19 Jul '06 20:05>3 edits
I just found this interesting vikings board game. It seems that it's not as complex as chess, but deeper than checkers or so. I like the idea that the starting position is not mirrored or at least equally, like in chess, gammon, checkers and most other games.
http://www.heorot.dk/tafl
You can download there and play against computer or another players. I tried the defender on computer level 1. After white had gotten most of my pieces somehow, I started moving randomly and suddenly I brought my king to the corner, so I won. That was quite surprising 😉
Okay I guess this thread is not a puzzle, but if you download the game and try to beat the computer, then it's like a puzzle 🙂
edit: none of the link commands i tried worked, so i gave up on that...
http://www.heorot.dk/tafl
You can download there and play against computer or another players. I tried the defender on computer level 1. After white had gotten most of my pieces somehow, I started moving randomly and suddenly I brought my king to the corner, so I won. That was quite surprising 😉
Okay I guess this thread is not a puzzle, but if you download the game and try to beat the computer, then it's like a puzzle 🙂
edit: none of the link commands i tried worked, so i gave up on that...