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February 2011

R.G.A. Stacking Games Contest Resource Page

Submitted by christian freeling on Monday, 07 February 2011

Greg Schmidt writes:

Gentlemen,
With permission, I have just completed programming 3 of the 7 games (including my own) entered into the stacking games contest. I focused on these 3 mainly because they all limit the stacks to pieces of a single type which greatly simplifies the programming and graphics. I would have liked to implement them all, but due to the time and complexity involved, I simply do not have the time do go further.

I have therefore created the following web page where these games can be downloaded:

The 2011 rec.games.abstract Stacking Games Contest Resource Page (The Axiom Game Engine)

In addition, if anyone would like to add additional resources to this page (e.g. print & play downloads, links to applets), please contact me and I will add them to this page.

I have listed the games in order of implementation (Splay, Monkey Queen and Parquet (pending)).

Next to these three, Grabber and Kasanari Shogi have now also been implemented on the Axiom Game Engine.


8th entry at RGA Stacking contest: Kasanari Shogi

Submitted by christian freeling on Wednesday, 09 February 2011

Larry Wheeler has submitted his game

Kasanari Shogi (Stacking Shogi)

It’s a pdf file, so I can’t show a picture, but it looks very nice.
A Zillions version is well underway (using stacks made of separate pieces).

A quote:
“Kasanari (Stacking) Shogi was inspired by the large, historical Shogi variants with their hundreds of different pieces, using, for the most part, combinations of a few simple directions. The stacking and flipping mechanics of Kasanari Shogi allow you to build myriad combinations using essentially three types of pieces.”

Kasanari Shogi has been implemented on the Axiom Game Engine.


Ruling party shake-up spreading to Arimaa

Submitted by Omar Syed on Friday, 25 February 2011

The eighth annual Arimaa World Championship tournament began on January 5th, 2011, with thirty-three players, including Jean Daligault (chessandgo), Fritz Juhnke (Fritzlein), and Greg Magne (Adanac), the top three finishers in each of 2008-2010. This year, however, a crop of new players lead by Gregory Clark (rabbits) is challenging the ruling trio. Each of the top three has suffered a loss to a rising Arimaa star. Now the field has been reduced to only eight players, four of whom have two lives left and four of whom are only one loss from elimination. Toby Hudson, the fourth-place finisher the previous two years, has already fallen. Will the revolutionary movement of 2011 dethrone the champion, or will Daligault manage to defend his crown and become a four-time-champion?

To read the full news report including graphical image (view at your own discretion) of the action on the streets visit: http://arimaa.com/arimaa/news/20110225ShakeUp/