Mark Thompson's article 'Defining the Abstract' refers four qualitative features of abstract games: depth, clarity, drama and decisiveness. I would like your...
... Somebody said: "Playing Draughts is like looking into a well, while playing Chess is like watching over an ocean." -- Probably Go is like studying the ...
I agree that draughts might not be the best example for clarity, and hex might work better as a good example for decisiveness than bad for drama. Speaking of...
I do not find checkers clear. I agree with the other examples. -jn On 5 Nov 2005 11:36:30 -0000, abstractgames@yahoogroups.com ... -- ... Jorge Nuno Silva...
... Each move in Hex --> only one board position changes (one stone put on board) in Checkers --> at least two positions are changed, but when you capture two...
Hi, ... I'd say that LOA does not have very good clarity at all. For every move, you have to: 1) Count the number of pieces in the row/column/diagonal, 2) Make...
... Count? You see it at a glance! ... 3) and 4) is identical! The opponent's pieces can block your movement, your own pieces not. What can be more simple? ...
Ralf, clarity is not in direct correlation with the number of changed stones. At some NIM games, a lot of stones are removed but usually these games have good...
Almost forgot the last rule about forming 'houses'. 3. If the player forms a 'house', a triangle and square in the same move, they may move a single friendly...
... What do you mean by this? ... No, and I do find Reversi/Othello a good game. A good game may not be 100% ok in every feature. This is not a competition, my...
... Checkers may not be the better example, but I would like you people to give me some!! :-) Known games are not that many, and in many positions, a regular...
... I played Emergo (not Hex-Emergo) this weekend, against a player who says it's his favorite game, and at one point felt I was losing. I had a forced move,...
... other ... board ... No, that's not true. At the end of the game there is usually a clear threat and not many ways to counter it. So even rather long...
... Didn't you understand the classic Draughts proverb? In Chess, Shogi or Go you have to find the best move from many moves given at the same time. In...
... I'm a poor Trax player although I win most games. I don't understand why I win so many games so perhaps Trax isn't very clear to me. However, I must have a...
"The game of Draughts is not merely an idle amusement. Several very valuable qualities of the mind, useful in the course of human life, are to be acquired or...
... I postulate that any game should have a vertical depth of at least 40 moves to be a seroius challenge for homo sapiens ("the wise man"). Take Zertz. The...
... When I juxtaposed "depth" and "clarity", "drama" and "decisiveness" in the original article that Joao mentioned, I was thinking of all four qualities as...
Hi everyone. A few years ago I wrote a short piece on "clarity and depth", but it disappeared into the ether when I emailed it. Here's a brief summary of how...
I actually think Othello is pretty strong in both Depth and Clarity, considering the small/simple field of play etc. Of course, in order to attain clarity one...
... What about re-introducing the original Reversi rule and permit the first player to put two stones on the center squares, followed by the other player ...
I've just uploaded a ZIP containing the Zillions implementation of Kensington to the Files section of this group. It should obey all the standard rules of the...
I recommend Drowidjie Shashki and Byelorusskiye Shashki: http://www.gambler.ru/plus/tavlei/other/other_6.htm Try also this extraordinary game for four players:...
What is a Stacking Game? There are many games in which pieces are put on each other or which have pieces on the same board position. Promotion is usually...
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