Boardgames
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Boardgames
Do Erelaeans play chess and the Uytainese aristocrats go? Or are Almean boardgames different from ours?
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Well, there's a reason more people bet on roulette than chess.eodrakken wrote:They never bet on contests of pure skill?zompist wrote:Yes, ecuni is a strategy game something like chess. There's at least one more board game called muyo (Peril), which has an element of luck and thus can be wagered on.
It's not that you can't bet on ecuni. But if you're a gamblin' man, you bet on dice or cards or Muyo (or others).
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Thanks, what is known about the origins of these games?zompist wrote:Yes, ecuni is a strategy game something like chess. There's at least one more board game called muyo (Peril), which has an element of luck and thus can be wagered on.
I was actually thinking of non-Verdurian boardgames.
Not anymore, you mean.zompist wrote:Well, there's a reason more people bet on roulette than chess.
Awesome idea. When?bricka wrote:"Hey, Zomp, when are you going to bring out the first Almea-themed boardgame?"
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Re: Boardgames
The Greeks may have been able to bring on almea a Table game (eg: Backgammon) which have been around like forever.
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FWIW the history of Ereláe* is very well suited to a Britannia-style "waves of conquest" game (though in the Ereláe case most of the invasions come from on-board population expansion and leaders rather than from the off-board areas, and the rules for subjugating other people need to be rather different). I haven't managed to figure out the scoring properly thoughNancy Blackett wrote:For a moment I thought this thread was going to contain the following question, or one very like it:
"Hey, Zomp, when are you going to bring out the first Almea-themed boardgame?"
* As presented in the original Historical Atlas, that is. If Mark revises the history, the game may need revision too...
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there were board games (at the very least, the Egyptian senet), such as ones that are carved into almost all the marble seats of ampitherteres.Civil War Bugle wrote:I would expect the only way for them to get these games would be through those Greek dudes and did chess or go even exist back then, at least in Greece?
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I have heard of senet. Didn't know it was arguably so closely related to chess (just looked at Wikipedia article on it.)Rodlox wrote:there were board games (at the very least, the Egyptian senet), such as ones that are carved into almost all the marble seats of ampitherteres.Civil War Bugle wrote:I would expect the only way for them to get these games would be through those Greek dudes and did chess or go even exist back then, at least in Greece?
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What, no, it isn't related to chess at allCivil War Bugle wrote:I have heard of senet. Didn't know it was arguably so closely related to chess (just looked at Wikipedia article on it.)Rodlox wrote:there were board games (at the very least, the Egyptian senet), such as ones that are carved into almost all the marble seats of ampitherteres.Civil War Bugle wrote:I would expect the only way for them to get these games would be through those Greek dudes and did chess or go even exist back then, at least in Greece?
It is related to table games (ie Backgammon).
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Well then chalk one up to wikipedia being misleading.Legion wrote:What, no, it isn't related to chess at allCivil War Bugle wrote:I have heard of senet. Didn't know it was arguably so closely related to chess (just looked at Wikipedia article on it.)Rodlox wrote:there were board games (at the very least, the Egyptian senet), such as ones that are carved into almost all the marble seats of ampitherteres.Civil War Bugle wrote:I would expect the only way for them to get these games would be through those Greek dudes and did chess or go even exist back then, at least in Greece?
It is related to table games (ie Backgammon).
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The (English) wikipedia article on Senet doesn't mention chess anywhere.Civil War Bugle wrote:Well then chalk one up to wikipedia being misleading.Legion wrote:What, no, it isn't related to chess at allCivil War Bugle wrote:I have heard of senet. Didn't know it was arguably so closely related to chess (just looked at Wikipedia article on it.)Rodlox wrote:there were board games (at the very least, the Egyptian senet), such as ones that are carved into almost all the marble seats of ampitherteres.Civil War Bugle wrote:I would expect the only way for them to get these games would be through those Greek dudes and did chess or go even exist back then, at least in Greece?
It is related to table games (ie Backgammon).
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It doesn't say 'chess' but I made the mistake of interpreting some statements it does make in light of the comment I was replying to.Legion wrote:The (English) wikipedia article on Senet doesn't mention chess anywhere.
This might be a case of me reading implications into things that may not actually have been implied, but when Rodlox responded to my comment about the age of chess, I took it to mean he thought the two games were related. Then I misinterpreted the wiki article to be saying things that could support that idea. Please excuse my foolishness.
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That would be so awesome! I mean, think about it! Being able to shout, "Ha! That's twenty two points for holding Gurdago this round!"Oerjan2 wrote:FWIW the history of Ereláe* is very well suited to a Britannia-style "waves of conquest" game (though in the Ereláe case most of the invasions come from on-board population expansion and leaders rather than from the off-board areas, and the rules for subjugating other people need to be rather different). I haven't managed to figure out the scoring properly thoughNancy Blackett wrote:For a moment I thought this thread was going to contain the following question, or one very like it:
"Hey, Zomp, when are you going to bring out the first Almea-themed boardgame?"
* As presented in the original Historical Atlas, that is. If Mark revises the history, the game may need revision too...
Regards,
Oerjan
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i thought i was responding to a question about board games, and that chess was an easy-to-name example of the category.Civil War Bugle wrote:It doesn't say 'chess' but I made the mistake of interpreting some statements it does make in light of the comment I was replying to.Legion wrote:The (English) wikipedia article on Senet doesn't mention chess anywhere.
This might be a case of me reading implications into things that may not actually have been implied, but when Rodlox responded to my comment about the age of chess, I took it to mean he thought the two games were related. Then I misinterpreted the wiki article to be saying things that could support that idea. Please excuse my foolishness.
my apologies for my confusion and for any confusion I may have inadvertently sown.
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Re: Boardgames
Risk: Almea.
GOD YES.
So we'd have Uytai, Nyan, Eretald, Dhekhnam, Xengiman, Skouras, Lenan, Qaraumia, the Koranax, Rau, the Western Wild, the Barbarian Plain, Uytai, Fananak, Nyan, Pahsau, Belesao, Molosao, etc. as territories.
IT MUST BE MADE.
GOD YES.
So we'd have Uytai, Nyan, Eretald, Dhekhnam, Xengiman, Skouras, Lenan, Qaraumia, the Koranax, Rau, the Western Wild, the Barbarian Plain, Uytai, Fananak, Nyan, Pahsau, Belesao, Molosao, etc. as territories.
IT MUST BE MADE.