| #1. Gipf Project abstract strategy games |
| Published: 2025-07-17 [Thu] 16:44, by |
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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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| Published: 2025-07-17 [Thu] 20:44, by |
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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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| Published: 2025-07-18 [Fri] 13:01, by |
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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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| Published: 2025-07-18 [Fri] 20:38, by |
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More brilliant games with phatty tonight! 2 rounds of Gipf and 1 of Zertz. Wiki article underway... https://wiki.gikopoi.com/w/GipfProject |