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Trumps

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on March 24, 2009

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Trumps Game The game of Trumps is of northern European origin and dates back to the sixteenth Century and over time, has become Italy’s favorite card game. Throughout the years, Italians assigned Trumps a new name and is now referring as ‘Briscola.”

This game is generally played with two or three players but can be played by four participants in teams of two. A standard deck of cards is used with the eights, nines and tens remove leaving a total of 40 cards in play.

The dealer will be decide once each Participants in the game cutting the and the player that displays the lowest numbered card in the deck. Once this first dealer has been determined, turns will be taken as the dealer in a counter-clockwise direction.

Should there be four players in the game; teammates will sit facing one another and if there are three players one of the number 2 cards is removed from the game leaving a total of 39 cards in play.

In Trumps your objective is to earn the most points by performing “tricks.” The player to left of the dealer cuts the cards and then three are dealt to each. One of the left over cards that was removed from the deck is placed face-up in the center of the table and then the remaining cards in the deck are set on top of that card half covering it. This half exposed card is considered the Trump for that particular hand of play. The particular suit is considered the “trump suit” and all cards that are of this suit will trump cards that are of a different suit. Moreover, the lower valued card in this suit will trump cards of a higher valued one if it is of a different suit. An example of this would be a three of diamonds would trump a queen of clubs. This is an example of how the tricks are earned.

The action begins with a card being placed on the table by the player seated directly to the right of the dealer. He then picks up a card from the top of the deck to replace it the discarded one. The players that follow must use the same suit, should they have it in their hand. That player then draws a card from the deck to replace the one that he has discarded.

A player wins a “trick” when he puts a card with the most value and of the leading suit on the table (Dealer’s suit) or presents a trump card. Point values for the trump suit are as follows: Jacks are worth two points, Queens are three points, Kings are four points, 3’s are ten points and Aces are eleven points.

A hand is ended when all the cards are drawn from the pile and only the trump card is remaining. When the game is played in teams of two, one variation is to allow teammates to view each other’s cards to decide the best one to put in play. The player or team wins the hand when they have earned sixty-one or more points. Should each player or team earn sixty points, the hand ends in a draw. The number of hands played is decided beforehand by the participants involved in the game.

Communication of any kind between teammates is forbidden during the first round of play but from the second round on, teammates are allowed to communicate non-verbally with each other with pre-determined facial expressions. Caution must be employed to not allow the other team to figure out what you’re communicating.

Threes and Aces are referred to as “loads.” It is advisable to avoid playing these unless you are certain that both of them are held by your teammate. It is critical that you memorize all of the played cards and in particular, the trumps and the loads.

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Molecular Flip

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on March 22, 2009

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Molecular Flip Game If you’re a fan of games involving logic and spatial relations, then Molecular Flip is a one that you must try. It can be played alone or in a group, creating a highly spirited atmosphere where players attempt to be the first to solve the puzzle. Writing anything down is strictly forbidden and so pens/pencils must be kept out of reach, however mental notes are allowed to be taken.

To begin play, 9 coins are randomly mixed so that there is an arbitrary arrangement of heads and tails. You can play this game on any flat surface but a table is preferred since you’re going to want to be comfortable once you begin since play can continue for hours. With the nine coins, make three evenly spaced rows of three creating a perfect square which forms the “target square.” This process is repeated, creating a second square of nine randomly flipped heads/tails coins next to the first square. This is referred to as the “flipping square” and all of these squares are identical to their opponents’ making it an even playing field.

You’re objective is to be the first player arrange the pieces in the flipping square so that it matches the arrangement in the target square. The players who follow in order have the option of copying the preceding players’ move or if logic sees fit, to flip another “molecule” that he thinks will get the target square arrangement first and play continues in order until someone has matched the target square.

If it agreed beforehand and there are more than 2 participants in the game, the action can continue even after one player has solved the puzzle, this way there can be a second and third place winner in the game.

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Grandmother’s House

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on March 21, 2009

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A Game that was created out of sheer necessity in order to keep impatient kids distracted in route to perhaps, an elderly relative’s home for a visit. Concerned parents will go to no ends to provide for their children in any way possible and that include finding a way to keep them entertain and if not for any reason other than their own sanity.

To be successful in this game a player must be able to remember a series of words arranged alphabetically and play begins as one participant uses a word starting with the letter “A” in the story. An example of that would be; “On my way to Grandmother’s house, I put an APPLE in a picnic basket to give to her. The second participant would add to the story by possibly saying; I brought an “APPLE” and “a loaf of BREAD.” The game continues with each player, in order adding another item to the list in alphabetical order.

The game continues and players are eliminated as they fail to recall the alphabetized list of items, however, if the player following the forgetful participant is also unable to recall the list of items in order, the previous player will not be eliminated and the next player has the opportunity to eliminate both. If one of the players in the group is able to remember the entire list in order, then all previous players who have forgotten are eliminated.

It is not necessary that an item be food in the case of the letter “X” when added to chain of words, since in the English dictionary there are no foods listed, starting with the letter “X.”

Once all the letters of the Alphabet have been used, the game continues with the letter “A” again but continues with original list of twenty-six entries.

A useful tip, is to create a spoken rhythm in the way in which the list recited. This often makes it much easier to remember how the story goes by creating “mental markers” along the way.

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Mancala A.K.A (Wari)

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on March 19, 2009

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Mancala A.K.A (Wari) Manala is a very interesting board game which roots lay in ancient Egyptian culture and is still popular to this day. Throughout the African continent this game is known by many as Wari. The game is also known to have close associations to traditional tribal rituals in that part of the world. This game is a duel between two players and the action takes place on a rectangular game board which consists of two rows of six squares with additional squares placed at end for a total of 14 squares. Along with the game board, forty-eight game pieces are used.

The action begins with the players sitting opposite each other with the game board placed in the middle. All 48 game pieces are placed within the twelve adjacent squares providing four in each square.

Once it has been determined who will begin the game, this lucky first player will start by removing any four of his game pieces from any of his squares on his side of the table and divides them up evenly in the next squares in a counter-clockwise direction. The player is also permitted to invade his opponents square on the other side if the game board in the first two of the opponent’s squares, with your goal to gain as many of your opponent’s pieces in the hole’s of your opponent’s squares.

The action begins with each player moving all of his game pieces, on by one from one hole to the next. Once the last moved piece has ended up in an opponent’s square which contains only two or three pieces game pieces, those game pieces become captured and removed from the game. As the game pieces are captured, they are placed in the end hole to the player’s right.

When a player captures an opponent’s game piece, the consecutive pieces in order situated in an opponent’s row are also captured during the same turn. When a hole is left vacant, the hole is jumped and will be filled on the following turn by his opponent during the following turn. When a player finds that all the holes in his row are vacant and it is his turn, the game is over and.

The winner is determined when all the pieces remaining on the game board are added up and the pieces placed aside are added to the count as well. The player with the most pieces is the decided winner.

Mancala is a difficult game to understand but with practice and patience become more interesting as you develop more detailed strategies in this fast-paced and complex game. When considering strategy, you must always keep in mind the positioning of the filled holes of your opponent, with special attention paid to holes that have 2 or 3 game pieces. If you are able to threaten more of your opponent’s holes in order to keep him on the defense that is a huge advantage.

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Ludo

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on March 19, 2009

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Ludo Ludo is a game of East-Indian origin and has roots in the game of Pachisi. Once this game was introduced to England, the rules were simplified and the game was changed slightly to move at a faster pace. Ludo is still very popular today and is popular among the sailors of the Royal British Navy.

This game can be played by between two and four players and requires a game board that has a playing area which is in the shape of a cross and squares in each corner. There are four sets of four game pieces with each set being of a different color and one standard six-sided playing die. Play begins with each participant placing his game piece in the starting position of the bottom left corner of the game board. Participants take turns rolling the die to determine who begins the game first. The first player can move either one or two pieces depending on the number that he rolls and each player’s ultimate goal is to get all four of his game pieces home to the center square.

To start a game piece in play, you must first roll either a one or a six. If a one is rolled, the player will start by placing a game piece on the first square but if a six is rolled, he can place two game pieces on the first square or one on the sixth house which is the sixth square in order from the start square.

The roll of the dice will determine the number of square in which a player’s piece will be advanced and a player can move however many spaces or pieces he see fit depending on the number that is rolled on the die. If a player rolls a six he automatically rolls the die again once he’s made his move. It is allowable for a player to have 2 or more of his game pieces on the same space but he is only allowed to move them one at a time.

You can eliminate the opposing player’s pieces by landing on a square in which they occupy. By doing this, you will send your opponent’s game piece back to the starting square, whereby he must again roll either a 1 or a 6 to get back in the game. If there are two or more pieces occupying one square these pieces are safe from attack other pieces are not allowed to land there.

In the final phase of the game, all players will be in the process of moving their game pieces along the central track towards the Home Square. To reach the home square the die must roll the exact number to land on the home square. The first player to get all of his game pieces to the home square is the winner

A player can attempt to employ some strategy by placing two or more of his game pieces within the same square near the end of the track. By doing this, his game pieces are protected from being sent to “square one” by an opponent landing on his square.

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The Fox & The Geese

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on March 18, 2009

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Fox & Geese Game This ancient game was the creation of early Nordic hunters and was enjoyed by many once it gained widespread popularity in Italy during the medieval period, eventually reached England in the fifteenth Century and was met with much popularity and in fact it was one of Queen Victoria’s favorite pastimes.

This game requires two players, a game board made in the shape of a cross with lines of many directions creating thirty-three intersecting points. Game pieces include seventeen pieces which symbolize the geese and one piece symbolizing the fox. Once it has been decided who gets to play the fox and who plays the geese, the geese are arranged on the board accordingly and then the fox has the option of being placed anywhere he wishes on the game board.

The geese can prevail in this game by surrounding the fox and blocking all of his potential escape routes. The fox on the other hand, will is successful by eliminating twelve of geese since it would require more than five geese to halt his progress.

The fox always begins the game with the first move and can move in any direction forward or backwards to an open space. The geese on the other hand can move in any direction aside from backwards. The fox will eat a goose when he is able to jump it and land on an empty space and once a goose has been eaten it is removed from the game. As in the game of checkers, multiple jumps are possible as long as there are empty spaces to accommodate the landings.

Turns of each player must be taken and not skipped, even if this puts a player in an undesirable position. It might prove interesting to change the rule a bit and allow the geese to move backwards as well or even play the game with only thirteen pieces as in an earlier version of this game that was popular prior to the Seventeenth Century.

Making the jumps of the fox compulsory can add a whole new element to the game and can force an opponent to retreat to a previous position. The player playing the role of the geese has the ability to keep the fox in check by making sure he has made only the allowable moves.

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The House of Fortune

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on March 18, 2009

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Similar to the Royal Game of Goose and Roulette, The House of Fortune is a game of Nordic origin and was made popular during the medieval time period. It is still played to this day in Switzerland and Austria. Players are awarded points and penalized depending on the square in which they land.

This game is played by two or more players and requires a game board, which is made up of ten squares that are numbered from two to twelve and the number four is left out. There are two standard, six-sided dice and playing chips for wagering used in this game.

The game begins with some sort of value being attached to the playing chips, once decided, the players are given a certain number of chips to start the game with, the object of the game to win as many chips as possible. The player that starts the game rolls the dice once and all the players have gathered around the playing table and then pass the dice to the player on his immediate left. On a player’s roll, he will put his chip the corresponding square to the number he rolled with his dice. If that square already has chips, he then takes those chips and then leaves one of his own.

If a four is rolled, then no chips are placed on the table with that roll and if a two is rolled he is allowed to move to the square of the “lucky pig” and collect all the chips on the table with the exception of the chips in the number seven square. The player moves to the square of “matrimony” should he roll a number seven, any chips on this square cannot be taken.

The player who rolls a twelve goes directly to that square which is known as the “King.” In this event, the player rolling the 12 stakes claim to all the chips on the table this also includes all the chips in square number seven.

As a player runs out of chips, he is out of the game and must leave the table and play continues until the winner is decided when a player ends up with all game chips and should there be any game chips at the end of the game, the last remaining player end up with these chips as well.

Your success in this game is purely luck with the roll of the dice and in no way can this be influenced by any factor. One way in which to make this game more interesting is to place the amount of chips that correspond the square in which you should land, for example; land on square 9, place 9 chips in that square.

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Alquerque (or Windmill)

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on March 18, 2009

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Alquerque (or Windmill) An illustration of this game dating back to1400 B.C. was discovered in an Egyptian temple and many consider this game an ancestral version of modern checkers. Alfonso X wrote about it in the “Book of Games” in the late 13th Century and from that point forward gained in popularity throughout Europe. Alquerque was met with great appreciation, similar to that of Chess due to its level of sophistication and the level of intelligence and skill required for success in this game of anchient origin.

Two players are required in this game as well as a game board which is square in shape and has a total of 16 squares printed on it, two sets of twelve game pieces with both sets being of a different color. The game begins once both players have put their pieces on the intersecting points of the game board. The center of the board is left empty to accommodate the first move which is always made by the white piece.

Your goal in this game is basically the same as in the game of checkers in that you win by eliminating all of your opponent’s game pieces. The game pieces can be moved diagonally, horizontally or vertically to another intersecting point on the game board. If there is an opponent’s game piece next to yours and there is a space open on the other side of it, it is required to jump that piece. If for what ever reason you do not make the jump and take the piece, your piece will be “huffed” in other words removed from play. Jumping multiple spaces is completely acceptable in this game.

In this game it is an advantage to be the player to go second and if players should be at the same level, it would only be fair that player’s alternate who starts first. It is possible for this game to end in a draw, where in which both players are unable to make any more moves. In an earlier version of this game, it was allowed for players to move their pieces in a backwards direction to make the game more interesting.

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Halma

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on March 18, 2009

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Halma Starting in the last century, this game was met with quite a lot of popularity in England and in modern times is widely played by the Swiss and Germans. The word ’Halma’ is of Greek origin and means “jump.”

Halma can be played alone or with up to four players and is played on a square game board having 16 squares on both sides. A game board is used which is broken down into sixteen squares on both sides and in each corner thirteen squares are marked off. A total of four different colored game pieces are used with two of the sets having 19 pieces and the other two sets being 13 pieces. If the game is played solo then the game is started with nineteen pieces in the special section of the board. With two players involved in the game each player will receive 19 game pieces lined up opposite one another and should the game involve three or four players then each player receives 13 pieces. You can play this game as teams of two if there are four players involved.

The goal in this game is to get all of your own pieces into the opposite corner from where you start. There are two kinds of moves in this game; the pass move and the jump move. In the pass move you move you’re your piece into any adjacent square, in any direction of your choice. With a jump move you basically jump your game piece over any piece including your own. These game pieces that you jump never get eliminate during this move and jumping is not compulsory even if the opportunity should arise. You are allowed to stop at any point in your jumping even if there are more jumps possible. You have to choose between jumping or passing in a move but you are forbidden from doing both.

The order of rotation is clockwise when the game is played by three or four players. When the game is played in teams of two, if a player is unable move one of his pieces, it is allowed for him to move one of his teammates. In order for a solo player to win at this game he must be able to get all of his nineteen pieces to the opposite corner in the least number of moves.

Since this is a game with such simple rules there are so many possible ways in which to win and one way in which to benefit is to form as many obstructions as possible for your opponent thereby preventing their movment or forcing them to retreat.

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