Dejarik(Or chess)

Munro Burton · Post by **Munro Burton** » Mon May 22, 2006 9:09 am

I'm wondering if there's any scope for having a chess tournament for the GE, under the guise of a Dejarik Tournament. Of course, if there's actually a dejarik game with a valid set of rules, we could play that. But I haven't found Dejarik to be available online.

Does anybody have any comments?

MCHuskie · Post by **MCHuskie** » Mon May 22, 2006 9:22 am

http://zeelay.free.fr/star-wars-artisanal/ has a set of (bilingual!) rules for Dejarik, while http://dhost.info/rissa/Holochess/index.htm has (seemingly better, more detailed, and more accurate) rules as well as other games that can be played on a holochess board.

Anyone have the time and skills to knock something up in PHP to allow multiplayer? Else I'm sure we could work out a system on the MBs...

Munro Burton · Post by **Munro Burton** » Mon May 22, 2006 12:09 pm

If someone could work out how to program a circular board with PHP... that would give the GE something quite special.

Post by **Jagged Fel** » Mon May 22, 2006 6:04 pm

I'd think that programming the positions wouldn't be hard, circular has nothing to do with it. The circle is more or less an image overlay, you can still have a grid be the backbone of movement and such.

Damnit, now I have an urge to play this

Munro Burton · Post by **Munro Burton** » Mon May 22, 2006 7:14 pm

Right. Shows you just how much I know about PHP.

Anyway, if nobody bothers making a Dejarik program, we could use http://www.redhotpawn.com. I used to play on there and aside from a screen between an occasional move trying to get you to sign up for the paid version, it's perfectly fine.

Jaxson Pressor · Post by **Jaxson Pressor** » Sun May 28, 2006 5:57 pm

I'm interested in either. Learning how to play a new game would be fun or just getting back into playing some chess would be good too. Keep me updated.

Reservist Foley · Post by **Reservist Foley** » Tue May 30, 2006 3:50 pm

I love chess. Give me a time and place and I'll do it.

SL Alex · Post by **SL Alex** » Tue May 30, 2006 4:40 pm

Weren't you the #1 board on the Chess Team this year, Foley? Of course you love chess!

Munro Burton · Post by **Munro Burton** » Tue May 30, 2006 5:50 pm

Way to give Foley's skills away.

*cackles as he plots further strategies*

Reservist Foley · Post by **Reservist Foley** » Tue May 30, 2006 10:57 pm

Doesn't mean I'm any good. Just shows how those at my school are.

CPT Bane · Post by **CPT Bane** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 7:05 pm

<3 chess even though me = not-as-skilled-as-many-others

I'd be interested.