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...
All three are Laska variants. Poking around on newsgroups dug up these links: Pasta was invented in 1956 by Alvin Paster. This link also includes the rules...
While Gobblet may be a draw with perfect play, I don't think the reason given is sufficiently convincing. You must have at least four pieces on the board to...
Is anyone familiar with Christian Freeling's Phalanx? The rules sound quite interesting, but I don't understand the section on territory. What determines when...
The winners of the annual Mensa Mind Games this year included 4 abstract games (though Cityscape is abstract only under the "broad" definition). The winners...
... It's actually a railroad building game. I don't think of it as abstract (in the way that, say, Flexx is), but... The board is a hex-grid map of the US,...
Hello! First a little bit of history. "The Bridge" is now called "Écoute-moi!" (French for "Listen to me!"), out of solidarity with France, after the hostile...
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