and for those who are curious ... it's my creation ... I doubt anyone played this kind of game using domino tiles ... the placement of tiles is very unusual ... please read on.

RULES OF KARGUL ...

Game name: Kargul in Polish language is someone who is a bad neighbor, someone who throws garbage over the fence to make his neighbor more angry ...

Set: 6x6, 28 tiles set ...

Beginning: Every player gets 11 tiles and keeps them visible only for himself ... (6 tiles remain unknown for the players)

First set: players decide who plays first and any tile can be played as a starter ...

Layout: players place their tiles vertically, one by one ... horizontal bar on domino tile plays a role of a fence ... and that means all the numbers below the fence belong the the player that is closer to them ... below is an example of the first tile played ... I am sitting closer to number 5 and my opponent to number 6 ... and this situation means that I got -5 points (minus) and my opponent -6 points (minus) ... and every time a tile is placed, someone get negative points (with the exception of a ZERO) ...

6 

5

Matching tiles: Players in their turns HAVE to match either of the numbers of the last placed tiles ... in our example (which I started placing 5-6) my opponent can put vertically any tile that touches mine 5-6 with numbers 6 and 5 on them ... let's continue with our example ... my opponent places 6-3 and the picture looks like:

6 6

5 3

and it means I got -3 points (minus) that add to my previous negative score ... he was a bad neighbor ... he was kargul ... now I place 3-5 matching one of the numbers and my neighbor get -5 points that add to his previous score ... and the layout so far looks like :

6 6 5

5 3 3

But this is not the end of possible plays ... look what happens when (it's his turn now) he has no tile to match number 5 ... he has to match number 3 (assuming he has one of course) and he CREATES negative load for himself ... let's say he has a tile that matches number 3 on the table ... and it's 2-3 adding 2 negative points to his score ...

6 6 5 2

5 3 3 3 (with score 8:13 for me)

Did you get the idea ? It's a funny game and with plenty of occasions for strategic thinking ... easy to play, already tested ... be kargul in this game but not in real life ... who got less points after all the tiles are placed or when the game is blocked is the winner, when both get the same score, the game is draw ... when a player passes, the other player continues the play, and so on ...

Hope you like it ... Andy.

1. Played on a 10x8 board.


2. Each player has 3 Kings, 1 Queen, 1 Archbishop, 1 Chancellor, 1 Rook, 1 Bishop, 1 Knight, and 10 Pawns.


3. White starts with 10 Pawns on the 2nd row; Black with 10 Pawns on the 7th.


4. The remaining pieces of White are placed randomly on the first row, under the condition no 2 Kings are placed next to each other.


5. Blacks pieces are placed on the 8th row, mirrorring White's.


6. Each Player has two 8-sided dice; each face representing one of the 8 different pieces.


7. On each turn, the Player's dice are rolled. Player must move one of the pieces shown on the dice - or promote a Pawn to the shown piece. (So, if Player rolls Rook and Bishop, he either moves his Rook, moves his Bishop, or promotes a Pawn to Rook or Bishop).


8. If a Player cannot move either of the shown pieces (because the pieces are blocked, or captured and no longer on the board), nor promote a Pawn to a shown piece, the Player must forfeit his move.


9. Pawns aren't allowed to promote to King nor to Pawn.


10. If a Player is in Check, and he has the option to move out of Check (or to eliminate the Check), he must do so.


11. A Player may not move into Check unless he has no other move available.


12. A King attacking a King is not counted as Check.


13. First Player to capture all opponents Kings wins.


14. On the first move, one of the dice will show a Pawn.

• Player may make any moves he wants.


• Player may move indicated piece twice (but not capture a King on the second move).


• Player must pass.

missing one game option ... I would like to to play not for won games points, but for points I won during the game itself ... Ludo for example, I can win 4 :0 or 3:1 ... backgammon, I can win 15:0 or anything else just by counting my checkers out of the board ... same story with Chess Dice with 3 kings ... I would like to have an option to play let's say to 10 points, every time counting opponent's kings I removed from the game ... not only winning would be important , but the quality of winning each game in a  round would count ...

Andy.

Herlock Sholmes: we can even come closer to regular golf and create a system like below:

1. Keep all the fix scores like they are, adding of course 3 new holes (1 pair, 2 pairs, 3 of a kind) to make it 18 holes course.

2. For lower six holes (categories) make 4 of a kind (at least) a requirement to score a hole ...

3. Assigned points depending on the number of rolls used to make a hole:

2 points - for comlepting a hole in first roll

1 point - for making a hole in the second roll

0 points - for making a hole in the third roll

-1 point for the fourth try, -2 points for the fifth try ... -3 points if not made in the fifth try ... (five rolls is the maximum number)

This system changes the whole idea behind collecting points for categories ... for example: it's no longer important how high you score 4 of a kind, but if you score AT ALL, and in which roll ... it creates a new game ...

For those who do not like to fall BELOW ZERO, we may use different system to record points for holes:

1 point for the first roll, 2 points for the second roll ... down to 5 points for the fifth roll and 6 points for not making a hole in the fifth roll and also for crossing out any other hole ... of course, player with the lowest score wins the game ... this system is easy to remember since points correspond to the roll number ...

Andy.

joshi tm: no, rolls can be made in any order based on the situation on the golf course ... I think going from hole to hole in order would be too restrictive ... although more like a real golf ... bankroll idea (or unlimited rolls) is well known feature in dice games, game of FARKLE is one of them ... I played several form of Yahztee using this system ... we can try to incorporate golf feature of "being in par" when a task is accomplished in 3 rolls, if beyond, some form of negative points could be used ... thanks for your input.

Andy.

Hello, here is the new approach to play Dice Poker 6D ... something for golf lovers ... below are the rules:

1. There are 18 holes in the whole course ...

2. I introduced 3 additional categories: 1 pair, 2 pairs and 3 of a kind (nothing new, they exist in regular poker) that gives us 18 categories (holes). Below is the score table for all 18 holes:

1. Ones - a sum of all 1's
   
2. Twos - a sum of all 2's
   
3. Threes - a sum of all 3's
   
4. Fours - a sum of all 4's
   
5. Fives - a sum of all 5's
   
6. Sixes - a sum of all 6's
   
7. 1 Pair - 2 dice with the same numbers+ 4 dice with different numbers - sum of all dice (examples for 3 new categories below)
   
8. 2 Pairs - 2 dice with the same nubers + 2 dice with the same numbers(different than the first pair) + 2 different dice (different from 2 first pairs) - sum of all dice
   
9. 3 of a kind - 3 dice with the same numbers + 3 different numbers - sum of all dice
   
10. 4 of a kind (4 or more dice with the same number) - a sum of all dice
    
11. 5 of a kind (5 or more dice with the same number) - a sum of all dice
    
12. Full House (3 dice with the same number + 2 dice with the same number, and those two numbers must be different) - sum of the dice 
    
13. Full Car (2 dice with the same number + 2 dice with the same number + 2 dice with the same number, and those three numbers must be different) - sum of the dice 
    
14. Full Hotel (3 dice with the same number + 3 dice with the same number, and those two numbers must be different) - sum of the dice 
    
15. Large Straight (a straight of 5 or more dice) - 123456(21points) wins the hole over 23456(20 points) which wins the hole over 12345(15 points) 
    
16. Full Straight (a straight of all dice) - 1 point scored immediately in the hole (when other player scores  in this hole, it's a draw for this hole)
    
17. 6 of a kind (all dice with the same number) - higher 6 of a kind is the hole winner (222222 beats 111111 etc.)
    
18. Chance (any dice combination) - a sum of all dice
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Now, player that get higher score in particular hole is the winner of this hole ... who wins more holes wins the whole course and becomes champion ... when players win equal number of holes it's a draw. After players score points for a particular hole, software  replaces scores for O for the loser and 1 for the winner ... during the game it is very important to target scores already made in particular holes. WINNING THE HOLE IS THE SUB-GOAL (similar to real golf) ... fixed scores for hotel, car, full house etc are abolished and replaced by actual point scores and it adds more excitements to the game ...here are the examples of 3 new categories ...




1 pair ... 44 5631 (no numbers can repeat itself) - example of wrong sequence: 44 1354 (4 is repeated)




2 pairs ... 33 11 24 (no numbers can repeat itself) - example of wrong sequence: 33 11 35 (3 is repeated)




3 of a kind ... 444 132 (no numbers repeat itself) - example of wrong sequence: 444 564 (4 is repeated) ... 




I would rather be golfing ... how about you ?




I wonder what do you think about this Golf Poker ...?




Cheers, Andy.

Mister Big Boss, would it be possible to have a chess board for experimenting with variants ? What I have in mind is just an empty board, with all the pieces available and NO RULES for any specific game glued to it and nor rules for moving pieces ... let's say I would like to play a game with pawns on 3rd and 6th row, or a game where bishop can jump like a knight when on the 1st and 8th column ... or maybe when pawn promotes I can choose another king and milions of other variants ... all the rules would be agreed before the game starts and players can enjoy the new game ... I've never seen anything like this and it can be a very powerful field for inventors ...

This way we can all enjoy our new ideas, try it and eventually implement it ...

Cheers,

Andy.

please look at this game ... published by Sid Sackson in "Gamut of Games' ... it can be played with regular cards, chess cards and even with chess pieces ... game is called Mate, has really nothing to do with chess, beside its name and the depth ... here is the link ... I strongly recommend it, try with cards and you will discover a fantastic game. Completely open (like board games) and will satisfy even our Abigail, lol ...

http://www.chessvariants.org/cards.dir/chesscards/

Andy.