Kennexions
Kennexions is the free/open-source family of GlassBeadGame PlayableVariants, techniques, and patterns based on the Norse poetic form of the ?Kenning, among other things.
There is a Kennexions game design contest running through 15 February 2005. See KenningHaikuCompetition for more details.
You can learn more about Kennexions, including sample games and the draft of a book in progress, by visiting the ![[WWW]](/wiki/gbgwiki/img/moin-www.png){kind=small}
Kennexions Homepage.
Kennexions uses a formal language called ?TELL (Token-Encoded Logical Language). The individual logograms of TELL are called GismuGlyphs.
Here is an early Kennexions game. Cross your eyes for a 3D effect:
See KennexionsIntroduction for the game that led to this diagram. For more information, see KenningTetrahedra.
See TableOfCorrespondences for information about a fast way to generate plenty of KenninFodder.
Links
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Construct a ?KenningChain interactively at ?Kevan Davis's
Kenning Game Engine.
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Kennings in the artificial language Lojban (from the Lojban Wiki)
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Lexicon of Kennings, sadly, most of them related to warfare
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Skaldskaparmal, a great original Norse source of kennings.
Discussion
Does Anyone Else Have Something Further to Add? -- Ron Hale-Evans
