Dear friends, You are invited to explore the first issue of the Zhadu monthly journal entitled, "The Circle". This free correspondence will provide further...
Hi! Some of you know me already and my game Accasta [www.accasta.com] (sorry, I must always mention that :-) My real name is Dieter Stein (age 37), I live in...
I have posted to the Files section of this group an implementation of Zhadu. This is "the unofficial version", for beta-test only. Please let me know if there...
Be sure to un-Zip with the folders intact. ... it, I got this message: "The following bitmap couldn't be loaded: Images\Zhadu\ZhaduBrd.bmp." Is there...
I don't understand what that means. Please explain. ... From: interrupt27 <llsmith@...> To: abstractgames@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003...
Assuming that you're using WinZip, when you click on the Extract button a menu will appear. At the lower left of the pop-up there is an option, "Use folder...
Dear L. Smith, Thank you for your interest in exploring Zhadu. I look forward to playing this version.... Be well, Rodney A. Frederickson ... R.A. Frederickson...
This new zillions game by C. Huntoon appears to be nice. Just one question: May I move a missle AND in the same turn detonate it or another missle -- OR may I...
I'm searching for names and descriptions of board games that utilize a 4x4 gridded board. Obviously these will mostly be abstract games. It's surprising that...
There was a game named "Aera," published by New Dimensions out of Corvallis, OR, and reviewed in GAMES, April/May 1987. The essence of it: each of the two...
Hi Mark, Thanks for the information. I will add Moxie Plus Plus to my list if you have no objections. I'm attaching my full list of 4x4 game as an attachment ...
... Sure, no objection. ... Never played it. ... followed by the ... If the players are Red and Blue, then Red drops 1, then Blue drops 1, then Red drops 2,...
... Appears to be a draw, if carefully played. Some remarks concerning Joao Neto's last entries at http://www.di.fc.ul.pt/~jpn/gv/ . Chain Reaction ... "If...
Recently I came across an interesting game called Farook but the rules I have are incomplete so I'm looking for an intact copy. The game is abstract and...
... Actually, it's not surprising when you consider how "Mensa Select" games are chosen. Publishers submit games that are being offered for the first time to...
... Hmm, do you mean, it appears it never ends if carefully played? One player or the other would have to be the first to get six points, if either one does. ...
... Some more that haven't been mentioned: Square Dance: http://boardgamegeek.com/viewitem.php3?gameid=2934 Gobblet: http://www.gobblet.com/ Proton:...
Hi Doug, Thanks for the info. I actually have heard of all those games but I had forgotten that Proton is a 4x4, so I've added it to my list. Since I first ...
On March 3rd the winners of the 3rd Piecepack Game Design Competition was announced. First place went to Rob LeGood for his game New City, and second place...
Gobblet is a draw in perfect play. After each player has put his three largest gobblets on the board, no good player would continue to place the remaining...
is it? if you move the largest gobblet again, will you not uncover the smaller one beneath ? MVH RJ ... From: truthforum2001 To: abstractgames@yahoogroups.com ...
... not uncover the smaller one beneath ? Is that a genuine, as opposed to a rhetorical, question? Anyway I think the answer is yes. I can't make the link to...
... Sure, but it is a disadvantage to let your opponent capture a smaller gobblet. For that reason, you better don't put them on the board. After each player...