Re: Names of chess pieces in (con)langs

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>From: Simon Clarkstone <simon.clarkstone@...>
>
>On 2006-04-20, Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> wrote:
>> On 3/25/06, Carsten Becker <carbeck@...> wrote:
>> > How likely would it be for a culture not located on earth to
>> > come up with exactly the same game?
>>
>> Exactly my dilemma.  My culture is alien, so I need to design alien games.
>
>There are a few games you could have them plausibly independantly
>inventing.  Go is the first to come to mind:
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_%28board_game%29
>The Kigdatsi (my con-species) play it, though they can reach the
>super-human level of 15-20 dan  (the human limit is 9 dan).  (Some of
>their programming languages are suspiciously familiar, too.  I really
>would like to be more inventive.)
If I ever get around to devising my 4D conworld, I'll need to start thinking
about games that can be played on a 3D board. 3D Go has been on my mind a
little from time to time.

Heck, *we* have 3D games, and there are a small number of 4D games for which we have
computer simulations; I reckon my 4D folk could have some 4D games and
simulated 5D (or even 6D?) games too. Gah! I can barely even start to think in
4D, so how the dickens am I going to design 5D games???




Paul

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