X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,f1699d30bb8405c6 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public From: David Riley Subject: Re: Mancala board Date: 1997/12/16 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 298588525 Distribution: world X-NNTP-Posting-Host: dmriley.demon.co.uk [194.222.183.234] References: <66svp7$ns6$1@news01.micron.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art In article , Dave Bird---St Hippo of Augustine writes > >To use "real" grafic pieces they could only be 3 characters high > ................................................... > ;:["]:: [@Zn :(\):: |M| ;:\W/:: (\) :[@Zn: ["] ; > 8:/#\:: /#\ :/#\:: /#\ ;:/#\:: /#\ :/#\:: /#\ ; > ;[###]:[###]_[###]:[###]_;[###]:[###]_[###]:[###]_; > ; () ::():: () ::()::; () ::():: () ::()::; > 7 /\ ::/\:: /\ ::/\::; /\ ::/\:: /\ ::/\::; > ;_[##]_:[##]:_[##]_:[##]:;_[##]_:[##]:_[##]_:[##]:; > ;:::::: :::::: ;:::::: :::::: ; > 6:::::: :::::: ;:::::: :::::: ; > ;::::::______::::::______;::::::______::::::______; > ; :::::: ::::::; :::::: ::::::; > 5 :::::: ::::::; :::::: ::::::; > :______;;;;;;______;;;;;;;______;;;;;;______;;;;;;; > ;:::::: :::::: ;:::::: :::::: ; > 4:::::: :::::: ;:::::: :::::: ; > ;::::::______::::::______;::::::______::::::______; > ; :::::: ::::::; :::::: ::::::; > 3 :::::: ::::::; :::::: ::::::; > ;______::::::______::::::;______::::::______::::::; > ;::():: () ::():: () ;::():: () ::():: () ; > 2::/\:: /\ ::/\:: /\ ;::/\:: /\ ::/\:: /\ ; > ;:[__]:_[__]_:[__]:_[__]_;:[__]:_[__]_:[__]:_[__]_; > ; ["] :[@Zn: (\) :[M]::; \W/ :(\):: [@Zn :["]::; > 1 /_\ :/_\:: /_\ :/_\::; /_\ :/_\:: /_\ :/_\::; > :[___]_[___]:[___]_[___]:;[___]_[___]:[___]_[___]:; > '''a'''''b'''''c'''''d'''"'''e'''''f'''''g'''''h''' > These are excellent, great work :-) One small mistake though - the board is the wrong way round, there should be a white square in the bottom right. >This could be used to play chess by email. > >(Or perhaps someone wants to play a game on a newsgroup thread here?) It would be interesting to see different variations of the game developing in parallel as different people replied. Don't know how long it would be considered on-topic though? I've turned the board around and made an opening move below: ................................................... ; ["] :[@Zn: (\) :\W/::; [M] ::(\):: [@Zn :["]::; 8 /#\ :/#\:: /#\ :/#\::; /#\ ::/#\:: /#\ :/#\::; ;[###]_[###]:[###]_[###]:;[###]:[###]:[###] [###]:; ;::():: () ::():: () ;::():: () ::():: () ; 7::/\:: /\ ::/\:: /\ ;::/\:: /\ ::/\:: /\ ; ;:[##]:_[##]_:[##]:_[##]_;:[##]:_[##]_:[##]:_[##]_; ; :::::: ::::::; :::::: ::::::; 6 :::::: ::::::; :::::: ::::::; ;______::::::______::::::;______::::::______::::::; ;:::::: :::::: ;:::::: :::::: ; 5:::::: :::::: ;:::::: :::::: ; ;::::::______::::::______;::::::______::::::______; ; :::::: ::::::; () :::::: ::::::; 4 :::::: ::::::; /\ :::::: ::::::; ;______::::::______::::::;_[__]_::::::______::::::; ;:::::: :::::: ;:::::: :::::: ; 3:::::: :::::: ;:::::: :::::: ; ;::::::______::::::______;::::::______::::::______; ; () ::():: () ::()::; ::():: () ::()::; 2 /\ ::/\:: /\ ::/\::; ::/\:: /\ ::/\::; ;_[__]_:[__]:_[__]_:[__]:;______:[__]:_[__]_:[__]:; ;:["]:: [@Zn :(\):: \W/ ;:[M]:: (\) :[@Zn: ["] ; 1:/_\:: /_\ :/_\:: /_\ ;:/_\:: /_\ :/_\:: /_\ ; :[___]:[___]_[___]:[___]_;[___]:[___]_[___]:[___]_; '''a'''''b'''''c'''''d'''"'''e'''''f'''''g'''''h''' [sorry no pictures of my own - I've just managed to delete the only new one I've done for ages :-( ] -- { { wwWWww } } David Riley dave@dmriley.demon.co.uk { {(.)(.)} } http://www.dmriley.demon.co.uk { { | } } { { =} } "There is nothing incomprehensible." - Lautreamont