Sebastian Sohn's SoftBoard Games: Free, Commercial, and Abandoned Computer Version of Board, Card and Role-Playing Games with Computer AI (Artificial Intelligence) Opponents with Screen Shots

Sebastian Sohn

(chaosbreaker)

United States
culver city
CA

Recommend

Try this board game price search engine:
www.boardgameprices.com

Format:
Game program name (italicized like a book or a movie)
Location of a file like a link or description of location

Developer(s): (company or persons)
Board Game Geek ID: (if the developer is a Board Game Geek user)
Publisher: (company that distributes, can be "web")

AI strength:
meeple

random (makes legal moves)
meeple

beginner (makes strategic moves)
meeple

advance (better than average players)
meeple

tournament (competes with ranked players)
meeple

champion (top ranked player)

Interface:
meeple

Crude

Basic

Average

Good

Professional

Operating Systems:
Web Browser based
Flash
Java
OSX
Windows
Unix/Linux

Palm OS
Windows Mobile
Symbian OS
RIM BlackBerry
Linux mobile
Windows Mobile

Software Types:
stand alone
client connects to a central server
client connects to a your own (local) server
online browser based

Licenses:
Free
Free, open source
Commercial
Commercial Demo

Variants available.

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Learn how to play the games in this list by watching video tutorials:

The Definitive List of Board Game Videos and Interactive Tutorials
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/23763

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A guild for devlopers, hobbyists, and people interested in converting board games to computer games has been opened.
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/guild/458

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Why I put solitaire games in a list of games with an AI:
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/8323/item/781391#item7...

5-16-09 This list is now alphabetical -- The list has grown too big and people keep putting duplicate entries because they cannot find the games.

External Short Links: http://tinyurl.com/softboardgames or http://u.nu/5avu9

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Edited Sat Dec 25, 2010 5:31 am
Posted Fri Feb 23, 2007 6:12 am

301. Board Game: Titan [Average Rating:7.08 Overall Rank:335]

Sebastian Sohn

(chaosbreaker)

United States
culver city
CA

Colossus
http://colossus.sourceforge.net/

AI strength: meeple

beginner

Interface: meeple

Basic

Operating Systems:
OS Independent, Java

Software Types:
stand alone

Licenses: Free, open source

Several variant maps available

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POWER FACTOR # on left | SKILL FACTOR # on right

Trinket Magpie wrote:

Each unit has two numbers: Power and Skill.

ToHit = Defender's Skill - Attacker's Skill + 4; roll this or higher on a d6. There is a table but this is the formula. Furthermore it is capped such that a 6 is always a hit. This is further modified by terrain. Attacker gets a number of rolls equal to its Power.

NumHits = Defender's Power.

Valley Games Titan rulebook pp7-8 wrote:

... To strike, a character rolls a number of dice equal to its Power-factor. The Skill factors of the striking and target characters are cross-referenced on the Strike Chart to determine the Strike-number (minimum number needed on each die to hit). Each die roll equal to or greater than the Strike-number is a hit. When a character accumulates hits equal to or greater than its Power-factor, it is slain.
...

Avalon Hill 2nd edition rules > http://www.milwaukeerumble.com/colossus/TitanRules.pdf
Valley Games 3rd edition rules > http://files.boardgamegeek.com/file/download/2mtq659etc/RULE...

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Edited Fri Oct 30, 2009 4:42 am
Posted Sun Oct 22, 2006 6:13 am

Champion Eternal

(Champion Eternal)

Malaysia
Unspecified

Titan (the boardgame version) is one of my favourite games. This java version is faithful to the boardgame and is actually quite good. Now you can play with 6 AI/Human players in under 2 hours!

Posted Sat Jun 4, 2005 7:56 am
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Anthony Martins

(Quizoid)

United States
Lakewood
CO

I like the computer game much better mostly because it figures out the movement for you.

Posted Mon May 5, 2008 6:04 am
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Anthony Martins

(Quizoid)

United States
Lakewood
CO

Warbanner wrote:

I love this program, but must disagree about the AI strength. Its battle board skills are quite wretched. It attacks when it should defend, and sits back when it should attack. I've never lost a game to the AI, even when barely trying.

I think you mean you must agree.

Posted Mon May 5, 2008 6:05 am
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David Aber

(daber)

United States
Shawnee
Kansas

Quizoid wrote:

Warbanner wrote:

I think you mean you must agree.

Ditto -- Beginner is right about where it should be at.

Regardless, if you want to know what Titan is all about, this is what I point people too. It is great for learning the game mechanics.

Posted Sat Apr 18, 2009 1:34 pm
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Sean Todd

(greyareabeyond)

United States
Bloomington
Minnesota

Warbanner wrote:

Wow. I really suck at this game.

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302. Board Game: Torres [Average Rating:7.24 Overall Rank:187]

Sebastian Sohn

(chaosbreaker)

United States
culver city
CA

http://www.dartmoorsoft.com in the Shop area
direct link: http://download.softwrap.com/hosting/Torres/Torres.exe

Author(s): Dartmoor Softworks
BGG ID:
Publisher: Dartmoor Softworks

AI strength:
meeple

beginner

Interface:
meeple

Professional

Operating Systems:
Windows

Software Types:
stand alone
client connects to a your own (local) server

Licenses:
Commercial Demo

Variants available.

jgreys wrote:

... you are downloading and installing the full game, but you are given only ten minutes of play time in a game, and the program can only be run five times in a span of fourteen days. ...

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Edited Wed Jul 2, 2008 8:04 pm
Posted Sat Feb 3, 2007 6:25 pm

Sebastian Sohn

(chaosbreaker)

United States
culver city
CA

I bought several officially licensed game from a German dealer including Torres.

My adventures buying from ebay Germany:
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/9621

Edited Wed Jul 2, 2008 8:12 pm
Posted Sat Feb 3, 2007 6:33 pm
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Brandon Pennington

(TGov)

United States
Springfield
Missouri

If your orange juice doesn't burn on the way down, then you need more vodka!

really wish somebody would make an english online version of the catan card game!

Posted Sun Feb 18, 2007 4:18 pm
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I juggle cats.

(johnweldy)

United States
Portage
Michigan

The download link for Torres appears to be broken.

Posted Sun Sep 9, 2007 4:14 am
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R Shush

(shruthless)

United States
Seattle
Washington

Yup... the links are all broken.

Posted Thu Oct 16, 2008 6:34 am
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303. Board Game: TransAmerica [Average Rating:6.66 Overall Rank:567]

Sebastian Sohn

(chaosbreaker)

United States
culver city
CA

TransSib
http://www.hagru.at

Has several map boards and a map board making software to make your own.

Hagru's homepage is gone, so no map making software.

Author(s): Hagru
BGG ID:
Publisher: Hagru

AI strength:
meeple

advance

Interface:
meeple

Good

Operating Systems:
Java

Software Types:
stand alone

Licenses:
Free

Variants available.
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Has several map boards and (used to be) a map board making software to make your own.

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Edited Wed Jul 2, 2008 9:08 pm
Posted Sun Oct 29, 2006 1:57 am

M C

(craniac)

United States
Orem
Utah

I love this game *and* Ticket to Ride. I can't figure out how to play Transsib over a network though.

Posted Tue Mar 28, 2006 4:14 pm
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Geo

(GeoMan)

Greece

Marousi

Official working page:

http://home.pages.at/hagru/en/games/transsib.html

Posted Wed Jan 3, 2007 8:00 pm
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Watch out for the

(Kaffedrake)

Sweden

Help, I'm being held prisoner in an overtext typing facility! I don't have much time, they could find out at any m

I'm that weirdo whose number of badges sold prior to yesterday Bail Organa is keeping track of

I've been playing this some lately - I actually think it's more fun making your own abstract maps with symmetric node layouts and playing short, tactical games on them than playing on the bigger geographical maps. There are a few problems:

* Game freezes up every now and then - annoying, but not frequent enough to stop me playing.

* The algorithm for calculating distances at the end is flawed. It works for most cases, but I've seen it deal out a harsher penalty to myself twice and a bot once than would be required by the rules. Example: I have two unconnected cities with minimum distances 3 and 4 respectively. They are connected by a double link. The game comes up with a total distance of 6, possibly by connecting the furthest node by the shortest path, then adding 2 for the double link to the adjacent city since that's now the shortest path to it. But you could of course just as easily start with the 3-city and then add 2 for a total of 5.

* Starting order isn't random. Player 1 will always be first when you start playing on a map. If you finish a game and start a new one without going to the map selection screen, player order will continue to rotate from where it was.

* If you set the number of segments per turn higher than 2, you will run into problems when connecting multiple groups in the same turn, being unable to extend from the second group.

* When editing cities in the mapper, you must be careful not to hit enter after you type in the name of a city. Doing so will get you an error message that you've used a prohibited character, and what's more, even after you correct this by deleting everything in the textbox, even though the game will allow you to save your map, it will not be a valid map as far as the game (or even the mapper) is concerned. I suppose you could use a hex editor to salvage the map in this case.

I'll post a few custom maps if anyone's interested.

Posted Fri May 27, 2011 10:38 pm
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Stefano Crespi

(theruler)

Italy
Bologna
Italy

Have you considered submit bugs (good cathes) you've found directly to the author?
I did it some time ago and he kindly replied in a couple of days.
The project is on hold, but he said a new bugfix/improved (with vexation) version will surely come out in the near future.

I've submitted also the Italy map I did with my bro, and he posted it on his website.

Posted Sat May 28, 2011 11:25 am
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304. Board Game: Trax [Average Rating:6.61 Overall Rank:1573]

Sebastian Sohn

(chaosbreaker)

United States
culver city
CA

Trax
Download and install the setuptrax.exe, a Windows client.
http://www.traxgame.com/shop_download.php

Trax, my favorite line or loop making game. You make a 8 space line or a loop while trying to prevent your opponent from doing the same.

Download and install the Windows client to connect to a Trax game server where you can play the Lobbybot AI for free. However you have to play from level one and work your way up with the Lobbybot.

You can purchase Doby, an offline AI that that you can play and start at any level.

Author(s): traxgame.com?
BGG ID:
Publisher: traxgame.com?

AI strength:
meeple

tournament

Interface:
meeple

Good

Operating Systems:
Web Browser based
Windows

Software Types:
client connects to a central sever

Licenses:
Free
Commercial Demo

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Edited Wed Jul 2, 2008 7:05 pm
Posted Sun Oct 29, 2006 1:35 am

Sebastian Sohn

(chaosbreaker)

United States
culver city
CA

Play Trax real time with humans or AI on boardspace.net

Java online, multiplatform
no installation needed and guest accounts available

weak AI
www.boardapace.net

Posted Tue Jun 13, 2006 7:38 pm
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305. Board Game: Trivial Pursuit [Average Rating:5.24 Overall Rank:7834]

Sebastian Sohn

(chaosbreaker)

United States
culver city
CA

http://board-games.pogo.com/games/trivial-pursuit

Author(s): Pogo
BGG ID:
Publisher: Pogo

AI strength: N/A--puzzle

Interface: meeple

Good

Operating Systems:
Web Browser based
Flash

Software Types: client connects to a central sever

Licenses: Free

========================================================================
An online variant of Trivial Pursuit. The first quiz/trivia game on the list.

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Posted Tue Dec 14, 2010 7:40 am

Sebastian Sohn

(chaosbreaker)

United States
culver city
CA

Anyone know better trivia game than the Pogo's online Trivial Pursuit?

Edited Tue Dec 14, 2010 8:00 am
Posted Tue Dec 14, 2010 7:49 am
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Tiger Wiccan

(tigerwiccan)

United States

Florida

There are the Buzz games for Playstation and You Don't Know Jack for PC.

Also, in the arcades of yore (now playable through MAME) there are several triva games. My favorite is one from Capcom called Quiz and Dragons, that actually plays like a fantasy board game where you fight the monsters by answering questions. There are four classes you can play as, and each has a special ability. Great stuff there.

Edited Tue Dec 14, 2010 2:41 pm
Posted Tue Dec 14, 2010 2:40 pm
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306. Board Game: Tsuro [Average Rating:6.48 Overall Rank:811]

Jason Monroe

(belial1134)

United States
St Louis
Missouri

Premium game at http://www.gametableonline.com/

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Posted Tue Feb 9, 2010 7:59 pm

307. Board Game: Turkish Checkers [Average Rating:6.05 Unranked]

Sebastian Sohn

(chaosbreaker)

United States
culver city
CA

Ntama -- Turkish checkers program
http://ntama.cjb.net

Turkish checkers, Dama, uses the entire 8x8 board and a different setup. A much better game.

Author(s): krot
BGG ID:
Publisher: krot

AI strength:
meeple

tournament

Interface:
meeple

Average

Operating Systems:
Windows
Linux

Software Types:
stand alone

Licenses:
Free

Variants available.

Other checker software: http://perso.orange.fr/alemanni/

0 comments

Edited Sun Mar 4, 2007 5:12 pm
Posted Sat Oct 21, 2006 8:34 am

308. Board Game: Twelve Men's Morris [Average Rating:6.24 Unranked]

Adam Oellermann

(adamoell)

United Kingdom

Game program name: AHEM
http://www.oellermann.com/morabaraba

AI Strength:

Interface:

Operating Systems: Win32, Linux

Software Types: standalone (central server work-in-progress)

License: free, open source (GPL)

Variants available: currently just Morabaraba, but should soon support Sesotho Morabaraba and Nine Men's Morris (maybe eventually Shax)

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Edited Sat Apr 28, 2007 12:10 pm
Posted Sun Apr 15, 2007 10:49 am

Doc Bullseye

(KnobDoctor)

United States
Brownsburg
Indiana

Yes, yes, but will it support Trinoly? ( http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/137446)

Posted Fri Aug 3, 2007 11:08 pm
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309. Board Game: Twixt [Average Rating:6.60 Overall Rank:858]

Sebastian Sohn

(chaosbreaker)

United States
culver city
CA

T1j - a java Twixt program
http://www.johannes-schwagereit.de/t1j/index.html

Twixt is a classic connection game like advanced version of hex.
T1j is able to play on bigger boards up to 36x36, but the AI slows down.

Author(s): Johannes Schwagereit
BGG ID:
Publisher: Johannes Schwagereit

AI strength:
meeple

advance

Interface:
meeple

Basic

Operating Systems:
Java
OSX
Windows
Unix/Linux

Software Types:
stand alone

Licenses:
Free, open source

Variants available.

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Edited Wed Jul 2, 2008 6:43 pm
Posted Tue Nov 7, 2006 5:32 pm

David Bush

(twixter)

United States
Lexington
Virginia

IMO the AI is very weak. The user interface allows you to set up a row handicap board, so if you want to, the computer will have less distance to cross. Of course there is no pie rule in a handicap game. T1J does offer the pie rule, which is nice. It does not support link removal, but that is a minor esoteric issue which only serious devotees care about.

EDIT 5 years later: Version 0.2 is available now. IMO it is significantly stronger. It usually beats me when I give it 8 rows plus move. It understands some basic attacking patterns, and plays more aggressively than before.

Edited Tue Dec 6, 2011 1:48 pm
Posted Sat Nov 4, 2006 6:37 pm
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Sebastian Sohn

(chaosbreaker)

United States
culver city
CA

Twixter is right, the AI is weak but its hard to judge because I dont play twixt well. On the other hand Twixter, is a tournament ranked Twxit player, so any Twixt AI has to be super strong.

Posted Tue Nov 7, 2006 5:39 pm
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Jeff Anderson

(jffanderson)

United States

Utah

I'm no professional twixt player. But I do really like the game and have played it with my family for years. The AI in this program may be weak to a tournament player but for a casual player it offers a nice challenge. I can only beat it a little over half the time.

Posted Wed Nov 8, 2006 2:59 am
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David Bush

(twixter)

United States
Lexington
Virginia

jffanderson wrote:

I'm no professional twixt player...

Heh, sorry, that just makes me laugh

Maybe I could make a late night TV commercial. Buy my book and get rich playing Twixt!

I'm glad you enjoy T1j!

Posted Sun Feb 25, 2007 4:08 pm
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Jason Monroe

(belial1134)

United States
St Louis
Missouri

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

Posted Tue Feb 9, 2010 6:42 pm
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310. Board Game: Tycoon [Average Rating:6.89 Overall Rank:921]

Sebastian Sohn

(chaosbreaker)

United States
culver city
CA

Tycoon Online
http://hilinski.net/games/online
AI strength:
meeple

advance

Interface:
meeple

Average

Operating Systems:
Web Browser based
Java

Software Types:
client connects to a central sever
online browser based

Licenses:
Free
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Tycoon was redesigned as: El Capitán

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Edited Wed Jul 2, 2008 7:25 pm
Posted Sat Oct 21, 2006 5:18 pm

Jason Matthews

(JasonMatthews)

United States
Alexandria
Virginia

Tycoon is a fantastic, and underappreciated gem. Though the game is 7 years old, it still holds up well. Also this "port" to the online world is very good. The AI is beatable, but will definitely give you a run for your money.

Posted Wed Aug 17, 2005 4:09 am
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Per Sylvan

(Perry)

Sweden
STOCKHOLM
Stockholm

Regrettably the link does not work anymore

Anyhow know an alternate?

Posted Thu Nov 5, 2009 8:21 pm
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311. Board Game: Tyrus [Average Rating:6.11 Overall Rank:2865]

Sebastian Sohn

(chaosbreaker)

United States
culver city
CA

Tyrus
www.nivozero.com

direct links >
Windows: http://www.nivozero.com/TYRUS/tyrus1.1/Windows/install.exe
OSX: http://www.nivozero.com/TYRUS/tyrus1.1/MacOSX/install.zip

Author(s): nivozero.com
BGG ID:
Publisher: nivozero.com

AI strength:
meeple

advance

Interface:
meeple

Good

Operating Systems:
Java
OSX
Windows
Unix/Linux

Software Types:
stand alone

Licenses:
Free

0 comments

Edited Wed Jul 2, 2008 6:13 pm
Posted Sat Oct 28, 2006 5:59 am

312. Board Game: Um Reifenbreite [Average Rating:6.93 Overall Rank:515]

Sebastian Sohn

(chaosbreaker)

United States
culver city
CA

Homas Tour

http://homastour.tripod.com/

AI strength:
meeple

advance

Interface:
meeple

Good

Operating Systems:
Windows

Software Types:
stand alone

Licenses:
Free

0 comments

Edited Wed Jul 2, 2008 7:19 pm
Posted Sat Oct 21, 2006 6:10 pm

313. Board Game: Vampire [Average Rating:5.93 Overall Rank:2787]

Jason Monroe

(belial1134)

United States
St Louis
Missouri

Free on http://www.gametableonline.com/

0 comments

Posted Tue Feb 9, 2010 8:01 pm

314. Board Game: Vegas Showdown [Average Rating:7.27 Overall Rank:185]

Sebastian Sohn

(chaosbreaker)

United States
culver city
CA

Gleemax Vegas Showdown
http://www.gametableonline.com

Author(s): Gametable Online
BGG ID:
Publisher: Gametable Online

AI strength:
meeple

Advanced
Interface:
meeple

Professional

Operating Systems:
Web Browser based
Java

Software Types:
client connects to a central sever

Licenses:
Commercial

=====================================================================
9-12-08 Moved from Hasbro's wizards.com Gleemax Games to https://www.gametableonline.com

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Edited Fri Sep 12, 2008 10:16 pm
Posted Thu Jun 12, 2008 7:48 am

I'm Commander StatSig and this is my favorite bee on the Citadel

(StatSig)

United States
Takoma Park
Maryland

This is one of my favorite online board-games, and I will be very sad when it's no longer free. The AI is a bit weak--its fanatical devotion to Lounges above all else can be its downfall--but it's fast and has a professional, clean, no-frills interface that works perfectly.

Posted Fri Jun 13, 2008 10:15 pm
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Jeff Wood

(Cinnibar)

United States
Davis
California

I love this implementation

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Jim M

(crazybastard77)

United States
Loveland
Colorado

One of the few advantages of online vs FTF gaming is that the computer does the mechanical work. That's key here because the one problem with this otherwise fantastic game is that it's too mechanical. Fortunately, with the GTO version, the computer flips cards, places tiles on the board, adjusts fame, etc. It makes the game go quicker and smoother than in FTF play. And paying a one-time activation fee that essentially amounts to $5 isn't too much to ask to support a superb website like gametableonline.com.

Jim

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315. Board Game: Verräter [Average Rating:6.81 Overall Rank:615]

Sebastian Sohn

(chaosbreaker)

United States
culver city
CA

Turncoat -- a rethemed Verräter.
http://skookumpete.com/#turncoat

Author(s): Peter Donnelly
BGG user ID:

Peter Donnelly

(SkookumPete)

Canada
Comox Valley
British Columbia

Publisher: Skookum Software http://skookumpete.com

AI strength: meeple

beginner

Interface: meeple

Average

Operating Systems: Windows

Software Types: stand alone

Licenses: Free

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Edited Sat Oct 17, 2009 10:54 pm
Posted Mon Nov 13, 2006 6:31 am

Mike Lin

(Powpow)

United States
Portland
OR - Oregon

The website seems to be locked.

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Sebastian Sohn

(chaosbreaker)

United States
culver city
CA

Powpow wrote:

The website seems to be locked.

Fixed -- a new, working link: http://skookumpete.com/#turncoat

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Julien Morel

(morelju)

France
BURGILLE

A good mean to learn the "roles" and the rules of this game. I don't think AI is at beginner level (or may be that's my level?

)

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316. Board Game: Vinci [Average Rating:7.23 Overall Rank:225]

Sebastian Sohn

(chaosbreaker)

United States
culver city
CA

Shubert Java Vinci

Developers: W M Shubert
Board Game Geek ID:

W M Shubert

(wmshub)

United States
Portland
Oregon

KGS is the #1 web site for playing go over the internet. Visit now!

Yes, I really am that awesome.

Publisher: Self Published

AI strength: meeple

advance

Interface: meeple

Average

Operating Systems: Java, multi-platform

Software Types: stand alone

Licenses: free

Developer thread: http://boardgamegeek.com/thread/430908/vinci-pc-game

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type: diplomacy, war
Complexity: 7/10 -- no tutorial

Overview >> http://www.faidutti.com/index.php?Module=ludotheque&id=248
Rules >> http://www.boardgamegeek.com/filepage/321/vinci2rules-pdf
Review/rules video >> see below
Play Aid >> see below
Download >> http://boardgamegeek.com/filepage/45771

Learning point: asymmetrical positions that balanced by auctions and players by leader bashing.

Use the play aids. The tile scans are tiny.

tile play aid (click to enlarge)

terrain guide (click to enlarge)

You can watch this video of a similar game, Small World which is Vinci redevelopment, sort of Vinci 2.0 reboot. Both games are similar enough that knowing one will allow you to play the other: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wa2osQtM11A

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Edited Sun Apr 3, 2011 5:45 am
Posted Sat May 8, 2010 12:08 am

Julien Morel

(morelju)

France
BURGILLE

REALLY HARD TO READ THESE tiny tiles

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317. Board Game: War! Age of Imperialism [Average Rating:5.62 Overall Rank:6120]

Sebastian Sohn

(chaosbreaker)

United States
culver city
CA

War! Age of Imperialism The Computer Game
http://www.donohoedigital.com/war/demos.html

Author(s): Donohoe Digital
BGG ID:
Publisher: Eagle Games

AI strength: meeple

advance
Interface: meeple

Professional

Operating Systems:
OSX
Windows
Unix/Linux

Software Types:
stand alone

Licenses: Commercial Demo

Variants available.

========================================================================
demo has the following limitations:
* Games are limited to 7 turns (saving and loading of games is disabled).
* Online play is not available.
* Some house rules (variants) are not available.

2003 Wargamer.com Bronze Readers Choice Award
2005 Independent Game Festival finalist

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Posted Thu May 28, 2009 2:27 am

318. Board Game: Web of Power [Average Rating:7.38 Overall Rank:177]

Sebastian Sohn

(chaosbreaker)

United States
culver city
CA

http://www.onlinebrettspiele.de/kuk/?en

Author(s): Thomas Rosanski
Publisher: onlinebrettspiele.de
bgg user id:

Thomas Rosanski

(toro)

Germany
Duisburg
North Rhine-Westphalia

AI strength: meeple

Beginner

Interface: meeple

Average

Operating Systems: Web Browser based

Software Type: online browser based

Licenses: Free

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Edited Wed Jan 18, 2012 4:39 am
Posted Sat Oct 21, 2006 8:34 am

Sebastian Sohn

(chaosbreaker)

United States
culver city
CA

If your load time is slooooooow...

Here is a solution from the FAQs:

"The images on every page are loaded from the internet. How can I reduce the time to load?
The images have to be loaded at game start, but then the images should not be re-loaded from the net. Please check your browser settings and activate the file cache/temporary internet files in your browser, so that the images are not loaded everytime."

-- http://www.onlinebrettspiele.de/old/kuk/Default.asp?en

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Michael Orford

(smallllama)

United States
Missoula
Montana

I think the AI strength should be downgraded to "beginner". I beat it my very first game and have now never lost a game to it (and I had never played Web of Power before playing this computer version). I am impressed with the computer version but the AI is just not very strong.

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Sebastian Sohn

(chaosbreaker)

United States
culver city
CA

smallllama wrote:

Adjusted to "Beginner." I could rarely beat it.

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319. Board Game: Wings of War: The Dawn of World War II [Average Rating:6.95 Overall Rank:634]

Sebastian Sohn

(chaosbreaker)

United States
culver city
CA

SteamBirds
SteamBirds is inspired game of A Wings of War: The Dawn of World War II.
http://armorgames.com/play/5426

Developer: Andy Moore, Daniel Cook, and DannyB
Publisher: Armor Games
bgg user id: none

AI strength: meeple

advance

Interface: meeple

Professional

Operating Systems: Web Browser based

Software Type: online browser based

Licenses: Free

========================================================================
SteamBirds is clone that plays like a simplified version of Wings of War: DoW.

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Edited Mon May 17, 2010 8:33 pm
Posted Mon May 17, 2010 7:10 pm

Walt

(Tall_Walt)

United States
Orange County
California

Hint: if you use Flashblock, you can copy the address of the .swf file into the address bar and play the game full screen.

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(clawster)

Australia

caltino wrote:

This really could be a big hit as an iphone game.

i'm pretty sure it already is an iPhone game.
i've got an Android version installed on my phone.

Posted Mon Dec 20, 2010 10:24 pm
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Damon

(simpledamon)

United States
Seattle
Washington

DO NOT CLICK HERE!

I have it on my iphone

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C.A.

(caltino)

United States
Oxford
Mississippi

clawster wrote:

caltino wrote:

This really could be a big hit as an iphone game.

i'm pretty sure it already is an iPhone game.
i've got an Android version installed on my phone.

It "already" wasn't. It just came out on the iphone.

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Marshall Miller

(Mease19)

United States
Medford
Massachusetts

Great fun!

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320. Board Game: Wizard's Quest [Average Rating:6.13 Overall Rank:1855]

Sebastian Sohn

(chaosbreaker)

United States
culver city
CA

Fantasy wargame from Avalon Hill for Windows.

http://www.geocities.com/strandedtogether/wizardsquest.htm

Install and play.

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Posted Sat Oct 21, 2006 8:34 am

(Gigalith)

Please note that this is very glitchy at times. In one game, the player who was last in turn order was eliminated, and the "turn" never ended. The game went on, but the orcs stopped attacking, Peacemaker stopped moving, and the Dragon was slain and never came back, at which point I realized what happened.

In another, I was involved in a Sorcerer vs. Sorcerer battle, and after the other side lost, the game crashed.

Posted Thu Jul 27, 2006 10:37 pm
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David Spitzley

(Dspitzle)

United States
Belleville
Michigan

Link to the site works, but the download link on the site no longer functions.

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D M

(Xombeehive)

United States

South Carolina

Luckily, I have a copy of the file on my old PC. If someone wants to me to email the file to them, I wouldn't mind. Maybe someone can host it somewhere.

Would there be a problem with that?

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Mike Russo

(maddog00)

United States
Hillsborough
New Jersey

http://www.oocities.org/strandedtogether/wizardsquest/downlo...

This seems to work for it.

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321. Board Game: Wizards [Average Rating:6.20 Overall Rank:2448]

Sebastian Sohn

(chaosbreaker)

United States
culver city
CA

A fan made Java version of the Wizards from Avalon Hills.

http://wizards.dewkid.com/

multiplaform, download and play

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Posted Sat Oct 21, 2006 8:34 am

Marlin Back

(marlinus64)

United States
COLUMBUS
Indiana

Whenever I play this I seem to get stuck in the Dragons den and am never able to leave again turn after turn...is this a glitch or am I doing something wrong?

Posted Thu Sep 13, 2007 3:42 pm
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Sean Brodrick

(seanarama)

United States
Unspecified
Unspecified

Also, I've noticed that I always go last in the turn rotation. And the game simply won't let me attack from certain spaces to other spaces (and I'm not talking about attacks that are illegal because they're over rivers). This was in a four-player game, maybe it's specific to that set-up or my machine. While these glitches are frustrating and make it pretty much unplayable, it's nice to see someone porting great old board games over to the computer.

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Sean Brodrick

(seanarama)

United States
Unspecified
Unspecified

Sorry, this was supposed to be a reply to Wizard's Quest, not Wizards.

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Hunter Johnson

(jhunterj)

United States
Dayton
Ohio

marlinus64 wrote:

Whenever I play this I seem to get stuck in the Dragons den and am never able to leave again turn after turn...is this a glitch or am I doing something wrong?

There was an error in the demon encounters that resulted in a "transport to center of the Dragon's Lair" instead of "transport to a random Dragon's Lair space". The 1.5 version should be more forgiving of getting in to the Dragon's Lair.

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322. Board Game: Wooden Ships & Iron Men [Average Rating:6.96 Overall Rank:541]

Sebastian Sohn

(chaosbreaker)

United States
culver city
CA

Wooden Ships & Iron Men

http://www.download.com > search for Wooden Ships & Iron Men
Direct link > http://tinyurl.com/692euf

Author(s): Avalon Hill
Board Game Geek ID:
Publisher: Avalon Hill

AI strength:
meeple

advance

Interface:
meeple

Professional

Operating Systems:
Windows

Software Types:
stand alone

Licenses:
Free demo

==================================================
Played using DOSBox. The demo has one scenario. Can be found many free download sites.

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Edited Thu Jul 3, 2008 9:17 am
Posted Thu Nov 29, 2007 6:36 am

Sebastian Sohn

(chaosbreaker)

United States
culver city
CA

Also play play-by-web for free at www.youplay.it

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323. Board Game: XiangQi [Average Rating:7.24 Overall Rank:438]

Sebastian Sohn

(chaosbreaker)

United States
culver city
CA

Qianhong (pictured)with a strong AI.
Download and play: http://www.jcraner.com/qianhong
Windows

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Edited Wed Jul 2, 2008 7:21 pm
Posted Sat Oct 21, 2006 8:34 am

Sebastian Sohn

(chaosbreaker)

United States
culver city
CA

Play Java online:
hosted by The University of Alberta GAMES Group:
http://www.cs.ualberta.ca/~games/

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Jay Adan

(JayAdan)

United States
Erving
Massachusetts

I couldn't get this to work. I kept getting an "unable to connect to server" error.

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(mrtof)

Canada
Montreal
Quebec

Another nice one:
http://ajaxchess.pragmaticlogic.com/

These is also an iphone version:
http://ipcsim.pragmaticlogic.com/

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Kevin Larsen

(kevlarsen)

United States
Batavia
New York

There's a free XiangQi program here:
http://www.cc-xiexie.com/download.php

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Michaël Monzo

(Sultan Rahi)

France
Allonne
Oise

There is also a GTK version (mostly for Gnu/Linux but should work anywhere):
http://code.google.com/p/gmchess/

For Debian and Ubuntu, it’s already in the repositories.

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324. Board Game: Yavalath [Average Rating:7.10 Overall Rank:2556]

Néstor Romeral Andrés

(n_r_a)

Spain

Yavalath

http://www.cameronius.com/games/yavalath/Yavalath.zip

Developer(s) and BGG User ID(s):

Cameron Browne

(camb)

Australia
Brisbane
Queensland

Publisher: nestorgames

AI strength:
meeple

champion (top ranked player)

(setting the thinking time as high as you want)

Interface:

meeple

Good

Operating Systems:

Windows

Software Types:

stand alone

Licenses:

Free

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Posted Thu Jan 7, 2010 8:57 am

325. Board Game: YINSH [Average Rating:7.67 Overall Rank:69]

Sebastian Sohn

(chaosbreaker)

United States
culver city
CA

Yinish
http://www.boardspace.net

Register for free or play as a guest.

Author(s): Dave Dyer
BGG user ID:

Dave Dyer

(ddyer)

United States
Playa Del Rey
California

Publisher: Dave Dyer

AI strength:
meeple

beginner

Interface:
meeple

Average

Operating Systems:
Web Browser based

Software Types:
client connects to a central sever
online browser based

Licenses:
Free

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Edited Sat Oct 17, 2009 10:56 pm
Posted Thu Oct 26, 2006 6:21 am

Rafael M

(raphaelus)

Puerto Rico
del Noreste

I still can't beat it

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Sebastian Sohn

(chaosbreaker)

United States
culver city
CA

Games that are added to this list must have:

* AI (artificial intelligence)
* If no AI then be a solitaire puzzle
* Enforce the game rules

Why this list?

1) The primary reason I created this list is so people can learn how to play a board games the way the designer and the publisher intended.

When I was new to modern European board games, pre-boardgamegeek era, I played board games with wrong rules because I did know what I was doing--like I said I was new modern board games. Playing by the wrong rules really changed some games to the point they were not fun to play. When you play a SoftBoard game, all the correct rules are enforced so you can play right.

2) The secondary reason is that I want people to be able to try a game before they buy a copy.

Unlike video games, unless someone you know has a copy and wants to teach it, it is hard to try a game before you buy it.

3) The third reason is that one can practice new strategies for a face-to-face game.

Enjoy,

--Sebastian

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Jacob Busby

(Jacob Busby)

United Kingdom
Southampton
Unspecified

Excellent list! Thanks! (Now if only we could search on it like a database.)

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Walt

(Tall_Walt)

United States
Orange County
California

Try "Titles Only", one of the options on the bottom right of the GeekList header. Click on the number to get the GL item!

Edited Mon Oct 31, 2011 9:39 pm
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Jeremy Haas

(j3rm)

United States
Elkridge
Maryland

Tall_Walt wrote:

Try "Titles Only", one of the options on the bottom right of the GeekList header. Click on the number to get the GL item!

I didn't even know that was there... thanks!

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David Schallert

(Fromage)

United States
Bloomington
Illinois

This list exists too! http://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/140673/item/2124236#item21...

Kinda similar, but it's all games that can be played online for free (not necessarily with AI).

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