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  Crossings (game) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Crossings is a two-player abstract strategy board game invented by Robert Abbott.
Crossings eventually evolved into the game called Epaminondas, but its rules are different enough to make the gameplay significantly different from that in Epaminondas.
Cross one stone to the opponent's end of the gameboard.
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 A Gamut of Games - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It is considered by many to be an essential text for anyone interested in abstract strategy games, and a number of the rules were later expanded into full-fledged published board games.
Some of the games which were later sold separately include Focus, Property and Origins of WWI; Robert Abbott expanded his game Crossings, published here, into the more-refined title Epaminondas.
Focus, by Sid Sackson; this game was later sold commercially
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 GamersGame.com: Your Online Game Blog and Gaming Resource
The game has also been dubbed as a "Second Life killer" by some game bloggers but whether it has any chance of doing that or not remains to be seen.
There was a strong correlation between video game skills and a surgeon's capabilities performing laparoscopic surgery in the study published in the February issue of Archives of Surgery.
Video game skills translated into higher scores on a day-and-half-long surgical skills test, and the correlation was much higher than the surgeon's length of training or prior experience in laparoscopic surgery, the study said.
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 Abstract Games magazine: game strategy articles, game reviews, news : MAGAZINE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The game was invented by Robert Abbott and published by him privately in 1975.
The clarity of a game is the practical measure of its depth, as defined to be how far you can see ahead in the game.
An interesting point about Epaminondas is that its game system could be applied to almost any size of board; in fact the parent game, Crossings, uses an 8x8 board.
www.abstractgamesmagazine.com /epaminondas.html   (1345 words)

  
 New York
To that end it is important, during the course of the game, to keep an eye on and to hinder the growth of the territories of the other players.
At the beginning of the game (items 5 and 6 in the "preparation for play" list) the twelve event cards are mixed in with the street cards and the whole deck is then shuffled and placed face down next to the board.
At the end of the game count the size of the largest groups in each of your two colours and to the sum of these two numbers add the number of money counters that you have.
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 Help For the Game Of Projex
This means that the game is played on a projective plane on which chains may leave the board from one side and reenter from the opposite side.
A global loop is a cycle of pieces that crosses the board edge an odd number of times.
For instance, it is still possible for O to connect two opposed edge points directly across the board in the "Two edge crossings" and "Four edge crossings" examples above, hence X has not yet completed a global loop in either of the these games.
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 Epaminondas from Abstract Games magazine
The game was invented by Robert Abbott and published by him privately in 1975.
The clarity of a game is the practical measure of its depth, as defined to be how far you can see ahead in the game.
In this case, the enemy piece is captured together with all pieces in the phalanx to which it belongs, extending back in the direction of movement of the moving phalanx.
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 Lobstersoft - The Morris Page
Morris is one of the oldest games which is still played today.
The game was played by roman soldiers, who carved the board in wooden pieces and Ovid mentioned the game in his "Ars amatoria".
In the "Book of Games" (Libro dos Juegos), produced under the direction of Alfonso X (1221-1284), King of Castile (Spain) in the 13th century, a version of Morris is mentioned, which is played with dices.
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 GameSpot Forums - GameCube - Need a List   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
This game DOES involve combat, but the system is limited to only a couple moves.
I'd say it's just as good as the Zelda games, if not better, because the game doesn't have puzzles as difficult as the Zelda games AND that the story is somewhat original, compared to the "fight evil Ganondorf" which is the basis of every Zelda game.
I find strategy games to be the most enjoyable because they tend to last longer than any other genre and never feel repetitive like other games do.
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 Crossings   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Buffy herself is reluctant to cross over to the role of parent, and the two are bickering more than usual.
Buffy had better figure out how to get her friend back to Sunnydale, before the game is over, for good....
A timely coincedence with the release of the XBox Buffy game a couple of months after the publishing of this book.
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 GameSpy.com - E3 2002 Coverage
You start the game off as a boy or a girl moving to a village populated by cuddly creatures.
You're asked to give your date of birth at the beginning of the game, so don't be surprised when people stop by to drop off a birthday present.
While the game doesn't boast the star power of other Nintendo titles shown at E3, it's definitely one of the most original, imaginative, and captivating console games ever conceived.
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 Amazon.com: Crossings (Buffy the Vampire Slayer): Books: Mel Odom   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
"Crossings" is Mel Odom's second "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" novel after last year's "Revenant," although his contribution to the "Tales of the Slayer, Volume 1" was the best of that rather uneven collection.
However, "Crossings" is one of those novels were everything comes together in the end for the big payoff.
Xander and Anya are engrossed in a sci-fi film festival, popcorn in hand, when Robby Healdton, a gaming friend, plucks a fire axe of the walk and threatens to chop the audience into geek cutlets.
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 Kaingo Bush Camp - Shenton Safaris - African Safari Holidays   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
N.B. All three daily activities are optional; some guests choose to miss out on one or more and relax in camp using the sun chairs, hammocks or the viewing deck and watch game from the camp across the Luangwa River and elephants crossing nearby.
The journey between the two camps is either a relaxed three hour walking safari, or morning drive, filled with an abundance of game and interesting landmarks, such as massive buffalo herds numbering over 500 on the vast Lion Plain.
Hippo Hide trip, elephant crossing point or ebony gove/forest.
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 EN World - Morrus' D&D / d20 News & Reviews Site - Veils and Crossings (was: Shadow over Felthera) - StalkingBlue's ...
Their actual crossing, several miles downriver, was uneventful, although Keeran had spotted a large cat apparently shadowing them.
Tane and the other two decided that if there was a patrol in trouble then the area had to be investigated possibly to provide help and certainly to inform their handler as to what had happened to the patrol.
They crossed an area that had been recently burned and finally made it into the edges of the forest of Erethor.
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 Border crossings - Jim Lang - Sportsnet.ca
Filling the gap: Rain may have wreaked havoc on Game 4 of the World Series, but that doesn’t mean we can’t talk some baseball.
Chapter 6 - "The Game" - Goaltender Andrew Raycroft was certainly earning his paycheck on this night as he bailed out his teammates numerous times until the Leafs got on the scoreboard.
That building is deafening, and as a flame fan stuck with 48 oiler games on SN west this year, it gets proved time and time again.
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 Gamelab Experiments: Centipede game   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
It is now the other player who can leave with the larger stack, or push both stacks back towards you (in which case both stacks increase again by one Euro each).
Most players are cooperative and fear only the end of the game.
If both players are rational, and are fully aware of this, the game will end in the first round with low payoffs for both sides.
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 MEGA - Game log Jan - Jun 2003
The game halted at this point for a two week break and resumed again on Feb. 21st.
This game was a practice game for Barracks Battles.
We have planned an all day game session starting early in the morning and going on until we don't have the strength to roll dice anymore.
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 Product Reviews - Animal Crossing: Wild World - HDTVEdge.com - Get the HDTV Edge with the Latest News, Reviews and Hot ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
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This is a great game for parents to play with their kids and I find myself playing it by myself after he's gone to bed.
I just got this game, and i must say it is one of the most compelling and original gaming experiences i have had in quite a while.
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 GameSpy Forums
I thought that if the first part of the game had to be this annoying then the rest of it would probably be just as annoying.
Whereas, you work at the game for a week, and when you look back, you havn't saved the world, you havn't gotten the girl, all you did was got some new wallpaper and carpeting.
i like the game and all but i think they people walk really slow and im not really good when it comes to waiting for..well pretty much anything so its a good game if you can wait and take all the walking.
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 crossings - OneLook Dictionary Search
crossings : Cambridge International Dictionary of English [home, info]
crossings : Cambridge Dictionary of American English [home, info]
Phrases that include crossings: crossings of the yarra river, czech rail border crossings in operation, dartmouth crossings, global crossings holdings ltd, list of crossings of the columbia river, more...
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 Age of Empires 3 Files - River Crossings Info
This map has a central river with 1-4 shallow crossings, with defensive play possible using the crossings as choke points or to wall off your side.
River Crossings is a new RMS characterized by a simple central river with 1 to 4 shallows crossings, with the teams separated by the river.
Player position and location will vary randomly, more so in a 2-player game (in a 2 player game the players are not always in a directly opposite position).
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 Twilight Imperium 3rd Edition | BoardGameGeek
The new design features faster gameplay, and involves players in a far more active game experience with much less downtime.
Twilight Imperium First Edition was FFG's first game product, and through two popular editions it has garnered a massive audience across the world and the Twilight Imperium name has been a pillar of growth and recognition for FFG.
Not all games have enough ratings or sufficiently strong correlations to produce recommendations.
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 Animal Crossing for GameCube Specifications at VideoGameReview.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The ambitious Animal Crossing allows players to interact with a virtual village of animals who are doing something different every minute of every day.
With Animal Crossings 24-hour clock, the games unique events can be in synch with real time -- as day turns to night in the real world, the sun will also begin to set in the game.
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 PopMatters | Columns | Raphaël Costambeys-Kempczynski | Channel Crossings | From the Beautiful Game to le beau jeu   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
His ability to make the ball move along impossible flight paths seemingly through the power of philosophical thought — he always seemed to prefer the arguments of skill over physical effort — saw him cast as the new-age guru of a retreat for the rich and famous called The Centre in a BBC spoof documentary.
It comes then as no surprise then that Michael J. Browne's 1997 painting entitled 'The Art of Game' Cantona holding the Cross of St George with the likes of Beckham at his feet and the Scottish Manchester United manager Alec Ferguson seemingly blessing his favourite son.
Even Nike saw the potential of this growing cross channel phenomenon and cashed in with the the slogan '66 was a great year for English football.
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 Avalon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Players collect and trade weapons and armour for use in jousts during the tournament, the aim being to make the most money during the fighting, whether or not you win the fights.
The weakest part of this game is that it has been designed such that ties are common during jousts.
The rest of the game could be promising, but I'll need to try it a few more times to see how play develops.
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 GameSpot Forums - General Games Discussion - So a Nintendo DS is only worth $50 in-store credit 'round here...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Forums - General Games Discussion - So a Nintendo DS is only worth $50 in-st...
Maybe I'm missing where the fun is, but the game is rather repetitive and there's no excitement over anything whatsoever.
Well, since you just got a DS (or 3 DS's, I should say), and the only game that you mentioned for the DS was Animal Crossing, I'd choose to get that if I were you.
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 3D Gamers :: Game Listing :: Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 Info
The game includes a variety of open road environments that truly come to life, consisting of river crossings, waterfalls, beaches, volcanoes and brush fires.
Animated drivers and cops give life to the drivers within the game, bringing added emotion to the world of these exotic super cars.
The game challenges the driver to dodge traffic, police and natural elements in high speed and high style...
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 Crossings Golf Club, The, Glen Allen, VA - eCaddy.com
This course makes optimal use of the natural landscape in what was once known as the "Half Sink" area.
"Once the northern border of the Chickahominy Swamp during the Civil War, The Crossings was a hiding place for outlaws and a staging area for troop movements in the Richmond Virginia area."
Search for a partner for "friendly" competition, someone to show you a course you have never played or, if so inclined and available, a little romance.
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 Game Caravan Boardgames Details   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
This is early war tank warfare with waves of B1 bis, H-39 and FCM 36 tanks sweeping into the village of Stonne with orders to force the issue and force the enemy back over the Meuse crossings.
The German objective was to hold open the crucial Meuse crossings and seize the high ground at Stonne.
STONNE 1940 includes a historical game map of the battlefield, special rules, six new scenarios and a Platoon Leader 2.1TM campaign game.
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