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A few years back, I picked up a copy of "New Rules for Clasic Games" by R. Wayne Schmittberger. In one section he discusses how Chase games (Fox & Geese,...
4 Apr 2, 2009
5:43 pm

burkemat
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THREE PLAYER GAMES AND THE PETTY DIPLOMACY PROBLEM The "Petty Diplomacy" Problem refers to flaw well known to game designers. Three-player games of pure...
2 Mar 30, 2009
3:01 pm

joao_neto_1970
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Simultaneous Connect Four by Richard Hutnik (copyright 2009) Introduction: This is Simultaneous Connect Four. It is simultaneous, because both players select...
2 Mar 27, 2009
7:25 am

Rich Hutnik
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When you cut a hole in a Klein bottle and stretch the hole outward, you end up with a Klein bottle embedded in a flat surface. I tacked the alternative...
1 Mar 12, 2009
5:44 pm

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Hex KB (Klein bottle) http://www.marksteeregames.com/Hex_KB_rules.html Mark Steere Games http://www.marksteeregames.com...
1 Mar 6, 2009
2:09 am

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Hi! I created Mine-isolator. Please try it at www.hexgo.com...
1 Feb 25, 2009
7:54 pm

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Ok, I happened to find all these ads on YouTube that I had written about. Something may be afoot here that can be capitalized on. The Domino's Ad featuring Go:...
1 Jan 13, 2009
5:13 am

Rich Hutnik
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This is Fischer's Random Chess. Is this an abstract strategy game or not?...
25 Dec 17, 2008
9:20 pm

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Torus: http://www.marksteeregames.com/Torus_rules.pdf Torus now uses an octagon/square tessellation to make the two players' goals exactly equivalent....
1 Dec 3, 2008
2:49 pm

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Over the years I've posted a number of abstract games here. Blood Diamonds is my first serious attempt at a themed game, and I thought some of you might be...
1 Nov 29, 2008
1:53 pm

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M-Torus: http://www.marksteeregames.com/M-Torus_rules.pdf...
2 Nov 21, 2008
3:37 am

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Mobius: http://www.marksteeregames.com/Mobius_rules.pdf...
1 Nov 17, 2008
11:11 pm

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Mark Steere Games - Summary of Recent Releases 1. Loophole 2D & 3D 2 Anchor 2D & 3D 3. Lariat 2D & 3D 4. Super Lariat (3D only. A 2D version would be...
1 Nov 13, 2008
9:28 pm

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Anchor 2D: http://www.marksteeregames.com/Anchor_2D_rules.pdf...
1 Nov 11, 2008
5:34 am

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Loophole 2D: http://www.marksteeregames.com/Loophole_2D_rules.pdf Loophole 3D: http://www.marksteeregames.com/Loophole_rules.html...
1 Nov 10, 2008
10:15 am

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Believe or not... The proprietor actually starts a new topic inviting commentary from the members - whether or not to ban Ralf. Then a few days later he ...
5 Nov 9, 2008
3:06 am

Rich Hutnik
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Instructions for constructing a Super Lariat board: http://www.marksteeregames.com/Super_Lariat_construction.html...
1 Nov 5, 2008
11:36 pm

mark_steere
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I just want to announce that registration has opened for the 4th annual Cannon tournament held online at www.SuperDuperGames.org Registration deadline Dec 31st...
1 Nov 3, 2008
2:26 pm

David E. Whitcher
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Super Lariat: http://www.marksteeregames.com/Super_Lariat_rules.html...
1 Nov 2, 2008
8:53 am

mark_steere
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One stone for every time the game has been played....
3 Oct 29, 2008
8:58 pm

mark_steere
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Slash: http://www.marksteeregames.com/Slash_rules.pdf...
2 Oct 29, 2008
5:07 pm

mark_steere
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Scott Nesin, proprietor of Games By Email, is the best programmer I know of. Why, because he programmed my games? No. A lot of people have written excellent...
7 Oct 26, 2008
10:52 pm

Rich Hutnik
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Lariat: http://www.marksteeregames.com/Lariat_rules.pdf...
1 Oct 25, 2008
11:45 pm

mark_steere
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Tzaar is now playable at Boardspace.net http://boardspace.net/english/about_tzaar.html...
1 Oct 21, 2008
10:51 pm

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The list of the initial inductees has been unveiled here: http://www.IAGOHallOfFame.com A BoardgameGeek Geeklist on the games are here: ...
1 Oct 20, 2008
4:29 pm

Rich Hutnik
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http://www.chess.com/chessopedia/view/national-chess-day President Gerald Ford set October 9th, 1976 aside as a day "To give special recognition to a game that...
1 Oct 10, 2008
12:40 am

Rich Hutnik
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While waking up this morning these rules came to me. I am curious if this game exists or not. It needs a name. As of now, it is called "The Single Line...
4 Oct 10, 2008
12:40 am

Rich Hutnik
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I got this in the email (please copy and paste the links into a web browser to review): National Gaming Day Saturday, November 15th, 2008. At your Local...
1 Oct 9, 2008
1:44 am

Rich Hutnik
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I would be curious to know if there is any abstract game that was developed by a woman. Does anybody know?...
5 Oct 2, 2008
12:44 pm

Greg Schmidt
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Hi, I found this site <http://www.selket.de/aegyptoplay.htm> about ancient bord games from Egypt. Now I would like to play them (or any of them) against the...
3 Sep 25, 2008
3:30 pm

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