played on a round board,
has some pente-elements

maybe something not in
Fencer's 'Book of Wonders'
and, worth a look ? :D

found it in the beginning 90s
as freeware for the Amiga Computer

checked ZDnet - indeed available
http://downloads-zdnet.com.com/3000-2119-9510169.html?tag=lst-0-2
http://downloads-zdnet.com.com/3000-2119-8608357.html?tag=lst-0-1
http://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/amiga/aminet/game/board/AMancala.lha

happy St. Patrick's :) ~*~

I also have webtv and it happens to me regularly. I do notice it's usually temporary and usually happens when you click on "go to next game". So, instead of that I click on either "go to main page" or "go to game" (?) (it's the one that you use to choose which game to go to). After doing that a couple of times, it's usually ok to click on "go to next game" again.

Maybe it is because I play on a webtv (MSNTV) system there is this problem. Occassionally when I click on move and goto the next game button I get blank white screen. has anyone else whether they use webtv or a PC had this situation occur?

Nothing, really...i guess it only really could be confusing if you just kept the moves and tried to rebuild the game. You'd have to know there was no "i" column.

Yes, the "i" and the l" get confused, particularly when upper case and lower case are used. what is confusing about not having an "i"?

I noticed there is no "i" column. Is there a reasom for this? My only guess is it could get confused with "L", but at least for me, having no "i" is more confusing than having an "i" and "L". :-)

I agree with Dmitri King on the 2 game sets. I think this is one of the good aspects of iyt. Also individual games in a multi game match should count. The exception to this should only be if the games affect each other, as in a backgammon match that uses the doubling cube.

I'm sure not many players have this problem, but for me the main page loads very slow because of the number of games i am playing. Most of the time when i log on, i go through the DBs, and then click on the red link beside "Main page" to start playing, so i have no need to see my list of games.

My request: The option to have a page when you log on with the columns on the left and right (or top and bottom with row layout), and nothing in the middle. That would save a lot of loading time :-)

Thanks!

Yes, it _is_ there. I apologize for my blindness; I just missed it. Sorry!

But then the positins are pre-defined. Also, could you put more functionality in the javascript so you could view your score against each opponent or view your games by opponent?

Do you mean if I want to go look at someone elses past games? (and go through the moves they made).

I have already looked at some of the top players moves on past games for some games I'm trying to learn - so I guess that is already there (if that is what you are asking).

I haven't seen anyone ask this. Are the game moves archived so that one can replay games they've played? If not, is that a hard thing to do? (I don't want to ask for too many hard things, since Fencer probably has all he can do to keep up with the new features he's been implementing lately!)

Not yet. But Corner Chess should be very similar.

Is Fischer Random chess here? Is it like normal chess but instead each colours back row of pieces are resorted randomly and each side's setup is different. I think there are also different castling rules. I think chessbase.com have the low down.

If you're doing Go, make sure you get the only correct scoring algorithm: none at all. Just let the players mark the dead stones until they agree on the score, then simply count enclosed spaces.

IYT has an automatic algoritms to determine dead stones, and it invariably fails, which is the mean reason I let my IYT membership expire.

You are activated :-)

Fencer doesn't waste any time; he's already got Gothic Chess up and running! I'm going right over to the paid membership link and sign up!

I'm looking forward to Battleboats on this site - hopefully it will be here soon! :-)

But I was thinking of a different vatiation of Battleboats - that is it being played on a "hex" type board. So instead of boats just going up or down, you can have boats going in an additional direction also!

I just wanted to mention once more how important the 2 game sets are in tournaments. In the pente and keryp pente tournaments that I have signed up for, it looks like several of the sections may be decided solely on the basis of who got to be white in the matchup between the two best players. I hope the implementation of two game sets is a priority for pente and kerro pente (and it probably would be a good idea for all the games).

Also, I may have mentioned this before, but I would like to have the option of inviting people to a non-tournament 2-game set, where both games start at the same time, and each game counts individually as a win or a loss.

thep ente and keryo pente boards seem to be workign well, and the occasional glitch from the first few days seems to be gone. Good job.

excellent thanx! :o)
...would you concider a 'resign this point' option also?...it would speed up the really lop-sided games...again thanx!

how about a larger variets of board colors.... i see you have more sizes already in the works.... what a great site this is!

Hello again Juan,

Glad you liked the newsletters. Maybe you and I can play the first online Gothic Chess game here. Let's ask fencer about it. I will take a look at the postings under Janus chess and see what's there.

--Ed

kitti: Yes, it is random. But I will improve it ASAP.
MysticPhanton: It is already at my TODO list :-)
Ed, John: Since I've already received all gothic chess images, I will add this game within several days.

Hi Ed!

Thank you so much for allowing Gothic Chess to be available here online! I am a happy owner of a physical Gothic Chess set and was a Gothic Chess Association member for a year. Your newsletters were great! Well, I'm looking forward to Gothic Chess's online debut here and would be delighted to play you! Of course, I'm sure you'll trounce me, but I'll be able to tell my grandchildren that I played the inventor of Gothic Chess. :-)

John (a.k.a. Juan Grande)

P.S. I attempted to carry on a discussion of the relative values of the Gothic Chess pieces from your article in the July 2000 Gothic Chess Review over in the "Janus Chess" discussion board here. If you have the time or inclination, we'd love to hear your input. :-)

Hi Juan,

I am Ed Trice, inventor of Gothic Chess. We are underway to making Gothic available here online. And, Gothic Chess is PATENTED, so a license had to be issued (U.S. Patent 6,481,716) but since I am the patent holder, no problemo!

Hopefully you and I can play one day soon.

Thanks for the mention on here.

--Ed

they impliment a doubling cube in 'gammon games, I will become a brain rook!! ;o)

Fencer, are players divided to sections randomly in tournaments? In dexters 6x6 reversi tournament there is seven 1900+ rated players and 5 of us are in the same section. And in another section the highest rating is 1600ish. I'm not complaining, I just love to play lots of high rated players. But i think it would be more equal to everyone if in the future tournaments players with high rankings were divided more evenly to different sections.

what need is there for card games on a turn based games site?

Brian & Scampy: Cribbage etc... was spoke about a while ago. As you know this site is a turn based, so can u imagine how long a game would take.
i.e. Playing one card & then waiting for your apponent to play one, just one hand would take a while.
I think maybe cribbage as in once round the board with 5 cards may be better, i know Fencer is open to suggestions on it. Also he is working on single player games such as Solitare.
Any suggestions to help make easier versions would help him alot - hope this helps a bit.
M.M.

CRIBBAGE! A game that WebTV people can play? That would be wonderful! Possible?

I know Fencer is busy. However how about introducing card games such as cribbage, hearts, rummy, or even solitare.

kitti: That's great! The whole BrainKing.com is written in Java :-) Thanks.

Fencer: I would also love to see Go implemented. Here is a Go development kit: http://playgo.to/GDK/ It's in java but it might be helpfull anyways.

Thanks, Scampy, I hadn't seen that page!

I would like to but I am not sure about a correct algorithm. Are there some resources about Go programming model?

Hi! Wonderful site, I just found it... it's very fast too!
I see you've got Pente, so the board is there already - how about implementing Go as a game?

Angus: Actually, if you want to upgrade your existing level to a higher one, send me a message (to my message box) and I will let you know how to do it.
eddie: Sure :-)

hey fencer..have you noticed that when ya start a tourney for a fellowship...like when ya hit close this tourney or start this toureny that it takes you to the main tourney page...when i close it i would like to stay in my fellowship so i can go back in and start it but the way its set up i always end up on the main tourney page...can that be fixed sometime in the future? or am i out of requests haha.......

Sigh, maybe playing all these games has depleted my brain juice... @¿@ I could have sworn there used to be an option to upgrade! I actually asked for someone else, so I'll pass the message along - thanks!

Harley -- here's a page that tells it all.
http://scrabble.thedaisypatch.net/closure/

DmitriKing, You can join as many fellowships as you like, but in each fellowship you can only join one team of each game type.
You can also leave fellowships any time you wish, its not set in stone :o)

Angus: What option? I have added or removed nothing on Paid Membership page. But if you want to upgrade your existing Brain Knight membership to Brain Rook, send me a message.

Thanks, I'll try it!

Just to make sure you understand the rules - on whites 2nd move - it has to be placed AT LEAST 3 intersections away from the center.

Fencer, need help, can't make a move on pente!

Fencer, there used to be an option to upgrade your membership level - is that not possible anymore?

Thank you for considering Gothic Chess and Omega Chess! I guess I'll have to try Janus Chess in the meantime... :-)

When Fencer introduces tournaments for inter fellowship competition you will be representing that fellowship against others in a team comp. For now it is internal fellowship tournaments only. Of course some fellowships consist of groups of friends from this site or others as well

I was invited to join a fellowship. in as few words as possible, someone please explain to me what it means to be in a fellowship, thanks.

Irma.. has scrabble bug shut down completely? I've not been able to get on but I thought it was just a fault and would be back on in a few days.