Board games
I love playing classical board games so if anyone lives in, or near, Streatham
(South London) and wants a game of any of the following over a pint of beer
then please get in touch.
- Backgammon
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My first attempt at a game involving chance and I love it. Everyone plays it
out in Greece and it takes a lot more thought than you'd think. The game
seems to be about managing probablility rather than just moving pieces about.
Computers just have the edge on me on this one.
- Go
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A strangely beautiful game from China and Japan. Far better than chess
but requires a very different mind set. Saddest thing is that barely anyone
plays it over here. Computer programs are quite poor players so it allways
cheers me up giving them a game !
- Chess
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Everyone plays chess and it's a great game. I'm around 150 ELO so I'm ok
but nothing special and it depresses me that computers are so strong. Best
played over a pint.
- Draughts
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It looks simple but goes very deep. It's a shame few people
play it well any more though I once played Ben King (the world champ)
in a competition and was well and truely crushed ! I do fairly well
against computers though. It's also called checkers in the states. If you
fancy a game against a program I wrote then try out
diamond draughts.