Re: spoon-discuss: oh, no, here it comes again

[last chance for a slow dance <kortbein@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Joel Uckelman sez:
>So, I was thinking back on some things that I had always wanted to try in 
>Berserker, but didn't get the chance to because there wasn't enough support 
>for it then. One of those things was something that I opposed initially, 
>but began to think might be fun after I voted against it: Political Go. 
>What is Political Go, you might ask? Well, imagine playing Go (the "game of 
>oriental strategy", as Josh's box says), but with more than one other 
>person. Moreover, these other players may or may not be friendly, and 
>whether your stones can draw liberties from their dragons will depend on 
>it. (If you've played Go much, you can imagine how much difference it would 
>make if an "ally" switched sides--it could result in the capture of big 
>bunches of stones.) Anyway, everyone would get a free stone every turn, and 
>more for doing certain things, like making (successful?) proposals and 
>such. We could award the winner something or other (a win? points? more 
>stones for next time?). I think this could be a lot of fun, assuming enough 
>people want to participate in it. So, the most important part: does anyone 
>want to do this? If so, I'll get a proposal together for it. (Not right 
>away, though. The implementation of this is complex enough that I think 
>I'll wait until the semester is over to get it started.) Comments?

I want a turkey sandwich, please.



Josh

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