where is Storm anyway, I miss him!

mikkyT: his current BKR may also reflect his skill at inveigling others to play black against him! You know how some people play only one color on the solved games, like Horde and Maharajah? How do they get people to play with them? I could never figure it out, so I guess they deserve their BKR because I could never even get anyone to take a black battleboats plus game from me.

me too, i see no way for white to even think of a draw. Also, ughaibu's dominance with both colors definitely isn't a fluke. In him in this game, and also against him and me in jungle, players have challenged us to prove they have sure drawing methods. It was rather interesting really. But in both cases, the fortress idea was flawed and so far, I know of no way for a side to force a win in this or jungle. Ughaibu once said he felt there was a way intuitively, but since no one could find it, it wasn't important to delve into it yet. Could we, here, on brainking, see the beginnings of tablut theory forming? Ironically, the more we research into if there is a proven draw, the more draws we will have.
Part of me wants to say leave well enough alone because I like the game as it is, but the nature of humanity is progress, whether for good or ill. I hope we're not brilliant enough to ruin the game. People say chess is ruined because of the theory and the draws, but it found a way with the FRC addition. Anyway, getting ahead of myself here.

there was a great article, which someone attributed to ughaibu, written at www.abstractgamesmagazine.com, but it appears to have gone the way of the dodo.

I appreciate the new blood you've brought to the game and site, storm, keep it up.

i certainly didn't see anything on this board..don't know about the others.

i don't believe he posted anything on this board to warrant hiding. Why don't the global mods leave moderating to the locals?

Ah, I see your point. I found this article about Tablut. It sounds like it was written by a BK member but I don't know who?!

http://www.abstractgamesmagazine.com/tablut.html

<but if only the king can enter the corner, how could horizontally and vertically adjacent pieces to a corner ever be captured, if nothing could get on one side to surround them? Wouldn't just 8 be enough then>?