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« on: July 11, 2014, 02:30:31 pm »

I highly recommend this series.  Kris Burm really hit it out of the park with these games.  AND the art design is by Lucifer!!
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« Reply #1 on: July 22, 2014, 08:14:18 pm »

I've got Yinsh, and have enjoyed playing with my wife. One of these days I'll pick up Dvonn and Zertz.
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« Reply #2 on: July 22, 2014, 08:25:53 pm »

The names of these always sound like some sort of racial slurs to me.
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« Reply #3 on: July 22, 2014, 08:32:10 pm »

The names of these always sound like some sort of racial slurs to me.

They do, don't they?    Cheesy
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« Reply #4 on: July 22, 2014, 08:43:25 pm »

I've got Yinsh, and have enjoyed playing with my wife. One of these days I'll pick up Dvonn and Zertz.

DVONN is fucking awesome. I really like all of the GIPF games, but DVONN is a step above the rest.
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« Reply #5 on: July 22, 2014, 08:49:59 pm »

I've got Yinsh, and have enjoyed playing with my wife. One of these days I'll pick up Dvonn and Zertz.

DVONN is fucking awesome. I really like all of the GIPF games, but DVONN is a step above the rest.

Yup. I still remember our discussion about that. Which is why DVONN is at the top of the queue.  Smiley
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« Reply #6 on: July 22, 2014, 08:51:08 pm »

They are some of the best looking abstracts games out there.

But the couple of ones that I've played haven't done much for me.
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« Reply #7 on: July 23, 2014, 01:28:39 pm »

I'm not a huge abstract player so I'm not the best judge but so far each one does has the criteria of good abstracts for me.  Very easy rules, I get better every play but also feel I could become even better, strategies that do open into great strategies that take several moves to achieve.

The look of each and cost make them easy buys, but I'm not a GO or Chess player so in comparison to those classics I can't say.  I do like these a bit more than Mancala, Blokus, Hive and Twixt stuff. 
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« Reply #8 on: July 23, 2014, 01:34:08 pm »

PUNCT reminds me a lot of Twixt or Hex (or possibly a cool combination of the two). If you're looking for a good way to try Go, just to get a taste, you might want to look for a copy of the free version if IgoWin (if it still exists). Nice little Winbloze program that will play 9x9 games with you and track your progress.
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« Reply #9 on: July 23, 2014, 02:22:31 pm »

Can we guess the next name in the series?

I'm going with KRAPF.
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« Reply #10 on: July 23, 2014, 02:23:39 pm »

I'm going with KRAPF.

Ha!  Cheesy

I'd still buy it...
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« Reply #11 on: July 23, 2014, 04:13:04 pm »

I don't think there are any more in the series.  cycle is finished.

I have a GO app but I suck at it.  I played Go once against a 12 year old girl.  I was handicapped severely and massacred.  The 12 year old girl looked so entirely bored to be playing me.

Even though I'm no Go player I love this show HIGHLY HIGHLY recommend it to everyone as just an all around fantastic show.
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« Reply #12 on: July 23, 2014, 04:31:50 pm »

Hikaru no Go was a pretty good series. Still have a Sai figure around here someplace.
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