Gipf Project abstract strategy games

2025-07-17T16:44:34+00:00

Collection of 2 player abstract strategy games here, a total of 6
games: https://www.gipf.com/project_gipf/index.html

They're notable because they are all very easy to pick up and play,
difficult to master, 0 probability / 100% skill, highly psychological
kinds of games. Many have won many awards (including "mensa select"!)
and they can all be freely played online.

If anyone would like to try playing together, I think the flagship
game "gipf" is a good place to start -- there's a description on the
rules here: https://www.gipf.com/gipf/index.html

https://BoardSpace.net seems to be a good way to play these games
online. They allow guest members. My username is jerky and I am
open for games!

Incidentally boardspace has a big collection of high quality abstract
strategy games, see index: https://boardspace.net/english/logon-page.html

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2025-07-17T20:44:22+00:00

played a round with phatty tonight on Boardspace and hot damn!
that game GIPF's got gears turning in the deeps of my mind
very simple premise but things change FAST

now that .... is a game...!

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2025-07-18T13:01:01+00:00

Successful round of GIPF last night with PhatCat.
Played ZERTZ today with waifu. Crazy fun.

I'm planning on DIYing some of the Gipf project games because the
games are very simple but would end up being at least $50 a pop if I
wanted to import them to Indonesia. Based on this charming story, I
think the game dev would approve:
http://krisburm.be/en/extracts#checkers

My "bright idea" is to use plastic bottle caps as pieces. I already
have 18 black bottle caps and 18 of various colors to serve as a base
set for Gipf. Turn all the bottle caps upside down and add another,
now there's a Zertz set. (just add marbles or other tokens)

Manufacturing a Yinsh set would take a bit more work but I got ideas.
too bad I don't know anyone locally with a 3D printer because that could
produce some really solid pieces but DIY with random odds and ends can add
a lot of character to games. Googling (gipf project game) + diy shows a lot
of crafty ingenuity.

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2025-07-18T20:38:14+00:00

More brilliant games with phatty tonight! 2 rounds of Gipf and 1 of
Zertz.

Wiki article underway... https://wiki.gikopoi.com/w/GipfProject