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Spinach Chess. Right to make powerfull move alternates between players in variant with two kings. (8x8, Cells: 68) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

gnohmon wrote on Sun, Jun 23, 2002 02:55 AM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★

I didn't notice this page when it was new, but now I'll give it a super
rating, and then ignore the game itself and talk instead about an idea it
gives me.

Popeye cartoons definitely go back to at least the early 1930s with themes
from the Great Depression (I'll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger
today).

I wish I had a tape of 'Olive Oyl for President' so that I could memorize
the lyrics of the song -- and check the credits to see who wrote the song
'If I were president'.

Asterix cartoons will be 50 years old in a few years; in them, there was a
druidic potion, made from mistletoe and other unknown ingredients, which
did much the same thing as Spinach in Popeye -- but a little bit
different.

Obelix fell into the potion pot as a baby, and therefore gained permanent
super strength; and the attacks of a spinached-up Popeye would merely
bounce off of Obelix.

I wonder if anybody could make a game of that?