... fundamental flaws in your approach. I agree. ... I agree. (Besides Mark and Rich hardly anybody is posting anything in the IAGO forum). ... ...
I'm having trouble understanding how the fact that a computer solved a game by computing an immense database of positions has any real bearing on human...
Greg, Although i don't know any If you've read the (very readable) book "*One Jump Ahead: Challenging Human Supremacy in Checkers"* (Written by J. Schaeffer,...
"mindprint (...) Anyhow, if Ralf speaks up, and says he wants his games in IAGO, then I will get them listed." Everbody may list, play or even implement them....
... Oh my God, what a JOKE! If someone disagrees with you on your forum you immediately remove their post and permanently ban them. You're delusional! ... ...
Tom, I finally got around to reading Schaeffer's book last year, highly recommended. Chinook continued to improve as larger and larger end game databases were ...
... Two variants come to mind, though I haven't played either: Complica, by Reiner Knizia, and MixUp, by Maureen Hiron. http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/7476 ...
... Hmm... that actually sounds like a possibility. What I did with Pethera-Tethera was have it so that once a player used up their 10 disks, they had to pull...
... You told people to pretty much boycott IAGO and what it stands for, because I refused to blacklist Mark, from what I can tell. You told people in your...
... unlike Ralf, who ... He is trying to brown nose you Mark, from what I can tell now, because he is upset at me. Anyhow, the IAR is flawed, and not the best...
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