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Shooting Games

hartunga66 — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 00:15:49 GMT

A BRIEF HISTORY OF WAR & GAMES Up until modern times, warfare consisted mostly of close quarter combat. True, there were long ranged weapons, such as the bow

Massacre Chess

herbu_wczele — Sun, 31 May 2009 23:25:23 GMT

hi, I am new here ... I created a game that no other game (maybe GO) can beat in regard of its complexity and excitements ... it's called Massacre Chess and is

New Game - Basilisk

hartunga66 — Sat, 30 May 2009 21:21:35 GMT

This is a new game of stalemate that makes use of the Immobilizer from Ultima. Previously, I had created another game of stalemate called "Gorgon." That was

Re: New Game - Minos

Greg Schmidt — Sun, 17 May 2009 01:06:40 GMT

It reminds me of Sid Sackson's "Network". -- Greg "hartunga66" Sent by: abstractgames@yahoogroups.com 05/16/2009 02:02 PM Please respond

New Game - Minos

hartunga66 — Sat, 16 May 2009 18:03:07 GMT

The idea of this game was to take the basic concept of Alex Randolph's "Ricochet Robots" and to turn it into more of a direct battle. The rules for it can be

Tournament results

David E. Whitcher — Mon, 11 May 2009 13:04:48 GMT

The 4th annual Cannon tournament sponsoered by Blue Panther LLC has concluded with Antoine Richard of Canada taking second place and Ola Mikael Hansson of

2 New Games - Sphinx & Nubia

hartunga66 — Sat, 02 May 2009 18:51:41 GMT

Here are two new games. Sphinx is a Konane like game because of its patchwork layout and every move must be a capture. It's peculiar movement comes from the

New Game -Tyr

hartunga66 — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 21:05:42 GMT

Tyr grew from my dissatisfaction with Hasami-Shogi. The "5 in-a-row" version tends to be too short. And the "War" version tends to be too long. So I sat

Re: New Game - Harlequin Checkers

mark_steere — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 16:53:48 GMT

Oh joy. Another fucking Checkers variant.

Re: Translations Atoll/CrossWay

mark_steere — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 16:34:04 GMT

... Excellent! Thank you. Abstract games are essentially international - provided of course that someone translates them. I know Arty is striving to make his

New Game - Harlequin Checkers

hartunga66 — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 20:28:27 GMT

In Harlequin Checkers pieces move diagonally but capture orthogonally. This is an attempt to create the "best of both worlds" - the forced progression of the

Translations Atoll/CrossWay

Christian Freeling — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 16:17:52 GMT

Hi Mark, I've taken the liberty to make dutch translations of the rules of Atoll and CrossWay at iGGC.

Re: Chase Games on a Double Board

burkemat — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 17:43:12 GMT

... If you haven't seen it already, you might be interested in Conway et al's discussion of several mechanisms to combine games in Winning Ways---actually

Re: Chase Games on a Double Board

Chris Huntoon — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 22:26:45 GMT

Thanks ________________________________ From: joao_neto_1970 To: abstractgames@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Re: Chase Games on a Double Board

joao_neto_1970 — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 12:27:19 GMT

The link to Shields & Swords points to another game. The correct one is