I think most stacking games are indeed OT (except those with Mancala- like moves, we had a few cross-overs in the past), but your post raises a good question: ...
... "Never-ending" moves which circle around the board for eternity are well documented for Omweso and (I believe) also exist in Bao La Kiswahili. This leads...
Never-ending moves have recently been proven to exist in a regular game of bao (Donkers & Kronenburg). The solution to the 'problem' in bao is simpler than a...
As far as i remember, i guess i read about two possibilities when an endless move occurs (in different games). Sometimes the game is drawn (which means it is...
... that ... Well, this basically gives the same result as my suggestion. Finally, it doesn't matter whether you lose because you run out of time or because...
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... Where do your and my rules differ ? Presumably only in the slam move. ... This is a new one on me - but certainly makes sense. My motivation for providing...
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Feb 1, 2006 12:08 pm
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... Take a look at: http://www.manqala.org/wiki/index.php/MancalaGames/Oware Antigua and Barbuda You can leave the opponent with no seeds, and then you play...
Hi Ralph, It was a PDF-file and next time I will send it from my Apple Macintosh! My apologies to all. Cheers, Alex ________________________________ From:...
National Warri Festival ======================= Warri is Antigua's national board game, which made its way there from the West Coast of Africa brought by the...
Hi Alex, ... could you download it to our files section? http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/mancalagames/files/Mancala% 20Research/ Thank you, Ralf...
... I do not have this yet. ... I have this one. ... I have this rule. ... I prefer this rule, and have it as an option. ... Edward Byrd now raises 5. Cote...
Andy Rabagliati
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Feb 1, 2006 2:35 pm
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... Chess clocks are really used in Africa. For chess, of course :-) Now seriously, I've seen no one playing a mancala game, even outside Africa, using a...
Ralf, In the Wernham article an extra is added (Steven Mayer, i think) with a quit simple test if a position is really endless. Again, real endless moves are ...
... You did. You even downloaded a pic to our forum showing Togus kumalak players in Kazakhstan using chess clocks. I don't know if Moruba players use chess...
... I tried this position three times and it turned out to be a finite move ending each time after 19 laps. Well, perhaps I didn't understand the rules... Is...
Chess clocks are also used in Italy during NonSoloGo: http://ercolino.isti.cnr.it/NonSoloGo/Torneo2004/oware.htm Each player has 15 minutes and 30 seconds...
The numbers are correct, there are three things that might have gone wrong.. You only see the rows for player south. Not north. The game is not over, but the *...
... first ... A position by de Voogt (no stones inserted): 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 Start with any hole containing two seeds and you get an endless...
yes, this will probably work on a lot of different boards, for it is a variation to a so called trivial set up. Consider e,g, 3 2 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 2 0 1 2 0 1 ...
I found the tutorial, it's by David MacKay from Darwin college, Cambridge. http://www.cs.toronto.edu/~mackay/games/bao/page1.html Although it doesn't deal with...
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Feb 3, 2006 9:55 am
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Condi Mancala is inspired by Condi Chess. Hans Bodlaender wrote about this game: "Orthodox chess master Julius Arnas is running a camping, called Camping La...
... Is this correct ? It is according to http://www.svn.net/rkovach/oware/how1.htm but the manqala.org page says :- Santa Lucia As the Ashanti do, if you make...
Andy Rabagliati
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Feb 3, 2006 10:29 am
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Have you read Bart Massey / Jonathan Schaeffer: http://www.cs.pdx.edu/~bart/cs510games-summer2000/project/bart-awari- rules.html He gives the following Grand...
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Feb 3, 2006 10:58 pm
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Feb 3, 2006 10:58 pm
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The Sukuma story of the Fast Runner Matambo and the Cripple Jishegena ... Once there was a warrior in the chiefdom of Bulima Mwanza called Matambo, a name...
Proverbs are very common in Go and Shogi. I have two books on Go Proverbs in my private library, but you can easily find many good collections on the internet:...
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