Chessvariants.com will soon be hosting a multivariant Chess variant tournament with the web-based PBM system, Game Courier. The deadline for signing up is...
Does anybody here play Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle card game? You should. It's like playing a video game. In TMNT you can set up lots of combos leading up...
I was thinking about a mix between Alak and Continuous-Go. The game is played at a line segment and players drop circular stones with radius R at any empty...
... I would be interested in seeing a sample game, just to be able to visualize the dynamics. Hopefully the game would not necessitate the constant use of a...
My previous posting got me to thinking about curvature. In this 1D game, it is taken that each stone has exactly two liberties. These liberties need not be...
Some more thoughts about the possible 1D Curvature positions: There are several possible live positions in this form. A line of one color could form a solid...
During some play-testing, an interesting form of capture was discovered. Allowing that stones may be played at any angle with only two possible liberties for...
I've arrived at a title for this particular game, String Go. Very appropriate, since this is the general appearance of play. One area of concern is the solid...
This sounds like it might be fun to try out. Can you summarize the rules for us? I'm a little confused as to exactly what is going on. Thanks, Steve ... ...
... rules ... No prob, Steve. I was just working up a TXT file of the rules. Of course, it is just the "bare bones" rules and does not include any of the...
... I think you need to clarify just what these "liberties" are. Does this mean simply that a stone is allowed to touch no more than two other stones, and if a...
... Yes! Each stone has exactly two liberties. No stone can be adjacent more than two stones, and any stone or series of stones(all of one color) which has...
I experimented with a minigame involving 31 and 30 stones. In general I like the free-flowing feel and the idea of a "completed loop," but I need some...
... general I ... I need ... to take ... capturing an ... ko rule ... significantly more ... stone ... play. Is ... seems more ... their ... irrelevant ... ...
Thanks for the clarifications, I'll try playing it again. Steve ... From: "interrupt27" <llsmith@...> To: <abstractgames@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday,...
Some more playing tips: Strings are easier to build along the edge of the playing field. A square field also offers the corners. This is because placements ...
Using an X/Y graph to play by mail. The points on the graph are considered exactly one quarter of a stone distant orthogonal. Each placement of a stone is...
As most of you know, The World of Abstract Games (WAG) website consists of a large collection of abstract games divides into 4 main sections: Go variants /...
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Hi Clark, ... That crossed my mind :) I read somewhere that there are 200+ mancalas but most of them are very similar (am I wrong?) with just very little rules...
... I read it. They say they will continue (how old is that text?) but they stop answering my emails some months ago ... Do you think I missed them? I have all...
... I didn't buy a copy when I saw it in the local bookstore a few years ago, but _Complete_Mancala_Games_Book_ (ISBN 1569246831) looked very promising. Also,...
Let me announce the beginning of a blog dedicated to abstract games reflections and ideas from alien worlds directly from Trabsact Sagme's diaries :ş) Check...
Does anyone have a book "Das Dreischach" by Siegmund Wellisch? Lada ____________________________________________________________ Příjemný design. Příjemnější...
Hi, I'm looking for information on two old connection games called Roadblock and Squirt. These were mentioned by Martin Gardner in "Four Unusual Board Games"...
I wanted to publish here a new connection game/variant from Bill Taylor, but yahoo always eats the extra spaces that I use in the diagrams (anyone knows how to...
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