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Fencer: Ahhhh yes, but you know what these pesky little bugs are like. They have a nasty one on Star Trek - Voyager at the moment(Sky 2 now), and there computer aint working at all LOL
Dont know if you want to check this Fencer, but this is the reason i asked for that Feature. My Ludo Captain "Snoopy", just posted a result on the Madhouse board that she JUST got in a message. Now what i find odd is i already have that result on my list at home from about 2 weeks ago when i was going through results. So, what happened in between LOL
Dont know if you want to check this Fencer, but this is the reason i asked for that Feature. My Ludo Captain "Snoopy", just posted a result on the Madhouse board that she JUST got in a message. Now what i find odd is i already have that result on my list at home from about 2 weeks ago when i was going through results. So, what happened in between LOL
O čem je toďten plk: Re: Actions if you cannot make a legal move.
Fencer: I don't like them, because i have never played or heard of the game, and still think they are crazy rules, but there you go, i accept it..........and as you say dont have to play it, like the broke dice game
O čem je toďten plk: Re: Actions if you cannot make a legal move.
Přetvořeny oževatelem MadMonkey (25. ledna 2007, 13:20:27)
AbigailII: Agreed, but does not mean its the right rules to use. It was discussed when Ataxx first came here, why cant we have a pass as in Backgammon ? Why does Backgammon have to be the only game to have a Pass ? I just think that if a player has done alot of the hard work, WHY should they lose ? A draw should be the worst they get - IMHO
Czuch Czuckers: I agree Czuch as i said when you first mentioned it, it has happened to me several times and also to at least 2 other players i know of.
BBW: Think we need to think of a better way to roll the dice. Have 2 buttons or something, Roll-1, Roll-2, simple
And there is the BUG in Cheversi as well. Once there are pieces on the board, and you select another piece to place on the board, watch both scores change, then when you place it on the board they change again Which ones are right i can not be asked to work out, i think it the one when the piece is placed, just a bit worrying where it gets this other score from or is it just random LOL Most odd really
Přetvořeny oževatelem MadMonkey (14. ledna 2007, 12:09:07)
Hieronymus: The idea of a new variant has been proved with Assimilation (was called Ataxx when released). When the Ataxx rule of a knight move was introduced Fencer released a new version called Ataxx, and the old version of Ataxx was called Assimilation.
As i mentioned, most people prefer the Assimilation version, so even by introducing the proper rules to a game like Ataxx, does not mean people will prefer that version, even if it is the proper one. The games of Dice Chess is still new, so its a good time to do it.
As for explaining the rule difference, good question, i would ask BBW to write it, he is good with words
Hieronymus: Of course the probabilities would change as pieces are taken, as in Chess, if 2 Pawns are taken, odds are 6-1.
Its has to be new, i think the change is alot. I have played alot of games of it now, and one thing that crops up alot is having to move your King for no reason, just because the Kings pawn square is free for example. At least with an odds change, the chances of things like that happening are not evens LOL You may say small, but there was only a small change in Ataxx & Assimilation, but from experience i know most people prefer Assimilation.
joshi tm: Like you say, the odds would be normal Chess odds as such, as in which actual piece may move. In other words, if you had advanced your king pawn, the odds would would be 8-1 they you would have to move the King, where as now its evens.
The game would be totaly different, call 'Dice Chess the Revenge of the 16 sided percentile dice' or 'Percentile Dice Chess'
Přetvořeny oževatelem MadMonkey (14. ledna 2007, 00:08:26)
Fencer: It can, BUT a computer can pick and Random number between 2 points, as in 1 & 16 at the start of a game.
If it picked a number between : 1 and 8 = 1 Pawn out of 9 & 10 = 2 Knight out of 11 & 12 = 3 Bishop out of 13 & 14 = 4 Rook a 15 = 5 Queen or 16 = 6 King
In other words your chances of moving a pawn are greatly increased at the start, and most the way through the game. It would make for a totaly different game. I thought the 1 to 6 way was the way it was happening
But then if you did it that way, could not really be called Dice Chess, but could be another version (Dice Chess 2), at least the maths percentage would be right LOL
Fencer: My game 2203836 was. My opponent started with a Knight (not a king), now its forcing me to play my Queen, thats not what the rules say. Thats why i would like it restarted.
Pedro Martínez: Of course it is, Blacks Queen will now get blocked in, hence the idea of taking away Blacks advantage, now WQhite has a major one. I would not mind if White had been forced to use the King first like the Rules state, but i dont think changing game rules during a game is right.
BIG BAD WOLF, joshi tm: Small Froglet most definitely would be great
Any Ataxx or Assimilation variant would be good. With some random black squares(islands) would be fun that can not be controlled by anyone. Work your way around them
BIG BAD WOLF: I understand what you say, but i think its about time we started looking at the future. As Mousetrap says, thats the only good thing about Goldtoken, multi-player games. Rather than keep adding more & more 2 player games, why not start to think at least about up to 4 player ones. Yahtzee is a great example of a game that is alot better with more than 2 players.
We already have games here which are much better with 3 or 4 players (Ataxx & Assimilation). I am not a programmer, but surely to start writing/coding the games now for more than 2 players would be better than having to re-code ALL the games in say a year or so.
Also there is the other way, single player games as well. Mastermind, is a great example when you are playing a computer.
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What happens if we set a Fellowship challenge match, where one of the Teams has a Knight or Bishop in, that does not have enough room for the game(s), in other words 50 already.
"Snoopy": Yes, i noticed that. I tried un-clicking them all but when i went back the old ones were there. It seems so let you remove options, but not put them back Stick to the Greasemonkey ones, and you can have priority games as well