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	Focus (board game) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Focus is an abstract strategy board game, designed by Sid Sackson and published in 1964 by Kosmos.
		Focus won the 1981 Spiel des Jahres and Essen Feather awards.
		The game appears in Sackson's A Gamut of Games in the section New Battles on an Old Battlefield.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Focus_(board_game) (260 words)

	Simulation & Computer Integration in Board Games
		The focus of the game certainly isn't on the economics.
		A board game is forced to use a more or less crude simplification of the economical model, while a computer game can provide a more realistic system.
		The games that could benefit from this kind of computer integration tend to be on the heavier end of the scale and thus quite far from mainstream board games (I couldn't come up with any popular board games that would really benefit from computer integration).
	www.thegamesjournal.com /articles/ComputerIntegration.shtml (1396 words)

	Game board focus shifts to hunters, trappers - Good-bye buffer zone. Hello wolf control
		With Knowles calling the shots, the game board adopted and then expanded a protective buffer zone on state land around Denali National Park and Preserve that prohibited the hunting and trapping of wolves that stray outside the park.
		Of Murkowski's game board choices, two are registered big-game guides from Fairbanks, one is an air boater, one is a subsistence hunter and trapper from the Bush, one is a retired state wildlife biologist featured in Alaska Department of Fish and Game hunting videos, and one is the former director of the state's game division.
		Fleagle, who has served on the board of directors of Doyon Ltd. since 1996 and is president of the Native village of Manley Hot Springs, was not reappointed by Knowles.
	www.citizenreviewonline.org /jan_2003/game.htm (1178 words)

	Ancient Board Games and the Nabataeans
		A game board similar to Mancala was found on the roof of the temple of Seti I in Egypt.
		The game was played on a board of, naturally, 20 squares; the object being to get one's pieces on the board, then move in a diagonal pattern around and down the central row of squares, and finally off the far end.
		This game is superior in complexity to English draughts (or checkers) by virtue of the fact that it is played on a board ten squares by ten squares.
	nabataea.net /games3.html (3583 words)

	Board Game Sales
		Electronic games, usually played by one person, were popular in the mid-'90s, experts say, but board games can be played by a group, making them more value-for-money.
		But Hasbro cannot afford to be too complacent as it could face competition from new strategy board games like Settlers of Catan, where players strategize to expand their settlement through trade and war, and Amun-re, a similar game set in Egypt, that are being imported from Germany.
		According to Herried, "the overall awareness of [non-standard] board games is on a sharp incline." Larry Roznai, president of Mayfair Games, publisher of the English version of Settlers of Catan, agrees that the industry is in growth mode.
	www.alanemrich.com /SGI/Week_10/SGI_Boardgame_Sales.htm (2108 words)

	Lost Garden
		Game design, in its most pure sense, is the creation of the rules that govern the gaming environment. At the base of every finished game is a game design.
		The core principles that drive a simple arcade game like Pac man should also be evident in a sophisticated tour de force like Deus Ex. With this thought in mind, I analyzed the design process of a lowly board game.
		What is an efficient process of rule creation? What are the pitfalls of balancing a game and what are techniques that help avoid these pitfalls? If my board game produces answers that parallel useful solutions for video games, then perhaps we have stumbled upon a set of universally helpful design tools.
	www.lostgarden.com /evolutionary_game_design.htm (455 words)

	Open Directory - Games:Board Games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Games which are old/ancient do not currently have their own category, but fit mostly under Games/Board_Games/Abstract.
		Both games with a racing theme (for instance a car race or a horse race) and games where the victory condition is winning a race (but the theme is something else) are listed in this category.
		Board games focused on trivia, facts, or words are presented in this category.
	dmoz.org /Games/Board_Games/desc.html (893 words)

	Battleship for PC video game review and cheats (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		While the game takes place on much larger maps, your fleet is always tied to a 10x10 grid; it just moves around on the larger map while still constrained to its grid.
		Until you get used to the presentation of this game, you won't be able to tell what's going on or which layer you're on, or much of anything other than that the computer is tromping on you.
		I was really looking forward to this game because I didn't feel that anyone had yet come up with a really cool naval strategy game, and after all, this one does tout itself as "The Ultimate Naval Warfare Game," so I thought that this one looked like it might break the mold.
	www.gamezilla.com /reviews/b/battleship.asp (1274 words)

	Therapeutic Games Therapeutic Board Games Play Therapy
		Like the original game, the card game is sure to help children communicate their feelings and develop insight into their problems.
		The game provides an enjoyable game in the context of which important issues are introduced.
		This game was developed to enable therapists to learn more about their child patient's psychological processes.
	www.therapeuticresources.com /games.html (961 words)

	Board Games home at the WonderWise Parent
		Board games are a great way for parents and children and couples to have fun together.
		Games are popular in Germany because of family traditions of spending time together in the home.
		In the Board Games portion of The WonderWise Parent, we will recommend games to you in Reviews, describe a Family Game Night, answer common questions about playing games, and give you some hints on how to find these games to play.
	www.k-state.edu /wwparent/games (427 words)

	Game Theory 101 - Part II
		In games like this, players would often have no clue as to who is winning by just observing each other's actions because a good or bad move tends to be incremental.
		An element of the game that helps to give it tension is the competition for choice spaces on the board.
		It changed the game from being an incremental game of acquisition and development to a game that explodes when a player is able to trade for the right combination of properties.
	www.thegamesjournal.com /articles/GameTheory2.shtml (1739 words)

	Focus
		Focus (or Domination) is a Sid Sackson abstract strategy game for two to four in which players attempt to make moves and capture pieces in such a manner that their opponent(s) have no moves remaining.
		Pieces of a player's own color that are taken by that player are reserved to re-enter the game at a later time; pieces of the opponent's color are kept as captured.
		Reserved pieces can be entered on a turn in any space on the board in place of making a move of pieces; strategic use of reserved pieces can make the game by utilizing them to capture stacks controlled by opponent(s).
	www.boardgamegeek.com /game/789 (320 words)

	GAME CLASSICS: FOCUS
		The board of the game is actually a standard checkerboard of 8x8 dimensions with the nearest and farthest rows of squares on each side missing four or two squares (as seen on the box at left).
		In the two player game, each player receives 18 checkers (red and green in the Western set) which are placed in alternating pairs to occupy the inside areas of the board.
		Since the initial game set-up is symmetrical, if the second player imitates the moves of the first player, the game would end in a draw.
	www.gamersalliance.com /W2004/focus.htm (1154 words)

	Kelly Bear Materials: BOARD GAME
		The Kelly Bear game is a children's journey game with a goal that is reached through cooperation rather than competition.
		The game works best with 3 to 6 players, ages 5 - 10; however, children of other ages may also enjoy playing.
		An 18" x 18" game board of a mountain landscape with individual stepping stones from the bottom to the top.
	www.kellybear.com /MatGAME.html (251 words)

	Pentagonal Main
		may be the first game to initially be played on computers and then made into a physical board game…kind of a twist on virtual reality.
		The original concept of the game was a popular 70’s game on some mainframe computers called “Cubic”.
		We hope you’ll agree that the game is now easier and much more fun to play with Pentagonal’s rotating 3-D symmetrical design, which easily collapses for storage and durability.
	www.lolofun.com /products/games/pentagonal/pentagonal.htm (300 words)

	Game board focus shifts to hunters
		Mike Fleagle, a hunter, trapper and subsistence user from McGrath who was appointed to the game board by Knowles in 1996 and was a proponent of wolf control.
		Murkowski is an avid hunter, evidenced by the two hunting trips he has already taken -- one to hunt turkeys in Texas and the other to hunt pheasant in Scotland -- since he was elected a little over two months ago.
		The lone holdover on the game board is former longtime legislator Ben Grussendorf of Sitka, who was appointed by Knowles a little more than two years ago.
	www.propertyrightsresearch.org /game_board_focus_shifts_to_hunte.htm (1075 words)

	Wired News: Camera Game Lacks Focus
		Sadly, the "games" that use your 3-D cranium are more like extremely brief diversions -- you can punch yourself in the face and watch the expressions change, or bat around a bunch of mini versions of your head that float on the screen.
		Last year's game was one of the only PlayStation 2 titles that my entire family wanted to have a go at.
		The traditional game controller often acts as a barrier to casual players' enjoyment of video games, and the EyeToy technology is a much more intuitive control scheme.
	www.wired.com /news/games/0,2101,68488,00.html (843 words)

	The only game created for the memory challenged.
		Sold only on the Internet, "The Senior Moments Game" is a therapeutic board game designed for persons who experience memory loss and for their caretakers.
		This colorful and exciting game stimulates memory and encourages the recollection of fond moments in the lives of those who play it.
		Because it is a board game, it is fun and easy for everyone to play and learn more about their own family history.
	theseniormomentsgame.com (124 words)

	Battle B-Daman for Game Boy Advance Review - Game Boy Advance Battle B-Daman Review
		To the game's credit, it faithfully duplicates two of the game types used in the real-life board game.
		Parts are collected in the game's story mode, which breaks from the tradition of similar franchise tie-ins by eschewing the top-view role-playing game format for a structure that's more in line with a digital comic book.
		Just like in the real-world game, movement is limited, such that you can only move your robot side to side with the directional pad or aim your shots at an angle using the shoulder buttons.
	www.gamespot.com /gba/action/battlebdaman/review.html (943 words)

	focus - OneLook Dictionary Search
		FOCUS, Focus, focus : CCI Computer [home, info]
		Phrases that include focus: soft focus, focus group, depth of focus, principal focus, virtual focus, more...
		Words similar to focus: center, centering, centre, concenter, concentrate, foci, focusable, focused, focuser, focuses, focusing, focusless, focussed, focussing, nidus, pore, rivet, sharpen, stress, focal point, more...
	www.onelook.com /?w=focus (586 words)

	The Game Smiths - Board Games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Also, part of the game package is a expanded group of play-aid charts, prompted by playtester insistence, to help keep track of the many details that campaigning can require.
		Carthage is the Punic War's game that ancients and gaming aficionados have been waiting for since the beginning of the wargame hobby.
		Cults Across America is a high-powered board game featuring challenging resource management, detailed combat choices, three scenarios that let you play the game you want to play, a host of cards that can change the game's course in seconds, and a severe attitude like nothing you've ever seen in a board game.
	thegamesmiths.com /store/c-20-board-games.aspx?pagenum=3 (2865 words)

	Science Fiction Game Reviews
		But few are such good, clean, competitive fun as the board game Starfarers of Catan, imported from Germany and now available in English for the first time.
		The object of the game is to earn victory points by trading with aliens, colonizing planets and maintaining honor.
		Such triflings aside, the only reason not to buy this game is the price tag: At $60 it is pretty pricey for a board game.
	www.scifi.com /sfw/issue229/games.html (773 words)

	Decision Games -Moves
		That has meant the focus of MOVES has narrowed into covering mostly Decision and Strategy and Tactics games as other manufacturers have declined to assist with submitting material or, understandably, focused on their own house organs.
		What became obvious to me was the increasing number of strategy games outside of wargames that are being published (lead by the European imports, but increasingly spreading out to American companies).
		MOVES will focus on the strategy board games, largely reviewing the games as they are published, but also including support articles as well.
	www.decisiongames.com /mags/moves.htm (562 words)

	Board Game Design First Steps
		Because your board game will be only one part of some larger instructional environment, you have more freedom than is usual in instructional design and more opportunity to be creative.
		With large sheets of paper or a whiteboard in front of you, write down words that are associated with the topic of your game.
		As you examine the content elements that you've listed and chunked and match them with game structures, jot down ideas that seem as though they should be a part of your game.
	edweb.sdsu.edu /courses/edtec670/boardgame/BoardGameDesign1.html (1202 words)

	Who? The Hex! – Focus Pocus , Music & Photos Game - Shockwave
		Agatha Hex is taking her Focus Pocus Mirror around the school to see what fun it can reveal.
		I've been playing this game for the past week or so and i can never get past 45,000 I don't know how you guys are getting 47, 48,000 but keep up the good work it just makes me want to beat you.
		I keep playing this game over and over and yes, it is very amusing.
	www.shockwave.com /gamelanding/focuspocus.jsp (1274 words)

	Board Game Downloads at Natural Games
		The Natural Games Board Games Section is a central resource for board game information, rules, software, and links, focused on the traditional and family board games that many people know and love, as well as new games you might not yet be familiar with, but which we think you'll enjoy.
		We are a database for board game information, reviews, session reports, images, files, and links.
		We focus on new games you might not yet be familiar with but thousands of people around the world are playing and having a great time.
	www.naturalgames.com /board_game_downloads/index.html (230 words)

	Game Club Online
		The kids enjoy the games and the potluck food, and the adults find friendships and understanding while sharing information about their children with one another.
		Game Club is held on the 2nd Friday of each month from 6:30 p.m.
		A donation of $5 per family is requested to offset monthly fees for use of the space.
	www.gameclubonline.com (246 words)

	Games
		Most of the pictures on the cards, board, etc. are from the video series, but the game is not really based on any storylines per se.
		However, the game is rather interesting and fun to play, especially for younger children.
		As far as "lessons" from the game, I would have rathered that the Bible verses be incorporated a little more into the game.
	www.aiohq.com /merch/games.htm (493 words)

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