Editing GamesToTheRescueBook

= The Games to the Rescue Book = This page is a collaborative work environment for people working on the rulebook for GamesToTheRescue. (If you are not familiar with that project, please click the previous link.) You can collaborate on the book by proposing games in the list below, or fleshing out entries that are already there. (Remember, this is a WikiWikiWeb, so you can edit this page yourself.) Be sure to follow the general format of the list entries below, including the name of the game (e.g. Focus), author's name where relevant, a brief description, where to find the rules of the game (either on the Web or in a rulebook; the more sources of information, the better), and a link to a page where collaborators can begin writing the rules to the game in their own words (this should be in the form NonexistentExampleRules, e.g. FocusRules). Please sign your suggestion so we know who suggested it. The usual criteria for including a game in the list are as follows: * It can be played with ordinary equipment * It is easy to learn, yet possibly deep * It is novel; "something different", not the "same old same old" If you're really ambitious, you can write the rules to some of the games. For a list of all rules for the book that have already been started (but that might need editing), see CategoryGatherRules. ("Gather" is an acronym for GamesToTheRescue.) --["Ron Hale-Evans"] == Key == This is a guide to the terms used in the '''Type''' section of the games below. They are meant to help people decide what kind of game they would like to play. A game can have more than one type; for example, the game Solitaire Dice is both a Solo Game and a Dice Game. Eventually we will have icons to represent each of the terms below. '''Board Game:''' Most of these games only need one or two Checkers sets. '''Card Game:''' Most of these games only need a single StandardDeckOfCards. '''Chess Variant:''' Most of these games require only a single standard Chess set. Some require a Checkers set as well. '''Dice Game:''' Most of these games need only a handful of standard six-sided dice. '''Kid-Friendly:''' These are games that kids can play. '''Pen & Paper Game:''' These games mostly require just a pencil and paper. '''Solo Game:''' These games can be played by a single person. We're avoiding calling them "solitaire games" because in the U.S., most people associate that term only with card games. '''Word Game:''' These are games played with words. Some require pencil and paper, while others are spoken aloud. = The Games in the Book = === 10,000 === '''Author:''' Traditional '''Type:''' Dice Game '''Description:''' ??? '''Requires:''' 6 standard six-sided dice '''Sources:''' * http://www.gamecabinet.com/rules/TenThousand.html * https://web.archive.org/web/20080625025104/http://members.aol.com:80/dicetalk/rules/10000.txt * https://web.archive.org/web/20080625025104/http://members.aol.com:80/dicetalk/rules/farkle.txt * https://web.archive.org/web/20080625025104/http://members.aol.com:80/dicetalk/rules/greed.txt '''Suggested by:''' ["Ron Hale-Evans"] Write/edit the ["10000Rules"]. === Arithmetical Croquet === '''Author:''' Lewis Carroll '''Type:''' Math Game, Spoken Game '''Description:''' ??? '''Requires:''' No equipment required '''Sources:''' * ''New Rules for Classic Games'', by R. Wayne Schmittberger * https://web.archive.org/web/20160610164735/http://www.mauicroquetclub.org/ArithmeticalCroquet.htm (simplified version) '''Suggested by:''' ["Ron Hale-Evans"] Write/edit the ArithmeticalCroquetRules. === Bleeding Hearts === '''Author:''' David Parlett. '''Type:''' Card Game, Hearts, Medium Strategy '''Description:''' Also known as Bugami or Trigami. Like ["Hearts"], but each player is trying to avoid taking cards of a different suit. '''Number of Players:''' 3 to 7 '''Requires:''' 1 StandardDeckOfCards '''Sources:''' * http://www.parlettgames.uk/oricards/bugami.html * http://www.parlettgames.uk/oricards/trigami.html (three-player variant) '''Suggested by:''' ["Ron Hale-Evans"] Write/edit the BleedingHeartsRules. === Botticelli === '''Author:''' Traditional '''Type:''' Word Game, Spoken Game '''Description:''' ??? '''Requires:''' No equipment needed '''Sources:''' * ''Botticelli and Beyond'', David Parlett * ''The New Games Treasury'', by Merilyn Simonds Mohr * https://web.archive.org/web/20041207084358/http://setiathome.berkeley.edu:80/davea/games.html '''Suggested by:''' ["Ron Hale-Evans"] Write/edit the BotticelliRules. === Breakthrough === '''Author:''' Dan Troyka. '''Type:''' Boardgame, Checkers-like, (Deep or Medium?) Strategy '''Description:''' See our ["Breakthrough"] page. Two rules, one goal: Get a piece to your opponent's back row. '''Number of Players:''' 2 '''Requires:''' 1 ["Checkers"] set (16 checkers per side as opposed to the usual 12) '''Sources:''' * https://web.archive.org/web/20040912091941/http://boardgames.about.com/library/games/on/bl-8x8-breakthrough.htm '''Suggested by:''' ["Ron Hale-Evans"] Write/edit the BreakthroughRules. === Card Stock Market === '''Author:''' Sid Sackson. '''Type:''' Card Game, Economic, Medium Strategy '''Description:''' A small stock market simulation. '''Number of Players:''' 2-6 '''Requires:''' 2 StandardDeckOfCards with 2 jokers, two sets of 3-color poker chips or one large set of 4-color poker chips (harder to find), some paper for the information strip. '''Sources:''' * ''Card Games Around the World'', Sid Sackson '''Suggested by:''' ["Ron Hale-Evans"] Write/edit the CardStockMarketRules. === Change Change === '''Author:''' Sid Sackson. '''Type:''' Coin Game, Solo Game '''Description:''' A sort of sliding block puzzle like the ["15 Puzzle"] or ["Easy Slider"]. '''Requires:''' handful of pocket change. '''Sources:''' * ''A Gamut of Games'' by Sid Sackson '''Suggested by:''' ["Ron Hale-Evans"] Write/edit the ChangeChangeRules. === Chess === '''Author:''' Traditional '''Type:''' Boardgame, Chess Variant, Brain Burner '''Description:''' The rules to vanilla ["Chess"]; not everyone knows all the rules, and some of the variants below assume you do. '''Requires:''' 1 Chess set '''Sources:''' * http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/countermoves/CountermovesZineVolume1Issue3.txt?download (public domain rules) * http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rules_of_chess (GNU FDLed; better?) '''Suggested by:''' ["Ron Hale-Evans"] Write/edit the ChessRules. === Cheskers === '''Author:''' Solomon W. Golomb '''Type:''' Boardgame, Chess Variant, Checkers-Like '''Description:''' Probably the best-known cross between ["Chess"] and ["Checkers"]. '''Requires:''' 1 Chess set '''Sources:''' * http://www.chessvariants.com/crossover.dir/cheskers.html '''Suggested by:''' ["Ron Hale-Evans"] Write/edit the CheskersRules. === Duck Soup === '''Author:''' David Parlett. '''Type:''' Card Game, Trick-taking, Humorous, Light Strategy '''Description:''' A silly card game for two. "It'll drive two of you quackers." '''Number of Players:''' 2 '''Requires:''' 1 StandardDeckOfCards '''Sources:''' * http://www.parlettgames.uk/oricards/ducksoup.html '''Suggested by:''' ["Ron Hale-Evans"] Write/edit the DuckSoupRules. === Extinction Chess === '''Author:''' R. Wayne Schmittberger '''Type:''' Board Game, Chess Variant '''Description:''' Avoid the extinction of any of your "species" of chess piece. '''Requires:''' 1 Chess set '''Sources:''' * ''New Rules for Classic Games'' * http://www.chessvariants.com/winning.dir/extinction.html '''Suggested by:''' ["Ava Jarvis"] Write/edit the ExtinctionChessRules. Play Extinction Chess online at [http://itsyourturn.com itsyourturn.com]. === Fischer Random Chess === '''Author:''' Bobby Fischer '''Type:''' Boardgame, Chess Variant '''Description:''' ??? '''Requires:''' 1 ["Chess"] set and 1 die (for manual random placement) '''Sources:''' * http://www.chessvariants.com/diffsetup.dir/fischer.html * http://www.dwheeler.com/essays/Fischer_Random_Chess.html '''Suggested by:''' ["Ron Hale-Evans"] Write/edit the FischerRandomChessRules. === Focus === '''Author:''' Sid Sackson. '''Type:''' Boardgame, Checkers-like, Deep Strategy '''Description:''' Also known as Domination. See our ["Focus"] page for details. Build up stacks of pieces. Control every stack on the board to win. '''Number of Players:''' 2 (I'm keeping it at 2 here because it's hard to find cheap checker sets in colors other than red and black) '''Requires:''' 2 ["Checkers"] sets '''Sources:''' * ''A Gamut of Games'' by Sid Sackson * http://www.di.fc.ul.pt/~jpn/gv/focus.htm * http://www.hasbro.com/common/instruct/Domination.PDF (poor quality scan) '''Suggested by:''' ["Ron Hale-Evans"] Write/edit the FocusRules. (Two-player version only?) === Ghost === '''Author:''' Traditional '''Type:''' Word Game, Spoken Game '''Description:''' Players take turns naming letters, trying not to end a word. Variants include Superghost, Superduperghost, Anaghost... '''Requires:''' No equipment needed '''Sources:''' * https://web.archive.org/web/20170920132705/http://www.kith.org/logos/words/lower/g.html (Ghost, Superghost, Superduperghost) * ''Botticelli and Beyond'', David Parlett (Anaghost) '''Suggested by:''' ["Ron Hale-Evans"] Write/edit the GhostRules. === Giveaway Chess === '''Author:''' Traditional '''Type:''' Boardgame, Chess Variant '''Description:''' ??? '''Requires:''' 1 ["Chess"] set '''Sources:''' * http://www.chessvariants.com/diffobjective.dir/giveaway.html '''Suggested by:''' ["Ron Hale-Evans"] Write/edit the GiveawayChessRules. === Grasshopper Chess === '''Author:''' J. Boyer and T.R. Dawson '''Type:''' Boardgame, Chess Variant '''Description:''' ??? '''Requires:''' 1 Chess set and 1 Checkers set '''Sources:''' * http://www.chessvariants.com/dpieces.dir/grashopper.html '''Suggested by:''' ["Ron Hale-Evans"] Write/edit the GrasshopperChessRules. === Guggenheim === '''Author:''' Traditional '''Type:''' Word Game, Pen & Paper Game '''Description:''' The folk original for ["Scattergories"] and ["Facts in Five"]. '''Requires:''' Paper and pencil '''Sources:''' * ''The New Games Treasury'', by Merilyn Simonds Mohr * https://www.gamerulesguru.com/guggenheim.shtml '''Suggested by:''' ["Ron Hale-Evans"] Write/edit the GuggenheimRules. === Hostage Chess === '''Author:''' John Leslie. '''Type:''' Boardgame, Chess Variant '''Description:''' ??? '''Requires:''' 1 ["Chess"] set '''Sources:''' * http://www.chessvariants.com/difftaking.dir/hostage.html '''Suggested by:''' ["Ron Hale-Evans"] Write/edit the HostageChessRules. === I Doubt It === '''Author:''' Traditional '''Type:''' Card Game '''Description:''' ??? '''Requires:''' 1 StandardDeckOfCards '''Sources:''' * ''The New Games Treasury'', by Merilyn Simonds Mohr * http://www.pagat.com/beating/cheat.html * http://www.pagat.com/beating/doubt.html '''Suggested by:''' ["Ron Hale-Evans"] Write/edit the ["IDoubtItRules"]. === Kolodny's Game === '''Author:''' David Greene Kolodny '''Type:''' Word Game, Spoken Game '''Description:''' Sort of like ["Eleusis"] or ["Zendo"], but with sentences. '''Requires:''' No equipment needed '''Sources:''' * ''Botticelli and Beyond'', by David Parlett * ''Adult on Board: Travel Games for Grown-Ups'', by Jeffrey and Judy Wuorio * ''Games for the Superintelligent'', by James F. Fixx '''Suggested by:''' ["Ron Hale-Evans"] Write/edit the KolodnysGameRules. === Lasca (a.k.a. Laskers) === '''Author:''' Emanuel Lasker '''Type:''' Boardgame, Checkers, Medium Strategy '''Description:''' An interesting variant of Checkers where captured pieces are stacked underneath their capturer and may be released later! '''Number of Players:''' 2 '''Requires:''' 1 ["Checkers"] set '''Sources:''' * ''New Rules for Classic Games'', by R. Wayne Schmittberger * http://www.lasca.org/ * http://www.di.fc.ul.pt/~jpn/gv/lasca.htm '''Suggested by:''' ["Ava Jarvis"] Write/edit the LascaRules. === Lines of Action === '''Author:''' Claude Soucie. '''Type:''' Boardgame, Position, Medium Strategy '''Description:''' See our ["Lines of Action"] page. '''Number of Players:''' 2 '''Requires:''' 1 ["Checkers"] set '''Sources:''' * http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lines_of_Action (under the GNU FDL; maybe we can just copy these) * https://web.archive.org/web/20160310113439/http://www.andromeda.com/people/ddyer/loa/loa.html (requires Java) '''Suggested by:''' ["Ron Hale-Evans"] Write/edit the LinesOfActionRules. === Neo-Crossings === '''Author:''' Robert Abbott and R. Wayne Schmittberger. '''Type:''' Boardgame, Checkers, Position, ? Strategy '''Description:''' A simplified version of Epaminondas and an expanded version of Crossings. Phalanxes of pieces battle head to head on the board in an attempt to cross to the other side. '''Number of Players:''' 2 '''Requires:''' 16 checkers for each side '''Sources:''' * ''New Rules for Classic Games'', by R. Wayne Schmittberger '''Suggested by:''' ["Ron Hale-Evans"] Write/edit the NeoCrossingsRules. === Property === '''Author:''' Sid Sackson '''Type:''' Boardgame, Economic, Medium Strategy '''Description:''' Buy property and charge rent to other players in the pursuit of money and more money. '''Number of Players:''' 2-6 '''Requires:''' some way to keep track of squares owned by 2-6 players, poker chips or play money (chips would be much easier to get), and a StandardDeckOfCards '''Sources:''' * ''A Gamut of Games'' by Sid Sackson '''Suggested by:''' ["Ron Hale-Evans"] Write/edit the PropertyRules. === Score Five === '''Author:''' Sid Sackson '''Type:''' Pen & Paper Game '''Description:''' Circle numbers in a grid, adding each number to a running total. '''Requires:''' Pen and paper '''Sources:''' * //Games Magazine Presents the Giant Book of Games//, edited by Will Shortz '''Suggested by:''' ["James Vipond"] Write/edit the ScoreFiveRules. === Solitaire Dice === (a.k.a. Choice, Einstein) '''Author:''' Sid Sackson. '''Type:''' Dice Game, Solo Game '''Description:''' Also known as Choice and Einstein. '''Requires:''' 5 standard six-sided dice, pencil and paper '''Sources:''' * https://web.archive.org/web/20080106210221/http://saftsack.fs.uni-bayreuth.de/~carador/choice/ * https://web.archive.org/web/20070208154128/http://members.bellatlantic.net/~devjoe/solowuerfeln.html '''Suggested by:''' ["Ron Hale-Evans"] Write/edit the SolitaireDiceRules. === Sprouts === '''Author:''' John Conway and Michael S. Paterson '''Type:''' Pen & Paper Game '''Description:''' Connect dots by drawing curved lines, placing a dot on each new line. '''Requires:''' Pen and paper '''Sources:''' * http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprouts_%28game%29 * //Games for the Superintelligent//, by James F. Fixx '''Suggested by:''' ["Ron Hale-Evans"] Write/edit the SproutsRules. === Trip-Wire === '''Authors:''' Steve Ryan and Amy Goldstein '''Type:''' Pen & Paper Game '''Description:''' Take turns stringing wires between unused posts on the board. '''Number of Players:''' 2 '''Requires:''' Pen and paper '''Sources:''' * //Games Magazine Presents the Second Giant Book of Games//, edited by R. Wayne Schmittberger '''Suggested by:''' ["James Vipond"] Write/edit the TripWireRules. === Ultima === '''Author:''' Robert Abbott '''Type:''' Boardgame, Chess Variant '''Description:''' In regular ["Chess"], all the pieces move differently but capture the same way. In Ultima, most of the pieces move the same way, but they all capture differently. Mind-blowing! '''Requires:''' 1 ["Chess"] set '''Sources:''' * http://www.chessvariants.com/other.dir/ultima.html '''Suggested by:''' ["Ron Hale-Evans"] Write/edit the UltimaRules. === Verbal Tennis === '''Author:''' Tom Stoppard '''Type:''' Word Game, Spoken Game '''Description:''' Also known as the Game of Questions. It is a game which consists in each party responding to the other's question with a question. It takes 3 points to win a game, and a player may claim points by catching the other player in a foul. '''Number of Players:''' 2 '''Requires:''' No equipment needed. '''Sources:''' * http://unseelie.org/rpg/question.html '''Suggested by:''' ["Alex Swavely"] Write/edit the VerbalTennisRules. === Werewolf === '''Author:''' Unknown '''Type:''' Card Game, Party Game '''Description:''' Also known as Mafia. See our ["Werewolf"] page. '''Number of Players:''' 7 or more '''Requires:''' 1 StandardDeckOfCards '''Sources:''' * https://www.playwerewolf.co/rules * https://web.archive.org/web/20071003021602/http://www.princeton.edu:80/~mafia/oldmafia/rules.htm '''Suggested by:''' ["Ron Hale-Evans"] Write/edit the WerewolfRules. === Word Golf === '''Author:''' Lewis Carroll '''Type:''' Word Game, Pen & Paper Game '''Description:''' Also known as Doublets. Turn one word into another. Example: HATE, HAVE, HOVE, LOVE. '''Requires:''' Paper and pen '''Sources:''' * //Puzzlecraft//, by Mike Selinker & Thomas Snyder '''Suggested by:''' ["Ron Hale-Evans"] Write/edit the WordGolfRules.

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