History, rules and list of pc games to the board game Pachisi & Ludo. http://home.no.net/vkp3/index.html The site lists 12 online, 36 freeware / abandonware...
I have updated the "unknown games" webpage with several 'new' games. Check it at http://www.di.fc.ul.pt/~jpn/gv/unknown.htm. I any of you knows some of these...
Hello, I'm new to this group. There's something I've been wanting to get off my chest regarding strategy games, and I thought this would be as good a place as...
Ever been to chess tournaments? Such as ones with some really high class players? The strategy in many cases against higher rated players is infact to force...
That'a good point. When testing out a new game it's always good to gauge how well it resists obstructionist opponents intent on spoiling the game. If a player...
Some people do feel that players should not use that kind of drawish strategy when playing games (any game). But if a game is sensible to that type of problem,...
On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 15:05:18 -0000, joao_neto_1970 ... Indeed, as I recall, that was more or less the point of Data's "winning strategy" in the _Star Trek_...
Join the First Abstract Games Marathon through PBeM Server! Next tournaments: HEXXAGON ZERTZ+11 DRAUGHTS AMAZONS Click www.pergioco.net/AbstractaE.htm Good...
... drawish ... to ... It ... game. ... to ... Let's take the example of the player in a game of Halma who on his turn all he does is shift the same piece back...
I would think then that is the complexity, and ease of the draw that is the factor. In tic-tac-toe for example, the human mind can easily draw that game...
Hi, The following book has just been released: Connection Games: Variations on a Theme Cameron Browne AK Peters, 2005 Paperback, 416 pages, 390 illustrations ...
... Just to add to the discussion... IMHO, I think another problem, very close in nature, is forcing an end to a game. Drawing is just when neither player can...
... To prevent that case in Chess there is another rule: Either player can declare a draw if he can prove that 50 moves have passed without a piece captured or...
For anyone interested I have just posted a tactical overview of Cannon on my website. http://www.pyromythgames.com/products/cannon/cannon2.html If you are not...
Hi, As mentioned before the first draft of the chess abstract boardgame & gallery webpageis finsished and internet pedestrians and on-line advertismens are on...
This new book written by Cameron Browne is absolutely a must for anybody interested in abstract strategy games. 402 pages are providing complete rules for over...
Is Dvonn (not in Browne's book)a connection game? (Stones must be connected to a Dvonn stone, otherwise they are dead and removed from the board.) Are Trax and...
Hi Ralf, Glad to hear that you're enjoying the book! Thanks for giving further details on Connections (which I've called McNamara's Game). I didn't make the...
Hi Cameron, you truly wrote an epochal work which will be considered one of the major contributions to board game studies at the end of the 21 century. It's an...
... Dvonn is mentioned, in fact (but not given in your "List of Games"). Let me compare it to Gonnect which you've included as a connection game. Dvonn is...
Hi Steve, I believe that Gomullo and also the closely related game of Troll suffers from a strong first player's advantage. However, these games are...
Hi Ralf, Thanks for your questions regarding my classification of connection games. It's good to see someone actually take this on board and challenge it. I'll...
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