Cephalopod is my most recent and my favorite game. Dice are used as playing pieces. Add a die with a pip count equal to the pip sum of adjacent dice, and...
Boardspace.net has been running for 2 years now. We're currently hosting seven games, most you won't find any where else. the Gipf games: Zertz, Yinsh, and...
Hi, I'd like to introduce a new game called Margo, which is a marble- stacking game similar to Go: http://members.optusnet.com.au/digex/margo/margo-1.htm Margo...
This is to introduce a new connection game, Pentreca, which applies the concept (from Caeth) of cells claimed by edge-majority, and the concept (from Trellis)...
gee, i thought i'd put up a jpg of my game. you can find it in the photos section.... dave dyer had trouble seeing the words in the java applets i have at my...
Initially, I was intrigued and rushed to look at the board to see how you had managed to tile regular pentagons...not realizing that you never claimed to have...
... Heh. Yes, that would have been quite a trick! ... Thanks! No, I haven't -- to be quite honest I haven't even tried playing it myself, I'll have to get...
Very interesting board and game. Looks like two stretched honeycombs superimposed. Congrats. Mark ... applies the ... concept ... the ... and ... in a ... ...
Does anyone know if draws can occur in Pylos? Only one ball can claim the top spot, but what if nobody reaches the top? The fact that balls can be added and...
... According to these rules: http://www.educationallearninggames.com/how-to-play-pylos-game-rules.asp it appears that you can place a marble that forms a...
I guess it would be a draw if both players *perceived* their cyclical moves to be optimal. That is, neither would be willing to break the cycle. I should...
Pylos is the castrated version of Strat-o-Sphere. I know the inventor (David G. Royffe) from the Gamer's Fair in Essen He is a nice guy. Pylos is meant for...
Thank you for exposing Pylos, Ralph. I hate plagiarism of games. As verification of your claim, there's a description of Strat-o-sphere on Board Game Geek,...
It's hardly plagiarism if the designer makes a new version of his own game - David G. Royffe is clearly credited as designer for both Pylos and Strat-o-sphere....
Thank you for the update, Ola. A link verifying your claim: http://www.educationallearninggames.com/pylos-game.asp Since Gigamic had a contract allowing them...
It's not a "plagiarism", it's a simplification so that it may sell better. But the quality of the game has suffered. Btw, you can buy white and black balls (at...
Perhaps an addition. I talked to the guy who invented Strat-o-Sphere while promoting another of his inventions at the Fair in Essen three years ago and I said...
This is an invitation to participate in a survey for a PhD project on the automatic design and evaluation of board games. The survey simply involves...
Hello all...i need advice about Origins Game Expo in June. Some of you MAY have seen a couple of my games or visited my site; www.acorngames.net before and...
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Hello All....i have been reading this site for quite a while now and need advice for my new game. i say "new" but have been working on it for a couple of...
Box Hex is a Hex variant which plays exactly like Hex, except on a three dimensional surface. There are four shortest paths of connection: two for each...
I found a bug in the rules of Box Hex. Fortunately it's an easy one to fix. I'll post the revised version tomorrow. Thanks for your patience. Mark ... three ...
Bug fixed. An error in the board layout made non-conclusive outcomes possible. The error has now been rectified. No more problems are anticipated. But, then...
I have discovered a fundamental principle of connection games which I have outlined here: http://www.marksteeregames.com/Nested_Connections.pdf Mark...
Actually the discovery wasn't as major as I originally thought. The most interesting part of it was previously discovered by others. Still, certain aspects of...
Copolymer is an ultra simple game I came up with on April 5, 2006. I've been play testing it for the past few days and it seems to be a valid and most...
Hello, I am really sorry, but there is a mistake on my site - www.sweb.cz/klub-deskovych-her/pravidla/o-dama.htm . I have just noticed it. The pictures are...
... The game would be unplayable if captures wouldn't be mandatory. The game appears to be related to Turkish or Armenian Draughts in which capturing is ...
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