■ 🕑 1. Gipf Project abstract strategy games
│ Collection of 2 player abstract strategy games here, a total of 6
│ games: https://www.gipf.com/project_gipf/index.html
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│ 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.
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│ 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
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│ 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!
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│ 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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├─■ 🕑 2.
│ 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
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│ now that .... is a game...!
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├─■ 🕑 3.
│ Successful round of GIPF last night with PhatCat.
│ Played ZERTZ today with waifu. Crazy fun.
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│ 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
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│ 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)
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│ 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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│ More brilliant games with phatty tonight! 2 rounds of Gipf and 1 of
│ Zertz.
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│ Wiki article underway... https://wiki.gikopoi.com/w/GipfProject
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├─■ 🕑 5.
│ Lots of games between Phatty, Archy, and hjiu tonight.
│ Phatty and Arch both tasted defeat to the new player.
│ The addiction to GIPF is spreading like a disease.
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