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Defeat may be victory, below the surface of shallow facts. [T.Sagme, Meditations]
Talking about new and old obscure abstract games
Defeat may be victory, below the surface of shallow facts. [T.Sagme, Meditations]
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João Neto
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19:36
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Here is an idea for a double Mancala game played with two concentric rings: 3 3 3 3 3 3 A's outer board (3 p/cell) K J I H G F
3 4 4 4 4 3 A's inner board (4 p/cell) L D C B A E
3 4 4 4 4 3 B's inner board e a b c d l
3 3 3 3 3 3 B's outer board f g h i j k
0. The rules of Wari are used, except:
1. The movement is around the board of the emptying cell only.
2. For his move, a player may transfer any number of stones of a friendly cell to one or more adjacent friendly cells of the other board. If this move is made, the player must pick and transfer one of those stones to the opponent as a captured stone.
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João Neto
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10:10
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Most of the early posts about new games came from playtesting and discussions between João Pedro Neto and Bill Taylor. But even before Bill's passing on July 2021, the blog had gradually shifted its focus toward old and obscure two-player abstract board games. The blog will tend to avoid Chess variants and Mancala games, as dedicated sites for those already exist.
Regarding the chronological tags: older games
means 1800s-1940s (pre-WW2),
old games
means 1950-1989 (pre-video games),
new games
means 1990-2005 (at least for now).