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Board game "Slings and stones"
Feb 6th, 2007 at 8:36pm
 
What do you know... it's sling checkers Grin
Check it out, rules are very simple:
http://www.di.fc.ul.pt/~jpn/gv/Slings&Stones.pdf
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Re: Board game "Slings and stones"
Reply #1 - Feb 6th, 2007 at 9:10pm
 
Nice find JustKnot! Looks interesting, and anything with slinging in it...

Now I want to know what the original gamepieces looked like. Might as well do it right!

The parent site has all sorts of interesting things on it. "Variations on Go"

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Reply #2 - Feb 6th, 2007 at 10:50pm
 
looks like a fun game, I'll have to try it!
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Reply #3 - Feb 7th, 2007 at 8:27am
 
now that looks like fun. Much better than go - which is just too labarynthine for me. Too much thinking.

So the next step is to somehow get an online version linked to the website that we can hold tournaments with :-)
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Reply #4 - Feb 7th, 2007 at 8:38am
 
Just did a search and there is an online version of it:
http://superdupergames.org

But I haven't tried it yet.
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Reply #5 - Feb 7th, 2007 at 9:09am
 
well signed up for an account and started a game with someone who bviously was no longer there lol

Although can't see how you move, no doubt if I get a chance to play with an actual person I'll work it our lol
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Reply #6 - Feb 7th, 2007 at 10:49am
 
I think the start positions are a bit weird as you can immediately start shooting at the other player. So whoever starts wins, right?
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Reply #7 - Feb 7th, 2007 at 11:10am
 
Dravonk wrote on Feb 7th, 2007 at 10:49am:
I think the start positions are a bit weird as you can immediately start shooting at the other player. So whoever starts wins, right?


I was wrong. You cannot move diagonal with the slings.
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Reply #8 - Feb 7th, 2007 at 11:44am
 
What a great find Justknot Shocked i'm stunned Shocked And i'm going to play for Sure  Grin
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Reply #9 - Feb 7th, 2007 at 12:53pm
 
Curious Aardvark wrote on Feb 7th, 2007 at 8:27am:
...Much better than go - which is just too labarynthine for me. Too much thinking....


Ack!  Cry "Better than Go" - impossible... The key with go is to not think, except in smaller chunks. Overall, you need to feel the game developing - very different from most games. Fits my way of thinking anyways (not that I'm any good)

We got a copy of "Carcassonne: Hunters and Gatherers" for Christmas, and although it doesn't specifically mention slings, it's clear that that's what the Meeple hunters are hunting with. What else would explain their ability to lie down while hunting? Smiley

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Reply #10 - Feb 7th, 2007 at 5:12pm
 
"In Muighar culture, the man who owned the most yaks always had the first move"

If we did play it against each other, we'd have to use the honor system - I've got 6.
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Reply #11 - Feb 8th, 2007 at 7:46am
 
[quote]If we did play it against each other, we'd have to use the honor system - I've got 6. [/quote]
rotfl
that's brilliant.

I reckon there's bits of about 13 yaks in my sling - that has to count :-)
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Reply #12 - Feb 9th, 2007 at 1:45pm
 
Hi

Great find! Grin
yet another thing to make.
I have been tying to find an original board but haven't been lucky so far...

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