Proposed BoardSpace.net games

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Posted Thu Dec 21, 2006 5:46 am

1. Board Game: Twixt [Average Rating:6.60 Overall Rank:858]

Dave Dyer

United States
Playa Del Rey
California

Frequently suggested.

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Posted Sat Nov 17, 2007 1:51 am

David Bush

(twixter)

United States
Lexington
Virginia

I would love to see this on Boardspace. BTW there is an operating realtime server that does Twixt:

* Download Client: http://www.gamerz.net/k2z/download
* Server URL: www.gamerz.net Port: 57017(default)

You can now register online for free! You might like to check out the way in which the GUI was implemented with regard to the fiddly stuff like swapping sides and link removal. Actually I have my own ideas about how a GUI for Twixt should be implemented, but I'm not the one doing the programming. Please contact me if you would like to meet an opponent there.

Posted Sat Nov 17, 2007 3:19 pm
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Teacher Fletcher

(Lawnjob)

United States
Chicago
Illinois

Yes, please.

Posted Sun Nov 9, 2008 9:57 pm
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Andrew of Mathematical Leanings

(themathguy)

Modesto
California

I think Punct (which already appears on boardspace) is a better "one side to the other" implementation than this.

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Posted Wed Jan 14, 2009 10:06 pm
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Nausher Cholavaram

United States
San Jose
California

This is also available on the igGameCenter -
http://www.iggamecenter.com/

And the version there is pretty good, the site seems pretty well supported too.

Should Boardspace.net focus its energy on other games?

Posted Tue Oct 20, 2009 2:18 am
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2. Board Game: TAMSK [Average Rating:6.80 Overall Rank:720]

Dave Dyer

United States
Playa Del Rey
California

Getting good behavior for the timers, even for a realtime site,
will be a challenge because of netlag.

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Posted Sat Aug 11, 2007 5:53 pm

Harald Korneliussen

(vintermann)

Norway

On the other hand, this game is not (really) available anywhere else, because of its inherent real-time nature. If the technical limitations could be overcome, this would be awesome.

Posted Thu Oct 18, 2007 8:56 am
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Teacher Fletcher

(Lawnjob)

United States
Chicago
Illinois

This begs for a boardspace implementation. In fact, given the flaws with the timers in the real-life version, a boardspace edition could be the only one to best represent the original intention of the designer, Kris Burm!

Posted Sun Nov 9, 2008 9:56 pm
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Doug Orleans

(DougOrleans)

United States
Somerville
Massachusetts

You could implement this as a non-realtime game, where players can choose how much time to "spend" on their turn.

Posted Wed Dec 10, 2008 9:21 am
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Stephen Tavener

(mrraow)

United Kingdom
London
England

The overtext below is true.

The overtext above is false.

DougOrleans wrote:

You could implement this as a non-realtime game, where players can choose how much time to "spend" on their turn.

You can play this way on gamerz.net. It definately loses something.

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3. Board Game: Shogi [Average Rating:7.41 Overall Rank:495]

Dave Dyer

United States
Playa Del Rey
California

Shogi might be a good candidate. It has a lot of history and a big player base, but curiously there doesn't seem to be a good online site.

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Edited Tue Mar 27, 2007 11:51 pm
Posted Tue Mar 27, 2007 11:50 pm

David Bush

(twixter)

United States
Lexington
Virginia

This would certainly be a welcome addition to Boardspace, but I must correct a misconception.

Shogi Club 24 is the premiere realtime shogi server:

http://www.shogidojo.com/eng/engindex.htm

English menus are available, and you can send stock phrases to your opponent in Japanese if you wish like "thanks for the game" etc. Thousands play on this every day, in all skill levels. Handicap games are possible.

This is free outside Japan.

Posted Sat Nov 17, 2007 3:08 pm
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Nausher Cholavaram

United States
San Jose
California

This is available on the igGameCenter -
http://www.iggamecenter.com/

And the version there is pretty good, the site seems pretty well supported too.

Should Boardspace.net focus its energy on other games?

Posted Tue Oct 20, 2009 2:17 am
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Petr Sedlacek

(trohat)

Czech Republic

Have you tried this game on brainking.com ? And you can find mini-shogi there, too.

http://brainking.com/en/GameRules?tp=69

Posted Tue Oct 18, 2011 7:00 pm
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Murr Le Chat

(Murius)

Definitely gets my vote. Can't have xiangqi without chess and shogi.

Posted Thu Nov 3, 2011 10:00 pm
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Richard Ghilardi

(Oecolampad)

United States

Connecticut

Judkin's Shogi. More like the full game. Better than Mini. Not so readily found elsewhere.

Posted Mon Jan 30, 2012 3:39 am
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4. Board Game: Pentago [Average Rating:6.47 Overall Rank:1140]

Dave Dyer

United States
Playa Del Rey
California

another fine abstract with a strange mechanic.

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Posted Mon Nov 20, 2006 7:00 am

Harald Korneliussen

(vintermann)

Norway

Thumbs up, but I have a suspicion (perhaps unjustified) that the designers would take offense. They are trying to set up a server for playing it online at their site.

Posted Tue Oct 9, 2007 1:18 pm
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Mark Waenink

(kanoe)

New Zealand
Whangarei
Northland

vintermann wrote:

Thumbs up, but I have a suspicion (perhaps unjustified) that the designers would take offense. They are trying to set up a server for playing it online at their site.

They now have ... www.pentago-online.com

Posted Wed Jul 15, 2009 11:33 pm
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Jon

(JonPrud)

United States
Redmond
Washington

Plaatsvervangende Schaamte

kanoe wrote:

vintermann wrote:

Thumbs up, but I have a suspicion (perhaps unjustified) that the designers would take offense. They are trying to set up a server for playing it online at their site.

They now have ... www.pentago-online.com

Awww. While I am happy that it is available somewhere, I like being able to go to one site and find many players for a diverse set of games.

I guess that is what game night at my FLGS is for.

Posted Thu Aug 20, 2009 2:36 am
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Nausher Cholavaram

United States
San Jose
California

Their site is down and has been Abandonware for quite some time
now - http://www.pentago-online.com/

Posted Tue Oct 20, 2009 1:34 am
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5. Board Game: Chase [Average Rating:6.77 Overall Rank:1828]

Dave Dyer

United States
Playa Del Rey
California

Chase is very high on my personal list, but I haven't been able to contact Tom Kruszewski to get permission. Tom?

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Edited Wed Apr 9, 2008 10:14 pm
Posted Wed Jul 26, 2006 10:48 pm

Peter Loop

(Peter Loop)

United States
Issaquah
Washington

Dice are NOT randomizers, so I would not apply "no dice rules". This is a very good game. Another dice as pieces games isDuellen but Chase is better. Also in this line from TSR is Steppe which you might want to look at too.

Posted Tue Mar 18, 2008 5:09 am
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Joe Kundlak

(Joeyeti)

Slovakia
Bratislava

Chase is already on Superdupergames

Posted Wed Jul 1, 2009 11:23 pm
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Simon Dorfman

(SimonDorfman)

United States
Janesville
WI

I would love to see Chase on BoardSpace.net
It's one of my personal favorites.
Not many people play it at SuperDuperGames.
Putting it on BoardSpace.net would expose new people to this great game.
I know rossum has communicated with Tom Kruszewski in the past. Maybe he can get in touch with him again.
I assume he gave permission for it to be on superdupergames, so I bet he'd be fine with it on another site...

Posted Thu Nov 12, 2009 11:00 pm
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6. Board Game: Ta Yü [Average Rating:7.07 Overall Rank:501]

Quinn Swanger

United States
Holly Springs
North Carolina

You've got to add Ta Yü!

It's a great 2-player abstract strategy game that's a perfect combination of tile laying game and connection game. It has great materials, simple rules, many possibilities for variants, a unique scoring mechanism, and it's quite challenging without being overly long. Any other votes?

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Posted Thu Oct 4, 2007 1:59 am

Dave Dyer

United States
Playa Del Rey
California

It's on my personal watch list, but it's hard to get.

Posted Thu Oct 4, 2007 2:15 am
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Jan C. de Graaf

(jancg)

Netherlands
Alkmaar
Unspecified

It's available at Toy's 'r Us in the Netherlands. Want me to send you a set? jan.de.graaf@newlimit.nl

Posted Sat May 2, 2009 11:50 am
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Quinn Swanger

United States
Holly Springs
North Carolina

Update: Maybe this would be better implemented using the new(er) Goliath edition changes -- slightly smaller board, less tile set repeats, more bonus scoring opportunities, faster gameplay. I'm still hoping for this one!

Posted Thu Jan 21, 2010 4:04 pm
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Brian Hamilton

(bdean152)

United States
Madison
North Carolina

Yes yes Yes

Posted Fri Mar 19, 2010 2:40 pm
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Quinn Swanger

United States
Holly Springs
North Carolina

BUMP!

Posted Sat Jun 11, 2011 1:44 am
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Dave Dyer

United States
Playa Del Rey
California

TaYu is on my short list. Nicolaas Neuwahl ok with it, but I've so far not been able to break through the spam filter at Goliath Games.

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7. Board Game: Blockade [Average Rating:6.41 Overall Rank:3481]

Dave Dyer

United States
Playa Del Rey
California

Games in this family have been suggested several times. The race-with-blocking mechanic makes a fast and fun game.

Gigamic, who owns the name "Quorridor" won't approve an online
version, but there are serveral similar games, and no reason
to be dogmatic about names.

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Edited Thu Apr 10, 2008 2:28 am
Posted Thu Mar 15, 2007 8:22 pm

Pen sa tor

(Pensator)

Spain

i love this game. I love labirithins

Posted Fri Jun 22, 2007 3:10 am
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(milomilo122)

United States
Bozeman
MT

of all the games currently on the list (as of july 07), this gets my vote by a pretty wide margin.

Posted Thu Jul 12, 2007 3:04 am
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Stephen Tavener

(mrraow)

United Kingdom
London
England

The overtext below is true.

The overtext above is false.

You may not be allowed to implement Quorridor, but it's embarrassingly similar to an old game from the 1970s: Blockade

Posted Sun Jan 27, 2008 10:59 am
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ronaldinho @boardspace.net

(drunkenKOALA)

Taiwan

mrraow wrote:

You may not be allowed to implement Quorridor, but it's embarrassingly similar to an old game from the 1970s: Blockade

Isn't that ironic.

Posted Mon May 12, 2008 12:49 pm
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Leonardo Pereyra

(Arcangelurbano)

Argentina
Ciudad de Buenos Aires

I like Quoridor, i think i would like it.

Posted Sun Mar 8, 2009 4:57 am
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Stephen Tavener

(mrraow)

United Kingdom
London
England

The overtext below is true.

The overtext above is false.

drunkenKOALA wrote:

mrraow wrote:

You may not be allowed to implement Quorridor, but it's embarrassingly similar to an old game from the 1970s: Blockade

Isn't that ironic.

The item was changed after my comment. Looks pretty stupid now, doesn't it? modest

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8. Board Game: Amazons [Average Rating:7.14 Overall Rank:1886]

Dave Dyer

United States
Playa Del Rey
California

Looks interesting enough to make the list.

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Posted Mon Oct 27, 2008 7:12 am

Ryan Tullis

(Tryken)

United States

Florida

I'm going to have to give a big YES to Amazons making the list. I haven't played it, but I want to. And online play is probably the best chance I'll get with it.

Posted Sat Jan 23, 2010 3:34 am
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Daniel Shultz

(guitarsolointhewind)

Germany

If you're wanting to give this a shot right away you can play it now at http://www.iggamecenter.com/ . There is no AI but it gets a lot of traffic.

Posted Sat Jan 23, 2010 8:36 am
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Murr Le Chat

(Murius)

I love this game. ~~I hope there will be different board sizes, I always play on a 12x12 board...~~ Well I got a 10x10 board so everything's ok now!

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9. Board Game: Ponte del Diavolo [Average Rating:6.73 Overall Rank:1059]

Dave Dyer

United States
Playa Del Rey
California

Cool looking mechanics. Of course, it depends on how good the game is.

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Edited Mon Jun 18, 2007 6:09 pm
Posted Mon Jun 18, 2007 6:08 pm

Kay Wilke

(Sparhawk)

Germany
Hamburg

I rather like the game. You may try it at http://www.yucata.de. It went online last week.

Posted Thu Jul 12, 2007 11:18 pm
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Teacher Fletcher

(Lawnjob)

United States
Chicago
Illinois

Looks very good.

Posted Sun Nov 9, 2008 9:57 pm
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Quinn Swanger

United States
Holly Springs
North Carolina

When this gets implemented here, please make sure that the designer sanctioned (and now preferred) 12x12 board is used.

Posted Sat Oct 24, 2009 3:07 am
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Gert Buschmann

(Schachtelhalm)

Germany

I would not call the rules simple. But the game is very good. I personally prefer the smaller board.

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Johannes Wentu

(Wentu)

Italy
Parma
Unspecified

I guarantee this is an exceptionally good abstract game and it would be great for BSN

Posted Mon Oct 31, 2011 3:51 pm
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10. Board Game: TAIJI [Average Rating:6.61 Overall Rank:3506]

Dave Dyer

United States
Playa Del Rey
California

This caught my attention while surfing the geek. My kind of game.

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Posted Mon Mar 10, 2008 10:00 am

Néstor Romeral Andrés

(n_r_a)

Spain

I am the author and programmer of this game. If you need my help please contact me. Thank you for adding TAIJI to this list.

Posted Mon Mar 10, 2008 11:23 pm
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ronaldinho @boardspace.net

(drunkenKOALA)

Taiwan

This game is really good. When I first heard of it, it sounded so cheesy and "thematic" that I doubt it'd work well as an actual game. Taiji is a Chinese thing about the Ying and the Yang and all that stuff. And in the game, the two players play the same type of pieces with both players colors. I thought the deliberate design attempt at creating this Ying Yang mechanism would compromise the actual playability of the game. But it actually turned out to be a decent game, not as random/tactical as I first feared.

Posted Mon May 12, 2008 12:44 pm
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Néstor Romeral Andrés

(n_r_a)

Spain

I'm so happy you like the game! See you on flexgames ;-)

Posted Sat Aug 16, 2008 10:42 am
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11. Board Game: Pacru [Average Rating:6.85 Overall Rank:3861]

Richard Reilly

(RDReilly)

United States
Bryan
Texas

I'd love a place to play this.

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Posted Sun Oct 22, 2006 6:54 pm

Carl Johan Ragnarsson

(minismurf)

Sweden
Lund
Unspecified

Yes, while somewhat obscure, I'd really like to see this too!

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12. Board Game: Pylos [Average Rating:6.40 Overall Rank:1464]

Nausher Cholavaram

United States
San Jose
California

Interesting but Simple game mechanic of Stacking to be the Final and Topmost color.

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Posted Sun Nov 23, 2008 8:42 am

Leonardo Pereyra

(Arcangelurbano)

Argentina
Ciudad de Buenos Aires

It's good!

Posted Sun Mar 8, 2009 5:04 am
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13. Board Game: Zhadu: Legend of the Sharing [Average Rating:7.26 Unranked]

Dave Dyer

United States
Playa Del Rey
California

Elder brother of Qyshinsu, with a similar goofy-mystical back story behind an unusual strategy game.

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Edited Tue Apr 6, 2010 2:28 am
Posted Mon Aug 11, 2008 8:19 am

14. Board Game: Alien City [Average Rating:7.17 Overall Rank:3120]

Robert

(xethair)

United States
Portland
Oregon

Two player game combining icehouse and piecepack bits.

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Posted Tue Feb 12, 2008 6:17 am

Quinn Swanger

United States
Holly Springs
North Carolina

I deleted my other Alien City entry as I didn't realized this game was already on the list.

Perfect information, abstract strategy game that has a random setup of game board tiles, but with subsequent play elements similar to Medina (maybe also a little T&E). Also, there an interesting scoring system in this one.

Posted Wed May 26, 2010 9:26 pm
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15. Board Game: Yavalath [Average Rating:7.08 Overall Rank:2596]

Dave Dyer

United States
Playa Del Rey
California

interesting twist on n-in-a-row

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Posted Thu Mar 20, 2008 6:57 pm

Richard Hutnik

(docreason)

United States
Poughkeepsie
New York

Here is information on the computer program (Ludi) that created the game:
www.sciencealert.com.au/news/20082107-17684-2.html

Posted Tue Sep 9, 2008 12:35 am
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Ido Abelman

(CBpegasus)

Israel
Hod Hasharon

Didn't play it, but it interests me mostly due to it's history - one of first games to be "designed" by a computer program! It also seems pretty easy to implement. It's brother game "pentalath" is another option.

Posted Sat Jul 2, 2011 9:52 pm
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Facharbeit Strangelove

(facharbeit)

Article has moved to http://www.sciencealert.com.au/news/20082207-17684-2.html

Posted Fri May 18, 2012 8:52 am
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16. Board Game: Kamisado [Average Rating:7.18 Overall Rank:731]

Dave Dyer

United States
Playa Del Rey
California

A colorful abstract. Looks interesting.

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Posted Sun Apr 12, 2009 12:16 am

Brian Hamilton

(bdean152)

United States
Madison
North Carolina

I think this one would be awesome to have on the site!

It has a pretty steep price point, I'd really like to try it before I buy it.

Posted Sun Jan 30, 2011 11:36 pm
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Steve S

(Shadoglare)

United States
Rockford
Illinois

Already up and running at Yucata.de....

Posted Thu Mar 24, 2011 5:52 am
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Mikhail Schibalov

(infected_voice)

Russian Federation
Omsk
Omskaya obl.

i think it would be great game on the boardspace

Posted Tue Jan 10, 2012 3:52 pm
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17. Board Game: Adaptoid [Average Rating:7.13 Overall Rank:2725]

Dave Dyer

United States
Playa Del Rey
California

This is certainly abstract and strange enough to meet my criteria!

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Posted Tue Nov 17, 2009 1:51 am

Néstor Romeral Andrés

(n_r_a)

Spain

If you need my help, please let me know

Posted Tue Mar 30, 2010 2:27 pm
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Gert Buschmann

(Schachtelhalm)

Germany

Playable at igGameCenter.

Posted Sat Jan 1, 2011 4:43 pm
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18. Board Game: Mentalis [Average Rating:7.57 Unranked]

Dave Dyer

United States
Playa Del Rey
California

Another mostly-forgotten abstract that has come to my attention.

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Posted Sun Oct 21, 2007 11:54 pm

Mats Blohmé

(Dubbelnisse)

Sweden
Simlångsdalen
Halland

Everybody should have a chance to try this shining gem!

Posted Wed Nov 25, 2009 11:09 pm
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19. Board Game: Taluva [Average Rating:7.15 Overall Rank:247]

Luiz Flavio Ribeiro

(Loizz_66)

Brazil
Sao Paulo
SP

A great 3D abstract.

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Posted Thu Jul 30, 2009 2:33 pm

20. Board Game: Ordo [Average Rating:7.35 Overall Rank:3890]

Dave Dyer

United States
Playa Del Rey
California

Another interesting abstract published by Nestorgames.

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Posted Fri Jul 16, 2010 3:51 am

Brian Hamilton

(bdean152)

United States
Madison
North Carolina

I'm interested in the way this plays. thumbsup

Posted Fri Sep 3, 2010 8:41 pm
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Gert Buschmann

(Schachtelhalm)

Germany

Playable at igGameCenter.

Posted Sat Jan 1, 2011 4:54 pm
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21. Board Game: Navia Dratp [Average Rating:7.23 Overall Rank:779]

Got two game tables and a microphone

(daveroswell)

United States

New York

Given it's a collectible abstract, I doubt very seriously you could get this on the site. Definitely worth a shot.

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Posted Mon Nov 19, 2007 10:40 am

22. Board Game: Gygès [Average Rating:7.31 Overall Rank:2014]

Dave Dyer

United States
Playa Del Rey
California

This game certainly qualifies for Boardspace.net on the basis of obscurity, rarity and abstraction. Looks like a cool game though.

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Posted Wed Jul 26, 2006 10:48 pm

mrbass

(mrbass)

United States
Las Vegas
Nevada

I haven't even played this yet but read through the rules and am starting to play the online version via AI. I still need to play it more to see how long it takes to move cuz if it's 5 mins a move then it's better via PBEM. If it's 2 or 3 mins max a move then realtime is definitely duable seeing how it seems this game can end at any moment.

Posted Sat Jul 15, 2006 4:46 am
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Anton Tolman

(dranton)

United States
Springville
Utah

I have played it many, many times. It is already available online, though. (I think it is on gyges.net). However, there are few players there -- I think it deserves more playtime, so I would encourage it. To respond to the other posting -- moves often take less than 30 seconds or so, although there are always those who ponder and ponder......

I would give a thumbs up to this game on Boardspace.

Posted Sat Jul 26, 2008 8:18 pm
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Quinn Swanger

United States
Holly Springs
North Carolina

I second the motion. This is a pretty cool, puzzley, network game.

Posted Wed May 26, 2010 9:14 pm
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Johannes Wentu

(Wentu)

Italy
Parma
Unspecified

Played at nurnberg, very nice !!

Posted Mon Mar 28, 2011 2:45 pm
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23. Board Game: Octego [Average Rating:6.33 Overall Rank:5229]

Dave Dyer

United States
Playa Del Rey
California

Proposed by the inventor, and it certainly seems a plausible candidate.

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Posted Mon Feb 11, 2008 8:24 pm

ronaldinho @boardspace.net

(drunkenKOALA)

Taiwan

This game is better than I expected. A mixture of Xiang Qi and Breakthrough. Granted not as good as either of those, but still good.

Posted Mon May 12, 2008 12:35 pm
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24. Board Game: Topology [Average Rating:7.26 Unranked]

Markus Hagenauer

(Markus Hagenauer)

Germany
Surheim
Germany

An abstratc tile placement game for 2-4 players. (best with 2)

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Edited Tue Oct 26, 2010 7:37 am
Posted Sat Mar 27, 2010 7:11 am

25. Board Game: Hex Nut [Average Rating:6.04 Unranked]

Dave Dyer

United States
Playa Del Rey
California

boardless, pure hex game

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Posted Tue Mar 20, 2007 8:56 pm

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Dave Dyer

United States
Playa Del Rey
California

I've delisted Blokus and Blokus 3D, but not because I don't
like them. I removed blokus because it is primarily a
four player game, and because there is a nice web site
where it can already be played. I delisted rumis because
it is primarily a four player game, and because the 3D
aspects would be really hard to visialize on a computer
screen.

I delisted Go because it is already extremely well represented
elsewhere.

I delisted Dread Pirate. Maybe fun strategy but not abstract
enough due to all the dice rolling.

Edited Mon Aug 25, 2008 7:37 am
Posted Sat Jul 15, 2006 7:09 pm
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Ido Abelman

(CBpegasus)

Israel
Hod Hasharon

When I saw Yavalath on this list, I thought on an idea. Maybe a little crazy idea, but it could be nice. Cameron Browne, the "designer of the designer" - i.e. the guy that created the program that created Yavalath, also created a game definition language, called "ludi GDL". The language was created mostly to allow the ludi evolution process to happen - a computer can't create games if it has no way to define them! But I thought - maybe someone could create a "ludi game player" for online play. It would take some time to build - probably much more than a simple game program, but it could allow:
1. Implementing all of the "interesting" games (=not the "connect 4" ones) by ludi with just copy and paste.
2. Easy implementation of many games such as "the game of Y" and gomuko variants.
3. Allowing users to create games themselves.

Of course, programming this requires a lot of work, so I don't expect you to do it just because I said. But another option could be to contact Cameron Browne himself - he is a user here on bgg, and he already created a ludi game player in C++. If you could get the code from him, all you'd have to do is to convert it to java and add online play.

It's just an idea, but I think it would be pretty nice if you did it. Cameron's thesis, which contains a description of the GDL can be found here: [url] http://www.cameronius.com/bio/publications/thesis-2.47.zip [/url]

Posted Sun Jul 3, 2011 9:47 am
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Gustavo

(gmsa84)

Brazil
Hattiesburg
Mississippi

Why only abstracts? Is it too hard to implement other sorts of games? Or just a matter of personal taste?

Posted Wed Sep 28, 2011 5:13 pm
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