Glass Bead Game Mancala & pp

[Ron Hale-Evans <rwhe@...>]

David Bruce Cousins mentioned that a Mancala game called the Glass
Bead Game (after Hesse's novel) can be played very well using only one
piecepack.  You can find the rules in R. Wayne Schmittberger's book
_New Rules for Classic Games_ or online at the inventor Christian
Freeling's website:

  http://www.mindsports.net/Arena/GlassBeadGameTutor/

Dave, I took Schmittberger's book to bed with me last night (you have
good taste, BTW; this really is an invaluable resource for game
designers like me who have not attained the expertise of a Sid Sackson
or Reiner Knizia).  I could not for the life of me see how to play the
vanilla Glass Bead Game Mancala with a piecepack.  But then I woke up
this morning and read that it required only 10 clear stones (not 20,
as I thought when I was half-asleep last night) and 10 coloured stones
in five pairs.  You could use four pairs of suit sides plus a pair of
nulls for the coloured beads, and use number-side-up coins for the ten
"stones", or clear beads, and still have four left over.  Cool!  I'm
going to give this one a spin soon too, after I try your Solo
solitaire.

BTW, I am developing a piecepack game that is closer in spirit (I
hope) to the "real" Glass Bead Game in Hesse's novel.  The working
title is the Kennexions Riddle Game.  For a taste of some of the
mechanisms I'll be using, you can visit

  http://kennexions.ludism.org/

Ron H-E

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