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...
I proposed this game (with some modifications) on this board two years ago, and recently mentioned it to Cameron Browne, who took an interest in it and has...
I have been playing some email and face2face games and I think Jade is in a very good position to be a remarkable game. Based on my small amount of games so...
... Interesting! Paul van Wamelen and Cameron Browne found a position (a variant line in one of their games) where neither player could play either color in...
Mark, I too think Jade sounds like an excellent game. If you (and Larry, and any others) are able to come to Ann Arbor for this year's U*Con Abstract Games...
Hey Clark I would be happy to test Proton if you want to send me the beta. Dralius ... and any others) are able to come to Ann Arbor for this year's U*Con ...
Hi Clark, ... I haven't tried it except on the 11x11, which is the standard size in the new Richard's PBeM implementation. In my closet I have a wooden 11x11...
Jade needs a rule tweak, because as it stands one of the players has a simple winning strategy. I'm consulting with Cameron on the best way to fix it and will...
... This is far from a proof... more like an idea. Haven't done any game theory for decades, and my brain has gotten holistic and sloppy. But here's a try: ...
About removing Jade winning strategy and potential unbalance between victories of crosses and parallels, I would suggest the always basic and very often...
... Ha! Thought I'd tried all the symmetries, guess I should have broken out some physical stones and tried it. Nice! JPN's fix sounds interesting, as does...
OK i need a tactic for chess. I am not very good at the game at all and I need to learn how to actually...oh let's go out on a limb and say....WIN! Any ideas?...
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