Re: The Board Game Thread

by **Pepp** Sun 14 Aug 2011 - 23:50

And, do somebody here know about karambol?

by **iliander** Sun 14 Aug 2011 - 23:51

Is it this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carom_billiards ?

by **Pepp** Sun 14 Aug 2011 - 23:53

by **iliander** Sun 14 Aug 2011 - 23:56

Is it with small wooden discs?

by **Pepp** Sun 14 Aug 2011 - 23:57

by **peugeot407** Mon 15 Aug 2011 - 0:28

Queen = Dame (means Lady)

There's always a grey area here... In both chess and card games, the Queen is sometimes refered to as Dame (which does indeed mean Lady), but equally often as Koningin (which is a direct translation of Queen) and Vrouw (which means little more than Woman). And while we're on the subject of card games, the King is equally often called Koning (which is a direct translation of King) and Heer (which means Lord). I've never heard anybody call a chess King 'Heer' though...

peugeot407

by **Pepp** Sat 20 Aug 2011 - 16:51

And I still a bit dizzy with the Queen, as no queen took sword in a battle and stronger than her husband Razz

by **iliander** Sat 20 Aug 2011 - 20:14

I know, it's weird. But the Queen isn't historically correct, in the early days of Chess, the Queen was called the General, which makes more sense.

by **Pepp** Sat 20 Aug 2011 - 22:24

And Bishop Razz

by **iliander** Sat 20 Aug 2011 - 23:03

It originally was an Elephant (or War Elephant)... They later mistook the Elephant's tusks for the Bishop hat. Razz

by **Pepp** Sat 20 Aug 2011 - 23:14

Horse resemble knight, rock resemble siege tower, peons resemble man at arms.

by **iliander** Sat 20 Aug 2011 - 23:16

True.

But in the original form of Chess, the Rook resembles a Chariot.

by **peugeot407** Sun 21 Aug 2011 - 0:01

Horse resemble knight, rock resemble siege tower, peons resemble man at arms.

Oh yes, we could make a K&B based chess set.

♚ = Lord
♛ = Hashashin
♜ = Siege Tower
♝ = Bishop
♞ = Knight
♟ = Peasant

peugeot407

by **iliander** Sun 21 Aug 2011 - 0:14

:lol: :lol: :lol:

But then the Pawn should definitely be called a Man-at-Arms...

by **peugeot407** Sun 21 Aug 2011 - 0:46

If you want a military unit, I suggest making it Spearman. Men-at-Arms are a bit too valuable for that.

peugeot407

by **Hoop Thrower** Sun 21 Aug 2011 - 7:58

Oh, I've just realized, you've got no civs with elephants? D'aww...

by **iliander** Sun 21 Aug 2011 - 8:20

But there're Barbarians which can train the *** ********... Razz

by **Hoop Thrower** Sun 21 Aug 2011 - 9:04

That pretty much spells war elephant to me...

by **peugeot407** Sun 21 Aug 2011 - 9:55

It does indeed. And since one of our subcivs is the Persians, I suppose it's pretty obvious it'll be one of their units.

peugeot407

by **Pepp** Sun 21 Aug 2011 - 12:43

I just remember about Japanese and Chinese style of chess, if I'm right, the chinese one is Paisho.

by **Hoop Thrower** Sun 21 Aug 2011 - 13:22

the japanese is shogi, yeah, I've actually played shogi, it seemed to be kind of a big thing back where I used to live...

by Nero Sun 21 Aug 2011 - 14:07

I like shogi, similar to chess but you are able to use your opponents pieces against them. Very interesting. I haven't tried Paisho, but I have tried Go. Go is fun and very difficult to play. I need to try it again though, I forgot how to play a bit.

by **Pepp** Sun 21 Aug 2011 - 14:51

I know Go too. A bit wasting time, though...

by Nero Sun 21 Aug 2011 - 17:11

I find it fascinating, simple rules, but extremely complex to play. It has been described as playing four games of chess at once on the same board.

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