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Krieg. Two player game on a four-by-four board. Article. (4x4, Cells: 16) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
(zzo38) A. Black wrote on Thu, Dec 29, 2011 11:46 PM UTC:
I might prefer a board that looks like this: A B C D 1#---#---+---+ |\ | | | | \ | | | | \| | | 2#---#---+---+ | | | | | | | | | | | | 3+---+---#---# | | |\ | | | | \ | | | | \| 4+---+---#---#

Murve33 wrote on Sun, Oct 27 09:48 PM UTC:

I'm still curious about the origin of this game.

The only PDP-8 software called Kriegspiel is "a variation of chess, and is played by the same rules, except that neither opponent can see the other's position. They play on separate boards and there is a judge who tells them if their moves are legal and gives other information regarding the game."

So, Kriegspiel. Which leads me to believe the game went by a different title.

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Bn Em wrote on Fri, Nov 1 04:22 PM UTC in reply to Murve33 from Sun Oct 27 09:48 PM:

More likely the software the author was referring to was simply never archived (and may well have been all but forgotten)


HaruN Y wrote on Wed, Nov 6 09:38 AM UTC:
files=6 ranks=6 promoZone=1 promoChoice=K graphicsDir=/graphics.dir/alfaeriePNG/ squareSize=50 graphicsType=png symmetry=none royal=K extinction=0 borders=0 firstRank=1 darkShade=#6d774d rimColor=#3d4538 holeColor=#3d4538 lightShade=#9ea94a coordColor=#bbbb7d hole::::a1,b1-e1,f1,a2,f2,a3,f3,a4,f4,a5,f5,a6,b6-e6,f6 pawn:P:mWflbrafloabFboabaflmW:pawn:d2,e2,d3,e3,,b4,c4,b5,c5 pawninv:-:-:pawninv:d6,,f4 king:K:daufdaubsmpafmpafmpafkFdaufdaufsmpafmpafWdaufmpafmpafmpafkF:king:a3,a4,a6,c6,,c1,d1,f1,f3

Murve33 wrote on Tue, Nov 12 06:11 PM UTC in reply to Bn Em from Fri Nov 1 04:22 PM:

If it were released proper it would have been cataloged, but yes, for all we know it could have been a BASIC type-and-play out of a magazine. Either that or the the catalogers never played the game and just assumed it was the Kriegspiel we all know. I haven't played Kriegspiel for the PDP-8 myself.


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