Definitions of Abstract (was Solo: A solitare game for PP -

["david_bruce_cousins" <david.cousins@...>]

--- In piecepack@y..., Ron Hale-Evans <rwhe@l...> wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 30, 2001 at 03:47:18AM -0000, david_bruce_cousins wrote:
> <rules for a new solitaire piecepack game>
> 
> Your game looks interesting, David.  I intend to try it at the
> earliest possible opportunity, either tonight or tomorrow night.
> 
> > Exploring the Galaxy

> This is somewhat true, IMHO.  However, your game is not an abstract
> game in the technical sense, because it (1) is for one player, (2)
> contains chance elements, and (3) contains hidden information.
> Mathematically speaking, an abstract game is a game for two players
> with perfect information and no chance elements.

Is that a definition from Game theory?

> You just have to use your imagination!
Firmly agreed!

> 
> > The galaxy board is made as follows:
> >         []
> >       [][]
> > [][][][][]
> >   [][]  [][]
> >     [][][][][]
> >     [][]
> >     []
> > At the center of the galaxy is a giant black hole.
> 
> By the way, this board is virtually identical to the first one we
> tried for Wormholes.  We eventually settled on the one we use now 
with
> two long, narrow "spiral arms" because we wanted (1) a two-ended
> board, and (2) more action happening in the tight squeeze in the
> middle as players passed each other with their starships.
>  
Yes it is interesting what you can do with only 24 tiles! I wanted 
something that was symmetrical, and maybe a bit more interesting than 
the rectangle. I was very pleased when the 20 tiles fit into a nice 
spiral pattern. I think that one of the pleasing aspects of working 
with PP is that with clever layout of the tiles lots of new board 
designs may fall out.

> > Copyleft David Bruce Cousins 2001. yadda yadda yadda
> > All rights reserved.
> 
> OK.  You have just made a statement equivalent to "Black is white".
> Insofar as the word "copyleft" has any legal standing, it pretty 
much
> means the opposite of "all rights reserved".  I recommend you follow
> this link, which explains some of the issues involved:
> 
>   http://www.gnu.org/licenses/licenses.html#WhatIsCopyleft
> 
> When you state, "all rights reserved", this means that no one can 
copy
> your rules, including the people who manage the Piecepack.org site.
> That's not what you want, is it?
> 
> As far as I know, "yadda yadda yadda" has no legal standing
> whatsoever. :-)
> 
> Ron H-E
> 


And yadda yadda yadda is about how I feel about the whole mumbo jumbo.
Well, All rights reserved, was a last minute sleepy addition to the 
file!

PS: thanks for the complement about my library. If you have any other 
suggestions for similar books, I'd love to hear them. I also ran 
through Sacksons book and picked out a handful that either could be 
played or modified to work with PP. I just thought the glass bead game 
was a really terrific fit!

Dave