LOL... I Pedro it is very nice to see you

I am back now

The current moderator of this board has been away for over 2 months, so we are currently looking for a new moderator of this board. Things to consider:

1) Need to be a knight or above
2) Need to have knowledge of the game / have played some/many games (not necessarly good at the game)
3) Need to be able to get along with people & be fair to all users.

If you are interested, please send Me a Message and a short note that you would like to moderate the Halma board. (and if you want to add other reasons why you would make a good moderator - that is fine.)

In a few days, we will start to look at everyone who applied and decide who would be best suited for this position.

ok .. i guess i will have to play it more then :)

(still have to finish my first one .. am learning)

thanks :)

Hrqls.. once you play the game more, you will not find that sort of feature necessary..
I think a number like that would be misleading. It is different with backgammon, as the number of pips remaining is quite straight forward.

*nod* thats true .. but the closer you get to your goal the less steps in a straight line without jumping over other pieces .. just think like bg for calculating the straight line steps, not like halma :)

so the number of steps wouldnt be the actual number of moves, but more of a 'theoretical distance' :)

Hrqls: I think that would hinder the game. Since there are so many ways to move each piece,the number would change with each move.
Although there is a beginning and an end similar to backgammon,the game is more likened to checkers in that number of moves remaining is subject to each subsequent move.

is it possible to get the amount of steps needed top reach your goal ? in a direct line calculated as you wouldnt jump over other pieces ?

i notice i miss something like this to decide if i want to be defensive or speed up :)

(i am just playing my first 4 games of halma .. so i dont have many tactics yet ;))

something like the 'points' in backgammon variants

Yes, the rule is as follows:

"How to finish a game
The game is finished if one of the following conditions in fulfilled:
One of the players moved all his/her pieces to the opponent's yard. This player wins the game.
One of the players still has some own pieces at his/her yard and made more than 30 (for 8x8 version) or 50 (for 10x10 version) moves. This player loses the game. The player also loses the game if he/she moves one of his/her pieces back to own yard after the 30th (50th) move. This rule prevents the players to block own yard and avoid the opponent to move his/her pieces there."

I believe in the rule that all pieces have to be out of your own yard within so many moves - I have almost won a game by "traping" the opponents piece there.

unless 1 piece is left in both starting yards and a player refuses to move it and just keeps moving another piece. but then that is unaceptable to do that

I realize I am wrong. Creating a barrer with D1-E1-E2-F2-F3-G3-G4-H4-H5-I5-I6-J6-J7 is not enough to achieve draw, because the opponent could still jump diagonally over that fence.

I also agree there is no stalemate possible in this game!

Mangue... I just woke up and am having a hard time picturing what you are saying..
I personally have never had a draw in any Halma game, and don't really see how it would be ever possible. (Unless it's just a decision between the 2 players.)
If you look here, you will see that at brainking only .2% or so of the halma 10x10 games have ended in draw.

It is important to remember that it is NOT a requirement to jump... so there is ALWAYS a move available..

Isn't it just to easy to draw in Halma 10x10 by playing on D1-E1-E2-F2-F3-G3-G4-H4-H5-I5-I6-J6-J7 + 2 pawns in the middle of the board ?

Only 24 hours left and we still need 4 more people.

Tournament is accepting Halma signups until July 31. Good luck.

how do you get your men to men I clicked and nothing happens I've never played

Please give me the game IDs.

Im on webtv and having several games come back to me in my turn box but its the other players turn! how can I fix this please?

Thank you my problem is fixed too.

my problem seems to be fixed...i can see the pieces now...thanks fencer..:)

Im on computer and all i get is x's in both boxes. can you help?

well now i told the person i'm playing one of the games with about my problem about not being able to see the pieces and they have webtv too but they can see the pieces....so it's either just my machine or a certain brand or type of webtv that can't load the game properly...i'm gonna delete the one game because i don't see any reason in playing a game with that big of a disadvantage and i was wondering if you could delete my other one because i already made 2 moves and don't have that option anymore....i guess i just can't play that game here with my machine.....thanks again

hey..is there something special i have to do to see the marbles in the halma games if i'm on webtv....all i see are squares that are shaded if pieces are on them but i can't see what color the pieces are...can't see any marbles at all...not a big problem right now but as soon as they get mixed up in the center of the board i'm not gonna know which shaded square is mine and which isn't...my opponet tells me they can see marbles but i can't...i've tried turning my machine off and back on which works sometimes at other sites for games but it doesn't effect this game at all....gonna be real confusing a few moves from now...lol....thanks